Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav extended his lead at the top of the MRF Tire ICC Men’s T20I batsmen rankings by scoring his first half-century in the second match of India’s T20I series against South Africa. The 33-year-old played on the counter-attack under pressure and contributed to the Men in Blue’s overall good result.
Sulyakumar Yadav scored 56 runs off 36 deliveries, including five fours and three series, as India fell short in a thrilling match at Gukebela, with the aggressive right-hander scoring a total of 10 points. He extended his lead as number one. One batsman in the shortest format of the game.
The Mumbai-born batsman secured the number one spot in the last T20 World Cup held in Australia late last year. On current form, the Indian batsmen will be hoping to maintain this position in next year’s tournaments in West Indies and the US.
Sulyakumar Yadav currently has 865 rating points and is ahead of Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan (787 rating points) and South Africa’s Aiden ahead of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup starting in June. Markram (758 rating points). .
He became the third highest run-getter in the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup with 239 runs in 6 matches at an impressive score of 189.68. Against South Africa, Zimbabwe and the Netherlands, all three of his fifties gave India his team an advantage in the tournament, with them being eliminated in the semi-finals.
On the other hand, Suryakumar Yadav has been an absolute revelation in T20Is and is currently the world’s number one batsman. India’s ‘360’ batsman wants to continue his good form for the Indian team ahead of his 2024 T20 World Cup scheduled for June.
Sulyakumar Yadav took a long time to make his debut for India and made his T20I debut at the age of 30. But nothing could stop him from racking up runs incredibly quickly. Suryakumar Yadav has scored 2,041 runs in his 59 T20Is at a strike rate of 171.22.
Newly crowned T20I bowler Ravi Bishnoi has so far been the best in South Africa as Afghanistan star Rashid Khan joins young Indian talent at the top of the T20I bowling landscape with Proteas. He has missed out on selection for the tour. Spinner Tabraiz Shamsi moved up two places to take him to 10th place after an economical performance of 1/18 in the final game.
