India national cricket team batsman Suryakumar Yadav played a decent hand with the bat in the ongoing first T20I against the South Africa national cricket team. The first match of the series between the two teams will take place at Kingsmead in Durban.
Suryakumar Yadav, who came out to bat at number 3, got out early after the Indian National Cricket Team lost Abhishek Sharma early. The team captain batted with a positive mindset from the beginning and ensured that the momentum remained with his team.
Suryakumar Yadav continued his golden touch with the bat as he played some sharp shots in his innings and hit bowlers all over the park. The Indian captain played a great supporting role to Sanju Samson, who has gone berserk and shown no mercy to the South African bowlers.
Suryakumar Yadav died to Patrick Kruger, who bowled a ball for 11. The batsman, after failing to capitalize on the free hits, attempted to hit the last ball of the over out of the park. However, he didn’t get the right connection as he was caught deep in the ninth over.
Patrick Kruger, who struggled during the finale, threw a split-finger knuckleball. Suryakumar did not pick him up and reached the loft early. He got the inside of the bat and the ball sailed towards deep square leg and was caught by Simelane.
Suryakumar Yadav dies against Patrick Kruger
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Patrick Kruger started the over conceding 5 runs off the first two deliveries before bowling a no-ball. He bowled a legal delivery after the free-kick but conceded four extras in a row before finishing the over on a high by removing the Indian captain.
Longest in T20Is
This was the fifth longest in T20Is. Here is the full list:
Luwsanzundui Erdenebulgan (Mongolia): 14 balls in an over vs Japan, May
Thinley Jamtsho (Bhutan): 14 balls in an over vs Maldives, December 2019
Idriss Tchakou (Cameroon): 13 balls in an over vs Lesotho, September
Cosmas Kyewuta (Uganda): 12 balls in an over vs Namibia, April 2021
Patrick Kruger (South Africa): 11 balls in an over vs India, November 2024
Suryakumar Yadav finished with an innings of 21 runs off 17 balls.
Suryakumar Yadav finished with an innings of 21 runs off 17 balls. He batted with a strike rate of over 123 and also hit 2 fours and 1 six in his innings. But after getting out, Sanju Samson took the responsibility and played a magnificent innings with the bat, leading his team to a massive total.
Sanju Samson slammed his second century in the format and finished with 107 innings off 50 balls. He batted with a strike rate of 214 and also hit 7 fours and 10 sixes in his innings.
He achieved his ton in just 47 balls and hit the fastest ton by an Indian batsman against South Africa. Thanks to his innings with the bat, the Indian national cricket team recorded a total of 202 runs.
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