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Happy Birthday Suryakumar Yadav: Team India's star batsman Suryakumar Yadav is celebrating his 34th birthday today. On this special occasion, Surya is receiving congratulations from fans and veteran players. Surya has made a distinct identity for himself in T20 cricket and has given the Indian team many memorable victories in this format. The way Suryakumar bats in T20 is difficult for any team to stop him.
Surya is expected to play in the T20 series
Seeing Suryakumar's batting reminds one of former South African captain AB de Villiers. It is not unfair to call Surya India's 'Mr. 360'. Suryakumar Yadav is currently suffering from an injury and has been ruled out of the first two matches of the Duleep Trophy 2024. However, he is expected to play in the T20 series against Bangladesh. A three-match T20 series is to be played between India and Bangladesh next month.
Suryakumar Yadav has played 1 Test, 71 T20Is and 37 ODIs for India so far. Surya has scored 2,432 runs in T20 Internationals at an average of 42.66. This includes four centuries and 20 half-centuries. Surya's strike rate in T20 Internationals has been 168.65, which shows his explosive batting. Surya has been the number-1 batsman in the ICC T20 rankings for a long time. Currently he is at number-2 in the rankings.
The year 2022 has been very strong for Suryakumar Yadav. Where he scored a total of 1164 runs in 31 international T20 matches. During this, he scored 2 centuries and 9 half-centuries. This was the first time that an Indian batsman scored a thousand runs in T20 international matches during a calendar year.
Suryakumar is the third batsman to score four or more centuries in T20 Internationals. Only Rohit Sharma (India) and Glenn Maxwell (Australia) are ahead of Surya in terms of centuries in T20 Internationals. Surya is jointly at the top in terms of winning the most 'Player of the Match' awards in T20 Internationals. Suryakumar, Virat Kohli (India) and Virandeep Singh (Malaysia) have been 'Player of the Match' 16 times each in T20 Internationals. However, Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe) and Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan) are also not far behind.
Most 'Player of the Match' awards in T20I
16. Suryakumar Yadav (71 matches)
16. Virandeep Singh (84 matches)
16. Virat Kohli (125 matches)
15. Sikandar Raza- (91 matches)
14. Mohammad Nabi (129 matches)
14. Rohit Sharma (159 matches)
Most centuries in T20 Internationals
5 Rohit Sharma (India)
5 Glenn Maxwell (Australia)
4 Suryakumar Yadav (India)
3 Colin Munro (New Zealand)
3 Sabun Devizi (Czech Republic)
3 Muhammad Wasim (UAE)
3 Babar Azam (Pakistan)
The special thing is that Suryakumar has also taken two wickets in T20 International. Surya took both these wickets recently on the Sri Lanka tour. Surya's bowling prowess was seen in the third and last match of the series played in Pallakala. In this match, captain Surya tied the match by taking 2 wickets in the last over. After this the match went into the super over, where India won and swept Sri Lanka in the T20 series.
Surya could not perform well in ODIs
Suryakumar Yadav has left his mark in T20 International but has not been able to do anything special in ODI cricket. Surya made his ODI international debut against Sri Lanka in Colombo on 18 July 2021. In that match, he made a lot of impact by scoring an unbeaten 31 runs. Then Surya also scored a half-century in his second ODI. Then it seemed that Surya would emerge as a strong player in the middle order, but later he lost his rhythm. Surya has so far scored 773 runs in ODIs at an average of 25.76. During this, he has scored four half-centuries. Surya has only 8 runs to his name in Test cricket.
However, most players are not able to succeed in all three formats of cricket. Test cricket requires excellent defense and technique, while in ODI cricket, batsmen first prepare their innings and then play shots. Whereas in T20 cricket, the batsman does not have time to settle down. Suryakumar Yadav has scored a lot of runs in T20 cricket on the basis of his 360 degree skill, but he is currently not able to fit in ODI cricket. Perhaps playing too many T20 matches has also affected his ODI form.
T20 International career of Suryakumar Yadav
– 71 matches, 2432 runs, 42.66 average
– 4 centuries, 20 half-centuries, 168.65 strike rate
– 220 fours, 136 sixes
One Day International Career of Suryakumar Yadav
– 37 matches, 773 runs, 25.76 average
– 4 half-centuries, 105.02 strike rate
– 80 fours, 19 sixes
Test career of Suryakumar Yadav
– 1 match, 8 runs, 8.00 average