India concluded with 191 for 6 in their 20 overs, thanks to Suryakumar Yadav who played a blinder of a knock and brought up an additional exceptional century in T20Is. The New Zealand bowling attack did not have significant responses to Suryakumar’s brilliance though Tim Southee picked up his second hattrick in the structure despite the runs flowing at a higher level.

Before the activity, New Zealand opted to bowl initially after winning the toss and it was the new opening combination of Rishabh Pant and Ishan Kishan coming out to the middle for India. Kishan struck a couple of boundaries up front when Pant perished soon after an unfastened stroke for 6 off 13 balls. Kishan and Suryakumar stored the scoreboard ticking with eye-catching photographs when rain arrived down pouring in the seventh more than.

Suryakumar Yadav steals the highlight with another century

Suryakumar Yadav
Suryakumar Yadav. Image Credits: Twitter

Kishan’s cameo arrived at a conclusion in the ninth round soon after he was removed for a 31-ball 36 with a lovely delivery from Ish Sodhi. Shreyas Iyer arrived out to bat and straightaway showed favorable intent by taking on the spinner in the pretty 1st ball. Suryakumar bought into his groove at the other finish and the in-form batter seemed in fantastic contact nevertheless once more.  

Iyer’s innings came to an end in an unlucky manner as he got nearer to the stumps though likely on the back foot and bails lightened up. Suryakumar, nonetheless, saved heading and went past the 50-run mark as skipper Hardik Pandya joined him at the crease. The pair went really hard following the bowling to keep the momentum heading and Suryakumar in particular kept clearing the boundaries at simplicity.  

Indian Cricket Team
Indian Cricket Team. Image Credits: Twitter

The runs arrived at a fair clip for Suryakumar as he brought up his 2nd T20I century, to sum up, an extraordinary year for him. The 19th in excess proved to be enormous for India with Suryakumar hitting boundaries consistently and locating the gaps persistently. In the final about, he did not have the strike absolutely as Southee picked up a hattrick, his second of the vocation, and cut down the runs considerably. 

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