Leader Online Desk: Team India's star batsman Suryakumar's bat failed during the T20 World Cup match against Afghanistan on Thursday. He scored 53 runs in 28 balls with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes. His amazing hitting in this innings won the hearts of cricket lovers. He was honored as the man of the match. With this performance, he also equaled a record of Virat Kohli.
On the one hand, the Indian batsmen took a defensive stance in the match against Afghanistan. This time Suryakumar played his natural game. His powerful knock of 53 helped India reach 181 runs. In reply, Afghanistan were bowled out for 134 runs in 20 overs.
Virat played 113 matches, Suryakumar achieved it in only 64 matches
Suryakumar played his 64th international match on Thursday. He became the man of the match in this match. This was his 15th Playoff of the Match award so far. He equaled Virat Kohli's record for winning the most man of the match awards in T20 Internationals. Virat has been Man of the Match 15 times. However, Virat has played 113 T20I matches for this while Suryakumar has done this feat in only 64 matches.
Virat Kohli was named Man of the Match in 2022 T-20 World Cup. On 6 November 2022, he scored an unbeaten 64 in a T20 World Cup match against Bangladesh. He scored 50 against England in the semi-final of the 2022 T20 World Cup. He has not scored a single half-century in six innings since then. Virat has 4066 runs in 121 T20 internationals. This includes one century and 37 fifties.
Suryakumar's three centuries in 24 matches
Suryakumar has played 24 international matches since the 2022 T20 World Cup. He has scored a century in three of these matches. After the 2022 T20 World Cup, Suryakumar became the highest run-scorer for Team India in the T20 format. During the period he has scored 969 runs in 24 matches at an average of 51. In addition to three centuries, he also scored seven fifties during this period. His best score was 112 not out.
In this year's World Cup, Virat fans have been disappointed so far.
In this year's T20 World Cup, Virat has scored only 29 runs in four innings. These include 1, 4, 0 and 24 runs. India's next Super-8 match is against Bangladesh on June 22 in Antigua. After this, Team India will face Australia on June 24 in Saint Lucia.