NEW DELHI: The flamboyant Suryakumar Yadav is ready to guide India in a four-match T20I collection in South Africa beginning November 8.
The Indian T20I captain has 4 a whole bunch to his credit score within the shortest format of the sport and the final century that he had smashed, got here towards the Proteas on India’s final T20I tour to South Africa in December 2023.
Within the two T20Is that he has performed in South Africa, Suryakumar has scored 156 runs at a median of 78 and a strike charge of 169.56.The primary T20I at Durban was deserted with no ball bowled as a result of rain and India misplaced the rain-interrupted second T20I at Gqeberha by 5 wickets through the DLS technique regardless that Suryakumar scored a 36-ball 56-run knock with the assistance of three sixes and 5 fours.
Within the third and final T20I of the collection at Johannesburg, India had been put into bat by South Africa and main from the entrance as captain, Suryakumar reached his fifty off 32 balls and his fourth T20I hundred off simply 55 balls.
Batting at No. 4, Suryakumar’s blazing knock was studded with 8 sixes and seven fours and powered India to 201/7 of their 20 overs.
Kuldeep Yadav then took 5/17 as South Africa had been bundled out for simply 95 in 13.5 overs to allow India to attract the collection 1-1.
The South Africa tour was not initially a part of India’s schedule however was not too long ago organized following discussions between the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Cricket South Africa (CSA).
The T20I collection will likely be performed throughout 4 venues: Durban, Gqeberha, Centurion, and Johannesburg, with matches scheduled for November 8, 10, 13, and 15.
India T20I squad for South Africa collection: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Avesh Khan, Yash Dayal