The flamboyant Indian batter, Suryakumar Yadav, who is also known as Mr. 360, is known for his wide range of strokeplay, and on Thursday against Afghanistan, he brought out another unique shot off on the first delivery he faced. Just after walking down the middle, Suryakumar got off to the mark with a six over fine leg without even looking at the ball.
On Sunday at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, India managed to make a huge score of 212/2 against Afghanistan in their final Super Four fixture of the ongoing Asia Cup. At the end of 15 over, the Men in Blue were batting on 134/2 with Virat Kohli at the crease on 59 off 40 balls, alongside Rishabh Pant.
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Earlier in the game, Afghanistan lost the toss and asked India to bat first. While Afghanistan made no change in their playing XI, India made three changes as Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, and Yuzvendra Chahal made way for Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, and Deepak Chahar. Notably, KL Rahul is captaining the side in Rohit’s absence.
Rahul and Kohli had a magnificent start to the innings, forging a superb 119-run opening-wicket stand before Rahul was dismissed after scoring 62 off 41 balls. Coming at No. 3, Suryakumar Yadav came at the crease and played a jaw-dropping shot that left everyone in awe.
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During the 13th over, bowled by Fareed Ahmad, Suryakumar hit a six which was bowled at the good length area on his hips. Suryakumar picked that and flicked that nonchalantly over the short fine leg for a six which even broke a fridge. Kohli, who was at the non-strikers’ end, was like ‘what was that?’ with a smile on his face. However, Suryakumar’s knock ended on the next ball, and because of that, he departed for six off two balls.
Here are the videos of the six from Suryakumar Yadav and his dismissal:
https://twitter.com/Richard10719932/status/1567891778380132353?s=20&t=GQ5jXEXEIxsFh7quOe4Rfg
https://twitter.com/Richard10719932/status/1567891922093772811?s=20&t=RPIwJFiPlbWfAIBBwRltzw
Here is how the Indian fans reacted to the dismissal of Suryakumar Yadav:
Suryakumar Yadav chewing gum chaba ke searching for Hong Kong. Not one good knock against a decent side in the tournament & inko Virat Kohli ki jagah pe khilana chahte hain log 👏#SuryaKumarYadav #SportsYaari
— Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta) September 8, 2022
Suryakumar Yadav hits a six on the first ball and departs on the 2nd ball.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) September 8, 2022
#INDvsAFG
Afghanistan bowler after taking wicket of suryakumar yadav pic.twitter.com/zxqBsdMzGi— Siddhant Rajpurohit (@SRAJPUROHIT79) September 8, 2022
Suryakumar Yadav has hit a six off the first three balls he has faced in a T20I innings 8 times (in 25 innings).#INDvsAFG #AsiaCup2022
— Rohit Sankar (@imRohit_SN) September 8, 2022
https://twitter.com/KamalRao62/status/1567890654055010304?s=20&t=X9ShWMt1xlvo7NOtwOxAFw
https://twitter.com/total_gaming093/status/1567890755833987072?s=20&t=RF-qXMLYwJSzxX7Can5-JQ
No disrespect for Hong Kong but nothing much to show for Suryakumar Yadav against the better sides in this Asia Cup. Should be disappointed.
— Ashar Jawad (@AsharJawad) September 8, 2022
https://twitter.com/313YaMehdi/status/1567890515353571328?s=20&t=Cnh2bgcutpyW1zR8SoLBzA
