Team India and Hong Kong faced off in Dubai on Wednesday in the Asia Cup, and the match was a true classic, as it turned out to be a mind-boggling affair with Surykumar Yadav and Virat Kohli scoring their respective fifties to help India to a total of 192/2 in their respective 20 overs.
Suryakumar played an unbeaten mind-blowing knock of 68 runs in just 26 balls, with a strike rate of over 261. SKY's sensational knock included six boundaries and six maximums, as well as a 26-run over, which saw him smash three back-to-back sixes.
The incident happened in the final over of India's innings, as the right-hander hit three sixes back-to-back, followed by a dot ball, and then another maximum, capping off the Indian innings with a couple of runs.
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The 31-year-old batsman has been on the rise for some time now, and on Wednesday, Suryakumar once again reminded the world why he's the second-ranked T20I batsman in the world.
Watch Suryakumar Yadav's blitzkrieg 26-run over:
Yadav put on an unbeaten stand of 98 with Virat Kohli, who hit 59. The former India skipper completed his 31st half-century in his 101st T20 international. Kohli notched his first international half-century since his 52 against the West Indies in Kolkata on February 18, 2022.
“I haven't practised those strokes, but I used to play rubber ball cricket with my friends when I was a kid and that is where these shots come from. The pitch was a little sticky before,” said Yadav during the innings break.
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"Before I got out to bat, I spoke to Rohit and Rishabh and told them that I would try to take the tempo up and look for 170-175. I think we have a good score on this wicket."
