T20 World Cup 2022: Suryakumar Yadav made big record in T20 cricket

India defeated Zimbabwe by 71 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. Suryakumar Yadav sensational run continues in the ICC T20 World Cup. He has been the real finisher for the Men in Blue in Australia, with three fifties coming from his bat. T20 World Cup 2022: Suryakumar Yadav made big record in T20 cricket.

He became the first Indian to score 1000 T20I runs in a calendar year. The right-handed batter achieved the landmark in India’s last Super 12 contest against Zimbabwe. Suryakumar Yadav provided the game’s perfect finishing touches to ensure that India finished their innings on a high note.

He hit six fours and four sixes in his 61 not out of just 25 balls. He was striking at a 244.00 strike rate. Suryakumar Yadav has 1,026 runs at an average of 44.60 in 28 innings this year. His bat has produced one hundred and nine half-centuries, with a top score of 117. The strike rate for these runs was 186.24.

In T20I history, Suryakumar Yadav is just the second player to reach 1,000 runs in a single year. In 2021, Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan scored 1,326 runs at an average of 73.66. Rizwan scored a century and 12 half-centuries that year, with the score of 104 (not out).

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With regard to India vs. Zimbabwe T20 cricket, Men in Blue chose to bat first and scored 186/5 in their 20 overs. A 60 run partnership between KL Rahul (51) and Virat Kohli (26) for the second wicket was broken by Sean Williams (2/9). Suryakumar Yadav (61) not out, however, made sure that everything went smoothly for the Men in Blue.