Script Writer of India’s 4-run win over Hong Kong, Suryakumar Yadav was left humbled by the heart-warming gesture from Virat Kohli who doffed his hat to his compatriot following his sensational knock at Dubai International Stadium in the Asia Cup here.
Suryakumar smashed six sixes and as many fours in his sizzling 26-ball-68 run knock against Hong Kong to help India secure a spot in the super 4 round of the grand championships on Wednesday.
His sensational innings over shadow the 44-ball 59 innings by Kohli, who bowed to Surya kumar in appreciation and also looked towards the dressing room, saying ‘kya hai yeh’ (what is this man?) after the Indian innings.
Yadav’s storming knock left Kohli in awe, as the former captain bowed to Yadav after India’s innings came to an end.
It was a heart-warming gesture by Virat Kohli because I’have never seen it. I saw him not moving ahead (walking out of the field at the end of the innings) and said to him ‘let’s move ahead together’.
He has so much experience, I rocked batting with him. It is important to have someone experienced in a situation like this, said Yadav during the post-match interview.
Suryakumar Yadav
Yadav and Kohli both batters played a gigantic inning for team India as they scored 98 runs in their partnership. Yadav brought up his half-century in just 22 balls and finished India’s inning with four beautiful sixes in the last over.
It was a heart-warming gesture from Virat Kohli. I have never experienced it. I was wondering why he wasn’t walking ahead and then when I realized, I asked him to walk together. He is much more experienced than me, Yadav said during the interview.
Suryakumar Yadav
I enjoyed a lot batting with him. We were talking a lot how to go about in the next few balls. He is such an experienced and I haven’t played many T20Is. So having the experience at that stage in the middle was crucial, Yadav added.
Suryakumar Yadav
Yadav and Kohli both helped India to raise a big score of 192/2 in 20 overs for newcomer opposition in the second group A match. In the match, both top Indian batters breaks multiple records as Yadav slammed 68 balls, is the highest score by a batter in the ongoing tournament off 26 balls, and he also recorded the most sixes by an Indian (six) in a T20I Asia Cup match and most runs by and Indian (26) in last over of T20I inning.
While, Kohli became batter with highest average in T20I cricket through his 59 off 44 balls knock, and in 101 T20I matches, he now has scored 3,402 runs at an average of 50.77 and strike rate of 137.12. He has 31 half centuries in the limited over format. Thus, he has overtaken Pakistan’s Mohammed Rizwan, who has an average of 50.14 in 57 matches.
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