Men in Blue They are playing their first series after the recently completed T20 World Cup 2022. Against the second T20I New Zeland on Sunday, November 20, Suryakumar Yadav‘s outstanding tone led the team to a total of 191/6 at Bay Oval on Mount Maunganui. The first T20I in Wellington was abandoned due to rain.
Kiwi captain Kane Williamson won the draw and decided to take the field first. Despite short shots from opener Rishabh Pant (six of 13 balls), another opener Ishan Kisan five quads and one six made a slow 36 laps with 31 balls. At the 10th over, Ish Sodhi threw a short ball and Kishan slammed his back foot to cut him, but he got an outside edge and the ball flew towards Tim Southee, who was diving and catching the short third man.
Shreyas Iyer and Hardik Pandya each scored 13 points but Team India had nothing to worry about, at least in this match. Suryakumar showed off his 360-degree range from the very first moment, proving once again why he is now the world’s No. 1 hitter as he continues his gold run in T20Is.
The ball was moving a little but Suryakumar didn’t stop him when he came out of the 3rd row. He smashed 11 sixes and seven maxes, scoring 111 unbeaten points in just 51 balls and leading India to a massive total with a hit rate of 217.65. 191/6 at 20 overs allocated.
Southee scalped two goals in a row in the final. When he sent Washington Sundar for the golden duck on the next ball, he first fired Deepak Hooda for the golden duck on the fourth ball. Southee scalped three rooks for the Kiwis, while Lockie Ferguson got two and Sodhi got one.
With this shot, Surya posted the highest total by an Indian hitter in T20Is in New Zealand. It was also the second tone of the calendar year in the shortest format. He became the second Indian batsman to reach two centuries in a calendar year, after Rohit Sharma; His first century came against England earlier this year.
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