IND vs SA 2nd T20: Suryakumar Yadav broke MS Dhoni's 16-year-old record, and became the first Indian captain to do so

Suryakumar Yadav Surpassed MS Dhoni Record: The Indian team's new captain Suryakumar Yadav achieved a big achievement in the second T20 played against South Africa on Tuesday. Even though the Indian team had to face defeat by 5 wickets in this match, Surya once again scored a half-century.

Suryakumar Yadav's innings were of no use to the team, but during this time he achieved a special record. He has become the first captain of India to score a half-century in T20 International cricket as captain on South African soil. In this matter, he broke the 16-year-old record of former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni).

Suryakumar Yadav broke MS Dhoni's 16-year-old record

The record of playing the biggest innings by India in T20I cricket on South African soil has now been registered in the name of Suryakumar Yadav, who scored a half-century in the second T20 played on December 12 and former Indian captain Shattered the record of MS Dhoni. Dhoni had played an inning of 45 runs in the year 2007. Now Surya has gone ahead of Dhoni.

Let us tell you that in the second T20 match, Suryakumar Yadav faced 36 balls and played an important inning of 56 runs with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes against South Africa. This was the 17th half-century of Surya's T20 career. With this, Suryakumar Yadav has also completed 2000 runs in T20 cricket.

Fastest batsman to score 2000 runs in T20

Babar Azam – 52 innings

Mohammad Rizwan – 52 innings

Virat Kohli - 56 innings

Suryakumar Yadav – 56 innings

KL Rahul – 58 innings

Apart from this, Suryakumar Yadav has become the fastest Indian batsman to jointly score 2000 runs in T20. He has equaled the record of Virat Kohli. King Kohli also completed 2000 runs in T20 International in his 56 innings and Surya also took 56 innings to complete 2000 runs. During this, Surya left behind KL Rahul, who had achieved this feat in the 58th innings.

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