Watch: Suryakumar Yadav cut loose against Cameron Green, hitting him for four sixes in a row to notch up a blistering fifty in the second ODI between India and Australia on September 24.
The Indian batsmen were relentless against Australia, disrespecting the bowlers and setting a target of 400. After double centuries from Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul’s whirlwind 38-ball 52, Suryakumar Yadav came in to take things even further.
After scoring fifty in the first ODI, ‘SKY’ made an unbeaten 72 off 37 deliveries, including six sixes and as many fours, as the team It gave them a much-needed late-over boost.
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He reached the green with great leg for six overs. As usual, he took advantage of the depth of the circle and the pace of the bowler to get it over the fence. He hit his second ball in a similar manner, the result was the same, only the ball flew finer.
After Surya hit a picturesque inside-out shot, the third ball went perfectly over the target. He then bowled the next ball over deep square leg for his fourth consecutive time.
Green finished the match with 2 wins and 103 from 10 overs. This was the most runs conceded by an Australian in his ODIs against India. His teammate Sean Abbott’s 91 goals conceded comes in second on the list. His 399 for 5 for India was also India’s highest ODI score against Australia.
At the time of writing, Australia were 49-2 from eight overs. He needs 351 more runs off 252 pitches.
Watch Suryakumar Yadav clobber Cameron Green for four successive sixes:
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