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World number one T20I batter and star Indian batting sensation Suryakumar Yadav is looking unstoppable with the bat in the ongoing edition of the 20-20 World Cup. He is the second-highest run-scorer for India in the ongoing edition of the 20-20 World Cup. The 32-year-old has smashed 164 runs in the innings he appeared so far for India.
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Currently, India is in action against Zimbabwe in the last super-12 match of their campaign in the tournament and SKY has come up with another blistering knock of 61 runs off just 25 balls with six boundaries and four sixes to his name. The quick knock from the Mumbai-born prodigy has made the cricketing fraternity bow down to his talent and extraordinary skill of shot selections.
Renowned cricketers and pundits are in full praise of SKY for his amazing knock ahead of India’s appearance in the semi-finals.
Here’s how the cricketing fraternity reacted to SKY’s above-200-strike rate knock:
Sky is special.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) November 6, 2022
SKY is limitless…
Brilliant stuff. Always a treat to watch.#SuryakumarYadav pic.twitter.com/EsZ7vG4gcG
You can scarcely believe that kind of finish. Keep the highlights. And watch them again and again. Very few in T20 cricket have batted like Sky is batting now
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 6, 2022
Dancing shoes on from SKY. Brilliant feet movement.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) November 6, 2022
#1 to #1 hi hota hai 🇮🇳#SuryakumarYadav @surya_14kumar
— Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta) November 6, 2022
Top class pacers or spinners, turning or seaming pitches, difficult match situation - nothing bothers Surya. Surya daring hai…
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) November 6, 2022
Suryakumar Yadav continues his dream touch, remarkable at number 4 in T20I, 61* runs from just 25 balls when India was not going anywhere in the innings.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) November 6, 2022
Take a bow, Sky. pic.twitter.com/Ewvqlc70FS
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Suryakumar Yadav easily most badmash batter India produced in T20Is.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) November 6, 2022
I wake up everyday and feel blessed that Suryakumar Yadav plays for my country.
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) November 6, 2022
Biggest mistake in Indian cricket history : "Suryakumar had to wait 30 years to play for India"#T20WorldCup #SuryakumarYadav #sky #IndianCricketTeam
— IV Crusher (@iv_crusher) November 6, 2022
Speaking of the match against so far, Zimbabwe is chasing the target of 187 runs and has lost their four wickets only on the score of 30 runs. The Indian pace trio of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, and Mohammed Shami has scalped one wicket each. Star all-rounder Hardik Pandya also claimed a wicket to his name.
Earlier in the first innings, KL Rahul also played a brilliant knock of 51 runs off 35 balls. The Karnataka batter smashed three boundaries and three sixes to his name. On the back of these two knocks, the Indians posted a total of 186 for the loss of five wickets.
Notably, India and Pakistan have reached the semi-finals of the tournament following an amazing turn-around of things that started with the defeat of South Africa against the Netherlands by a margin of 13 runs.