Surya lit up the Bay Oval stadium with his extraordinary batting display. The Pune-born cricketer took Black Caps bowlers to the cleaners, reaching the triple-figure score with consecutive fours off Lockie Ferguson in the penultimate over. This was Suryakumar’s second century in the shortest format. His maiden T20I ton came against England in Nottingham earlier this year.
Suryakumar remained unbeaten on 111 off 51 deliveries and with the help of his incredible knock, the Men in Blue posted 191/6 in their allotted 20 overs.
Highest individual T20I scores for India:
- 122*(61) – Virat Kohli vs Afg, Dubai 2022
- 118 (43) – Rohit Sharma vs SL, Indore 2017
- 117 (55) – Suryakumar Yadav vs Eng, Nottingham 2022
- 111*(51) – Suryakumar Yadav vs NZ, Mt Maunganui 2022
- 111*(61) – Rohit Sharma vs WI, Lucknow 2018
“In T20, a hundred is always special, but at the same time, it was really important for me to bat till the very end. Hardik was telling me to bat till the 18th or 19th over and get to a score of 185 or so. After the end of the 16th over, we had a chat about taking it deep,” Suryakumar said in the mid-innings break.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
This is almost illegal!
SKY brings up his second century in T20Is.off just
deliveries. ?
He’s not done yet,over to go!#PlayBold #TeamIndia #NZvIND pic.twitter.com/4yW8byMRI4
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) November 20, 2022
SKY is definitely from another planet#NZvIND #SuryakumarYadav pic.twitter.com/tyVUmYZlre
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) November 20, 2022
What a man @surya_14kumar ?? Indha year auction la irundhirundha
20+ cr dhan ???
— Sathish (@actorsathish) November 20, 2022
Dear SKY,
Accept our? for your #SuperGiant ?#SuryakumarYadav | #NZvIND | pic.twitter.com/g0wN41ZMCi
— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL) November 20, 2022
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