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IND vs SL, 3rd T20I: Suryakumar Yadav has been successful as the captain of the Indian team in the 3-match T20 series against Sri Lanka. Suryakumar is a great batsman, but he can also bowl well, as he has proved in this series. When Sri Lanka needed 6 runs off the last 6 balls to win, Surya thought it better to bowl himself rather than letting someone else bowl and his brilliant performance led to a tie in the match.
The most important thing here is that despite not being a regular bowler, Suryakumar had the confidence to save the match and he did so. India won the match in the Super Over, Suryakumar played an important role in tying the match. Suryakumar broke a record of India's legendary bowler Jaspreet Bumrah while bowling for the first time in a T20 match against Sri Lanka.
Suryakumar Yadav broke Bumrah's record
In the third match against Sri Lanka, Suryakumar Yadav took 2 wickets for 5 runs in an over and he surpassed Bumrah. This was the third best bowling spell by any Indian player as a captain in T20I. Earlier, Bumrah was at number three, who took 2 wickets for 15 runs for India in a T20 match against Ireland in 2023 as captain, but now Surya has pushed Bumrah to fourth place. At number one and two in this list are Hardik Pandya, who has bowled brilliantly for India twice as captain in T20I.
Surya reiterated Rohit
Rohit Sharma had a clean sweep in the T20 series against New Zealand as captain in the year 2021. And for this series, he was also given the title of Player of the Series. That is, he was the first T20I captain of India under whose captaincy the Indian team had a clean sweep against the opposition team and the captain of the team was also awarded the title of Player of the Series. Now Suryakumar Yadav has also done the same feat as Rohit Sharma. Under his captaincy, India clean swept Sri Lanka and later captain Suryakumar also won the Player of the Series award.
Suryakumar won the T20 series for the second time as the captain of the team
Under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, India won the series for the second time in the T20 format. Before becoming the regular T20 captain of the Indian team, Suryakumar had led India in other formats. As captain, he won the T20 series against Australia 4-1. Then he drew the series against South Africa 1-1. Now as captain, he won the 3-match series against Sri Lanka 3-0.
Best bowling by an Indian captain in T20I
4/16 – Hardik Pandya vs. New Zealand (2023)
3/35 – Hardik Pandya vs. West Indies (2023)
2/5- Suryakumar Yadav vs. Sri Lanka (2024)
2/15 – Jasprit Bumrah vs Ireland (2023)