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Suryakumar Yadav comes second in T20 rankings for batsmen
Only 2 rating points difference between Babar Azam and Suryakumar
Suryakumar scored 76 runs in the third T20 against West Indies
New Delhi. Suryakumar Yadav is batting brilliantly in the ongoing 5 T20 series against West Indies. In the third T20, he played a match winning innings of 76 runs. Now they have got the benefit of it. He has jumped three places to the second position in the latest ICC T20 rankings. Now the days of Babar Azam’s reign are about to come, because there is a difference of only 2 rating points between Suryakumar and Babar. Babar Azam is at number one with 818 rating points while Suryakumar Yadav is at number two with 816 points. Mohammad Rizwan is third with 794 points and Aiden Markram is at number four. There is no other Indian in the top-10 batsmen except Suryakumar Yadav.
Suryakumar Yadav made his debut in international cricket only last year. But, as a batsman, he has made his mark very quickly. He scored a century in the T20 match against England in Nottingham last month and now played a powerful innings of 76 runs in 44 balls in the third T20 against West Indies on Tuesday. Suryakumar Yadav has so far scored 111 runs in the first 3 T20Is against West Indies at a strike rate of over 168. It was due to his half-century innings that India could win the third T20 and take a 2-1 lead in the series.
Suryakumar is batting brilliantly as an opener.
In the T20 series against West Indies, Suryakumar Yadav is playing as an opener in the absence of KL Rahul. He scored 24 runs in the first T20 and 11 in the second. But, in the third T20, he played a bang while opening. After Rohit Sharma retired hurt, Suryakumar batted in a completely different style and scored 76 runs with the help of 8 fours and 4 sixes.
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Babur’s reign will end!
If Suryakumar continues the same performance in the remaining two matches of this series, then it will not take long for Babar’s reign to end, as Babar Azam now has to play the Asia Cup directly, which will be in the T20 format. The Asia Cup will be played in the UAE from August 27. At present, Pakistan’s team will play a series of 3 ODIs against the Netherlands. It may happen that when Babar enters the Asia Cup, he has been stripped of his status as the No. 1 batsman of T20 and Suryakumar Yadav should come as the new Alexander.
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Tags: Babar Azam, ICC T20 Rankings, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav
FIRST PUBLISHED : August 03, 2022, 17:09 IST