Suryakumar Yadav IND vs SL: Due to the explosive batting of Suryakumar Yadav, Team India defeated Sri Lanka by 91 runs in the third T20 and won the three-match series 2-1. Suryakumar Yadav batted in his own style and scored an unbeaten 112 off 51 balls. Suryakumar Yadav had completed the century in 45 balls. In this way, he has broken the record of KL Rahul in scoring the fastest T20 International century. In 2016, Rahul scored a century in 46 balls against the West Indies. In this way, Surya has become the third Indian batsman to score a century in less than 50 balls in T20 International cricket. At the top of this list of Indian batsmen is the name of Rohit Sharma, who scored a century in 35 balls against Sri Lanka in Indore in 2017.
IND vs SL 2023: Suryakumar Yadav is the first batsman in the world
This was Suryakumar Yadav’s third century in T20 cricket. He has become the first batsman in the world to achieve this feat while not opening. Let me tell you, there are only four batsmen in the world who have scored 3 or more T20 centuries in T20 Internationals, but Suryakumar Yadav is the only one who is not an opener. Earlier, he had scored centuries while batting at number three and number four. At the same time, Surya came out to bat at number four in the matches played against Sri Lanka.
Most centuries in T20 cricket (Indian batsman)
Rohit Sharma: 4 International Centuries
Suryakumar Yadav: 3 centuries
KL Rahul: 2 centuries
Apart from these, Suresh Raina, Deepak Hooda and Virat Kohli have scored one century each.
Posted By: Arvind Dubey