“SURYA cannot be contained in SKY” – Twitter goes berserk as Suryakumar Yadav smashes a blistering century
What a freak of a batter this guy is!!! On Saturday, Suryakumar Yadav exploded with the bat to smash his maiden T20 century in the final T20I against England. The right-handed batter achieved the feat after crossing the hundred-run mark off just 48 deliveries, including 12 fours and 5 maximums. In the process, he also became the fifth Indian ever to score a century in the T20 internationals.
After sealing the series by winning the first two games, India squared off against England for the final time in the T20I series on Saturday. The English skipper Jos Buttler won the toss at Trent Bridge and asked Rohit Sharma and co. to bowl first. The English openers came with an intent to score briskly but Avesh Khan soon sent Jos Buttler back after a few blows.
However, the English batters kept coming at the Indian bowlers despite losing wickets at the regular interval. Meanwhile, Dawid Malan and Liam Livingstone scored explosive fifties to take England to a massive total of 215/7 in 20 overs. With such a big total to chase, India were in all sorts of trouble after losing three superstars, including Rishabh Pant, Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma within the first five overs for 31 runs.
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Suryakumar Yadav brought back India to the game
SKY was joined by Shreyas Iyer in the middle and both batters slowly moved the Indian innings ahead. Soon after crossing the 10-over mark, Surya exploded to smash the English bowlers. The duo added 119 runs off 61 deliveries for the fourth wicket before Iyer departed. Meanwhile, Surya kept taking India towards the total.
Suryakumar Yadav soon reached the three-figure mark but he didn’t stop there in his quest to take India home. However, the batter got dismissed in the 19th over while taking on Moeen Ali for an exhilarating 117 runs off 55 deliveries, including 14 boundaries and 6 maximums.
However, his brave effort wasn’t enough as India fell short by 17 runs in the end. Meanwhile, the fans could not keep calm and praised Suryakumar Yadav for his extraordinary efforts.
Check out the best reactions here:
https://twitter.com/IrfanPathan/status/1546181198166228993
https://twitter.com/mipaltan/status/1546179654679011328
Remember the name….SKY!
— Gautam Gambhir (Modi Ka Parivar) (@GautamGambhir) July 10, 2022
https://twitter.com/ChloeAmandaB/status/1546175793201483778
https://twitter.com/KKRiders/status/1546181508960075778
Surya shining on Ravivar!
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit) July 10, 2022
Fifth only Indian batsman to hit an international T20 100. Take a bow Suryakumar Yadav. You deserve it. pic.twitter.com/yeAy1iMJCm
https://twitter.com/yuzi_chahal/status/1546180031843807233
https://twitter.com/gauravkapur/status/1546175505908789248
https://twitter.com/gujarat_titans/status/1546178676508999680
Outstanding innings by you @surya_14kumar
— Munaf Patel (@munafpa99881129) July 10, 2022
Congratulations @ImRo45 & #Teamindia for sealing the series #INDvENG #IndianCricketTeam pic.twitter.com/TO4NeoUjyC
https://twitter.com/ImRahulSharma3/status/1546179905188204552
https://twitter.com/DelhiCapitals/status/1546182433262821377
