{"id":77689,"date":"2024-06-21T01:52:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T01:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/21\/suryakumar-yadav-equals-virat-kohlis-t20i-world-record-following-match-winning-knock-against-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2024-06-21T01:52:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T01:52:19","slug":"suryakumar-yadav-equals-virat-kohlis-t20i-world-record-following-match-winning-knock-against-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/21\/suryakumar-yadav-equals-virat-kohlis-t20i-world-record-following-match-winning-knock-against-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Suryakumar Yadav equals Virat Kohli&#8217;s T20I world record following match-winning knock against Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2024\/06\/untitled-design-2024-06-21t061302-1718930585.jpg?fit=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Suryakumar Yadav equals Virat Kohli&#8217;s T20I world record following match-winning knock against Afghanistan\" title=\"Suryakumar Yadav equals Virat Kohli&#8217;s T20I world record following match-winning knock against Afghanistan\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : GETTY IMAGES<\/span> Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\">India&#8217;s very own 360-degree batter, Suryakumar Yadav was in sublime touch on Thursday (June 20) as he led the charge for the team with the willow in hand against Afghanistan and delivered a Player of the Match (POTM) performance.  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>Suryakumar helped the Men in Blue get their first win on the board in the Super Eight stage of the ongoing ICC Men&#8217;s T20 World Cup and climb to the top spot in Group 1.<\/p>\n<p>Suryakumar, 33, scored 53 off just 28 deliveries and smashed five boundaries and three maximums during his stay in the middle. The right-handed batter walked into bat in the seventh over of the game and was tasked to inject momentum into India&#8217;s innings.<\/p>\n<p>Before he could get his eye in, India lost <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/virat-kohli\" rel=\"noopener\">Virat Kohli<\/a> and they were in a spot of bother at 62\/3 in 8.3 overs.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the predicament, the Mumbai-born showed character and played a sublime knock to help India post 181 on a surface that had enough in it to keep the bowlers interested.<\/p>\n<p>Suryakumar&#8217;s knock helped him equal Virat Kohli&#8217;s record for the most Player of the Match (POTM) awards in T20I cricketing history. The middle-order batter has now won 15 such awards in his 64-match-long T20I career and is likely to overtake Virat in the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Most Player of the Match awards in T20Is<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"tableouter\">\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" style=\"width:500px\">&#13;<\/p>\n<tbody>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\"><strong>Player<\/strong><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\"><strong>Player of the Match awards<\/strong><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\"><strong>Total matches played\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\">Suryakumar Yadav<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\">15<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\">64<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\">Virat Kohli<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\">15<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\">120<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\">Virandeep Singh<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\">14<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\">78<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\">Sikandar Raza<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\">14<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\">86<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<\/tbody>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Notably, Virat has almost played double the number of games (120) compared to Suryakumar and therefore it reflects the kind of impact the latter has created in such a short span of time.<\/p>\n<p>Team India won the game by 47 runs and will now take on Bangladesh in their second Super Eight clash on Saturday, June 22. The eagerly-anticipated clash will be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua.<\/p>\n<p>India&#8217;s final Super Eight game will see them square off against Australia at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia on Monday, June 24.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/cricket\/suryakumar-yadav-equals-virat-kohli-t20i-world-record-following-match-winning-knock-against-afghanistan-2024-06-21-937975\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : GETTY IMAGES Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav. 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