New Delhi. Suryakumar Yadav celebrated captaincy by hitting a stormy fifty. In the first T20 match against Sri Lanka, Surya laid the foundation of Team India’s big score by hitting a fifty in 22 balls. The Indian team scored 213 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs in which Surya scored 58 runs. Right-handed batsman Suryakumar Yadav hit 8 fours and 2 sixes in 26 balls. This is the 20th half-century of Surya’s T20 International career. He is captaining the team on the Sri Lanka tour. The Indian team is playing a T20 series in Sri Lanka with a new captain and new head coach Gautam Gambhir.
Surya’s bat is very powerful against Sri Lanka. Earlier, Surya had scored 50, 34, 07, 51 and 112* in T20 International matches against Sri Lanka. Suryakumar Yadav along with Rishabh Pant added 76 runs for the third wicket. Rishabh Pant was dismissed after scoring 49 runs. Rinku Singh returned to the pavilion after scoring one run. Fast bowler Mathisha Pathirana took the maximum of 4 wickets for Sri Lanka.
There is no one like Surya
Suryakumar Yadav has scored 2398 runs in 66 innings. He faced 1421 balls during this period. Surya has scored 4 centuries and 20 half-centuries in T20. He is scoring runs at an average of 43.60 in T20. His strike rate has been 168.75.
Yashasvi-Gill gave a brilliant start
Earlier, Sri Lankan captain Charit Aslanka won the toss and decided to bowl first. Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal gave India a great start. Both of them took the team’s score beyond 50 in the first 4 overs. Gill and Yashasvi added 74 runs for the first wicket. Yashasvi was dismissed after scoring 40 runs off 21 balls, while Shubman Gill played an innings of 34 runs off 16 balls. Hardik Pandya was dismissed after scoring 9 runs off 10 balls. Riyan Parag could not take advantage of the opportunity and returned to the pavilion after scoring 6 runs off 7 balls.
Tags: India vs Sri Lanka, Rishabh Pant, shubman gill, Surya Kumar Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal
FIRST PUBLISHED : July 27, 2024, 20:50 IST