Suryakumar Yadav The name of the player whose picture first emerges in the mind when it comes to T20 cricket is Suryakumar Yadav. He robbed the party of the year 2022 with his bat and has now started 2023 in the same manner.
England cricket may have won the T20 World Cup title in the year 2022, but despite this, the batsman who got stung was Suryakumar Yadav. He not only traveled to become the number one T20 batsman in such a short period, but the fans also started addressing him by names like India's 360 degrees. Surya continued to shine innings after innings.
Suryakumar Yadav's dream season
Talking about T20I cricket, he became the highest run-scorer in the year 2022. He scored 1,164 runs in 31 innings played in 2022 at an average of 46.56 and a strike rate of 187.43. During this, Surya played two centuries and 9 half-centuries.
Not only this, but he also holds the record for most sixes in a calendar year, the most number of 50-plus scores, and two centuries in a year. The result was soon recognized as the biggest trump card for Surya India in T20I cricket. Whenever the team looked in trouble, Surya held the bat in the middle of the field and said 'Main hoon naa
Got double prize in 2023
With the kind of batting that Suryakumar Yadav did in 2022, he got not one but two prizes. When the team was announced for the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka, Suryakumar Yadav got the responsibility of vice-captaincy.
What was it then Surya started 2023 from where he ended the year and scored the third century of his T20I career in the third and decider match against Sri Lanka. He played an explosive inning of 112 runs in 51 balls with the help of 7 fours and 9 sixes and gave Team India a 2–1 victory in the series.
Surya soon got another good news when the Test team was announced for the first two matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and Suryakumar Yadav was included in the Test team for the first time. It is expected that the impression Suryakumar Yadav has left in white ball cricket with his batting will be seen in Tests as well.