Suryakumar Yadav stayed to the end to give India a winning streak in the second T20I, but struggled to find his inherent agility.
His T20I, his second between India and New Zealand, was a thriller with few points. With a pitch very favorable to the spin bowlers, India were able to limit New Zealand to a score of 99/8, but from the end of the match he on the second ball scored Suryakumar Yadav’s 4th. Kiwi made sure it wasn’t an easy comeback for the hosts, as Sam pushed India over the line.
It was a match in which no hitter could beat his six, and Finn had to compete for time with players known as big hitters, including Allen, Glenn Phillips, Hardik Pandya, and Suryakumar Yadav. bottom. It was Pandya and Suryakumar who finally pulled India across the line in an unbeaten 31-run, 32-ball partnership. Suryakumar, who had a batting average close to his 180 in 45 innings before this shot, went undefeated on 26 of 31 pitches, showing a different side of his batting.
However, veteran wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Karthik believes the 32-year-old’s shot selection problems were seen in those innings.
He said, “His shot choices have been interesting. I think he’s trying to be a speedboat throughout the inning. For example, even though all four fielders were back on the leg side, he did a massive sweep on the big ground, which wasn’t the best option for me. It’s an area he has to keep improving. It’s about pushing those boundaries with those tracks and trying to make it very effective,” Karthik told Criccbuzz.
“If he had come to that shot, he would have turned around and said, it is probably the hardest shot to get a six. The wicket is slow, the bowler is bowling not very fast, and the square leg deep with big boundaries. are trying to clear It wasn’t his smoothest inning as the odds are against you, but it wasn’t his best tactically either. That’s wonderful.
Suryakumar was able to lift Tickner’s penultimate ball into the infield as India needed three to win two deliveries. This will see India level his three-game winning streak at 1-1 with his T20I in a crucial third coming Wednesday in Ahmedabad.