Suryakumar Yadav: India Vs West Indies Suryakumar Yadav became Player of the Match for the 12th time in his 51st match, just two steps away from Virat's record

India defeated West Indies by seven wickets in the third T20. With this victory, Team India made a tremendous comeback in the five-match T20 series. At present West Indies is ahead 2-1 in the series. The fourth T20 will be played on Saturday. Batting first in the third match, West Indies scored 159 runs losing five wickets in 20 overs. In response, India achieved the target by losing three wickets in 17.5 overs thanks to the excellent innings of Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma. Surya played an inning of 83 runs in 44 balls with the help of 10 fours and four sixes. At the same time, Tilak Verma scored an unbeaten 49 in 37 balls with the help of four fours and a six. Surya was also adjudged Player of the Match for his excellent innings.

Suryakumar Yadav's 12th Player of the Match Award

This is Suryakumar's 51st T20 international match. So far he has scored three centuries and 14 half-centuries in this format. This was Surya's 12th Player of the Match award in T20. In this case, he equaled 'Hitman' Rohit Sharma. Rohit has so far won 12 Player of the Match awards in 148 T20 Internationals. Surya has equaled Rohit by playing almost three times fewer matches.

Virat Kohli holds the record for winning the most Player of the Match awards in T20 Internationals. He has won this award 15 times in 115 matches. At the same time, Mohammad Nabi of Afghanistan is at number two. He has won this honor 14 times in 109 matches.

Suryakumar is just two steps away from Virat's record. The special thing is that Surya has played fewer matches than all of them. He made his T20 debut on March 14, 2021 against England. Since then he has won 12 Player of the Match awards in this format. No one has won more than nine Player of the Match awards since his debut. Surya is the player to win the most Player of the Match awards in T20 Internationals since his debut.

What did Surya say after the match?

After the match, Surya said- When I went to bat in the powerplay, it was really important for me to be at the crease, the team management also wanted the same. I have practiced these (ramp and scoops) strokes a lot and I love doing them. I and Tilak have batted together (Mumbai Indians) for a long time, and we both understand each other's batting styles. The way Tilak batted gave me a lot of confidence. His innings at the other end was brilliant. It was running in my mind that India has never lost three T20 matches in a row. In difficult times, we talked in the team meeting. Our captain said someone needs to contribute and win matches. I am glad that I was able to do this.

What happened in the third T20?

Talking about the match, Brandon King scored 42 runs in 42 balls with the help of five fours and a six for the West Indies. Kyle Mayers scored 25 runs in 20 balls, Johnson Charles scored 12 runs in 14 balls and Nicklas Pooran scored 20 runs in 12 balls. After this, captain Rovman Powell played an unbeaten 40-run stormy innings in 19 balls with the help of one four and three sixes and took West Indies past 150. Shimron Hetmyer got out after scoring nine runs. Kuldeep Yadav, who returned to the playing-11 from India, took the maximum of three wickets.

Team India, chasing West Indies' target of 160 runs, lost the wickets of both their openers for 34 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed for one run and Shubman Gill for six runs. After this, Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma laid the foundation for the victory by sharing 87 runs in 51 balls for the third wicket. Surya was dismissed by Alzarri Joseph after scoring 83 runs. At the same time, Tilak remained unbeaten after scoring 49 runs in 37 balls with the help of four fours and a six. At the same time, captain Hardik Pandya played an unbeaten inning of 20 runs in 15 balls with the help of a four and a six. Alzarri took the maximum two wickets from the West Indies.

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