India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I: Surya Kumar hits a ton and hattrick for Tim Southee

Indian worldwide cricketer Suryakumar Yadav on Sunday continued his breathtaking type in T20 cricket and notched up a blazing century in opposition to New Zealand on the Bay Oval as India completed with an enormous complete of 191 for six. This was Yadav’s second century in worldwide cricket which he introduced up off simply 49 balls.

Yadav, as quickly as he accomplished his century, celebrated in fashion and skipper Hardik Pandya additionally embraced him. Proper-handed batter finally completed with 111 runs and en route.

Yadav, who walked out to bat within the seventh over of the innings, began taking part in pictures from the get-go. He got here at quantity three in Virat Kohli’s absence and smashed boundaries and sixes at will, his final 64 runs coming off simply 18 balls.

Whereas Surya was as soon as once more in a league of his personal, different batters who confirmed intent however couldn’t go on had been opener Ishan Kishan (36 off 31) and quantity 4 Shreyas Iyer (13 of 9). The experiment to open with Rishabh Pant didn’t work as he fell after a sluggish six off 13 balls.

India’s powerplay strategy was in focus earlier than the sport however not a lot was delivered on that entrance, with the staff reaching 42 for one in six overs.

Yadav hit 11 fours and seven sixes in opposition to New Zealand. Apparently, he had introduced up his half-century off simply 32 balls. Surya went berserk within the penultimate over bowled by Lockie Ferguson, hammering 4 boundaries and an exceptional six over deep level.

The final 5 overs yielded 72 runs for India.

For New Zealand, Tim Southee bowled a superb twentieth over and stemmed the free stream of runs by taking a hat-trick. He dismissed Washington Sundar, Deepak Hooda, and Hardik Pandya on the trot. In the long run, his knock helped Crew India publish 191/6 in 20 overs. Earlier, it was Kane Williamson who received the toss and opted to bowl first.