After his team’s hard-fought victory over New Zealand in the second Twenty20 international, star India batter Suryakumar Yadav admitted that he had to adapt to the situation while batting on a “very challenging wicket.” As a result, he was able to display a different version of himself while batting. India won by six wickets.
At the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Sunday, star batter Suryakumar Yadav and captain Hardik Pandya kept their cool to lead India to a hard-fought 6-wicket victory over New Zealand in the second Twenty20 International matchup. New Zealand was defeated by India by a margin of 6 wickets.
“Today’s iteration of the nickname SKY, which originally belonged to Suryakumar Yadav. When I got up to bat, it was very vital for me to adjust to the circumstances.
After Washy was eliminated, it became essential for someone to carry the game through to its conclusion. (Referring to the misunderstanding he had with Washington Sundar) It was my fault, it was most certainly not a run, and I did not see where the ball was going.
It was a difficult court to play on. In the second innings, we did not anticipate things going in this direction, but it is essential to remain flexible. We needed just one hit in that over, and it was really essential for us to settle our anxieties before we took the field.
Before we got the winning runs, he (Hardik) came and told me, ‘you are going to finish on this ball,’ and it gave me a lot of confidence, since I knew I was going to finish it off “at the post-game presentation, Suryakumar mentioned this.
After deciding to bat first, New Zealand only managed to score 99 runs in their allotted 20 overs. The Indian spinners dominated the New Zealand batters from the very beginning of the match, making it extremely difficult for the visitors to score runs.
For New Zealand, Skipper Mitchell Santner (19) scored the most runs, but nobody else came close to the 20-run mark. Both Mark Chapman and Michael Bracewell scored 14 runs apiece for their teams.
The Indian team’s best bowler was the fast-paced Arshdeep Singh, who took two wickets for seven runs. One wicket was taken by each of the spinners Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Deepak Hooda, and Kuldeep Yadav. Pandya was also responsible for a wicket.
The pattern of bowler’s dominance persisted while India was attempting to chase down 100, and the Men in Blue were in a precarious position with a score of 70/4 after 14.3 overs. Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill, who opened the batting, both scored 19 and continued to perform poorly with the bat.
Then, in order to get India over the finish line, it was Suryakumar Yadav (26 not out off 31 balls) and Pandya (15 not out off 20 balls) who put up a match-winning stand of 31 runs.
Because of his poise and composure during the knock, Suryakumar was selected as the “Man of the Match.”
India now holds a 1-1 lead in the series. The game that will decide the winner will take place in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
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