Team India might have not been upto their best in the first two T20Is against the West Indies but they really did come to the party as Suryakumar Yadav put up a match-winning show to take the team home by 7 wickets. 'SKY' scored a 44-ball 83 runs in the third T20I as it helped India to keep their hopes alive in the five-match T20I series. However, Suryakumar Yadav also registered a unique record as he completed 100 sixes in T20Is, becoming the fastest Indian to complete the feat. (More Cricket news)
During the match, Suryakumar brought his 'A-game' to the fore as he smased 83 runs in 44 balls, that included 10 fours and four maximums. Surya achieved the feat in 49 innings, the fastest Indian to claim this feat. The fastest player to notch 100 sixes is West Indies batter Evin Lewis.
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Not only this, Surya also overtook India's Shikhar Dhawan to become country's fourth-highest run-getter in T20Is. In 51 T20Is and 49 innings, Surya has amassed 1,780 runs at an average of 45.64, with three centuries and 14 fifties. His highest score remains 117. Surya's strike rate is also over 174.
Most sixes in T20Is by Indians:
182 sixes - Rohit Sharma (140 innings)
117 sixes - Virat Kohli (107 innings)
101* sixes - Suryakumar Yadav (49 innings)
99 sixes - KL Rahul (68 innings)
74 sixes - Yuvraj Singh (51 innings)
68 sixes - Hardik Pandya (70 innings)
58 sixes - Suresh Raina (66 innings)
52 sixes - MS Dhoni (85 innings)
50 sixes - Shikhar Dhawan (66 innings)
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Reflecting on his knock on Tuesday against West Indies, Suryakumar said, "I think I didn't do anything different, I have been batting the same way in the last two years. Today was also the same day, I just had to go out and express myself the way I have been doing in the last few years. And everything kept falling in place the way I batted."
"I am never thinking about milestones in my mind. Because you have seen my innings, even when I'm batting on 47, or 98, I play as per the team's requirement and achieve a milestone with a boundary or a six. If it happens, good but I look to play according to the team's requirement."
The fourth and fifth T20Is will be played in Florida, USA.
