Suryakumar Yadav scored a stormy half-century in the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 match against the Netherlands on Thursday (27 October). Batting at a strike rate of 204, Suryakumar played an unbeaten 51 out of 25 balls in which he hit seven fours and a six. He scored 34 runs in 8 balls with only fours and sixes. With this half-century innings, Suryakumar made some special records in his name.
Be The First Player To Do So
Suryakumar Yadav has become the first player to have scored five 50-plus scores in a calendar year with a strike rate of over 200. Suryakumar scored 65 runs against West Indies, 117 runs against England, 68 not out against Hong Kong, 61 runs against South Africa, and 51 not off against the Netherlands.
Suryakumar Yadav becomes the FIRST player to register 5 T20I fifty-plus scores at 200+ strike-rate in the same year.
65(31) v West Indies
117(55) v England
68*(26) v Hong Kong
61(22) v South Africa
51*(25) v NetherlandsNo one else has even 4 such knocks.#T20WorldCup #INDvNED
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) October 27, 2022
Broke Virat Kohli’s Record
For India, he has reached first place in terms of making the most 50-plus scores in T20 Internationals in a calendar year. He has scored fifty or more runs eight times this year. Suryakumar breaks Virat Kohli’s record. Kohli scored 7 fifty-plus scores in this format in 2016.
Most Runs in 2022
Suryakumar has reached number one on the list of highest run scorers in 2022. Suryakumar has 867 runs in 25 innings. He has overtaken Mohammad Rizwan, who has scored 839 runs in 20 innings.
