Team India’s star batsman Suryakumar Yadav is celebrating his 34th birthday today. On this special occasion, Surya is receiving greetings from fans and veteran players. Surya has made a distinct identity for himself in T20 cricket and has led the Indian team to many memorable victories in this format. It is difficult for any team to stop the way Suryakumar bats in T20.
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Watching Suryakumar’s batting reminds one of former South African captain AB de Villiers. It is not inappropriate to call Surya ‘Mr 360’ of India. Suryakumar Yadav is currently dealing with an injury and has been ruled out of the first two matches of Duleep Trophy 2024. However, he is expected to play in the T20 series against Bangladesh. A three-match T20 series is to be played between India and Bangladesh next month. Suryakumar Yadav has played 1 Test, 71 T20 and 37 ODI matches for India so far. Surya has scored 2,432 runs at an average of 42.66 in T20 Internationals. Which includes four centuries and 20 fifties. Surya’s strike rate in T20 Internationals has been 168.65, which shows his explosive batting. Surya has been the number-1 batsman in the ICC T20 rankings for a long time. Currently it is at number-2 in the ranking.
The year 2022 has been very powerful for Suryakumar Yadav. Where he scored a total of 1164 runs in 31 international T20 matches. During this time he scored 2 centuries and 9 fifties. This is the first time that an Indian batsman has scored a thousand runs in T20 Internationals in a calendar year. Suryakumar is the third batsman to score four or more centuries in T20 Internationals. Only Rohit Sharma (India) and Glenn Maxwell (Australia) are ahead of Surya in terms of centuries in T20 Internationals. Surya is joint top in winning the most ‘Player of the Match’ awards in T20 Internationals. Suryakumar, Virat Kohli (India) and Virandeep Singh (Malaysia) have been ‘Player of the Match’ 16 times each in T20 Internationals. However, Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe) and Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan) are not far behind.
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Here's wishing #TeamIndia T20I Captain @surya_14kumar a very Happy Birthday 🎂👏 pic.twitter.com/EyKaTp319P
