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Suryakumar Yadav ruled out of three match T20 series against Sri Lanka

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India batter Suryakumar Yadav ruled out of the three-match T20 International series against Sri Lanka. Deepak Chahar also ruled out of the team’s upcoming T20I series against Sri Lanka. The 3 matches series begins on February 24 at Lucknow. 

BCCI confirmed Suryakumar’s exclusion from the Sri Lanka T20I series in an official statement on their official website on Tuesday .”Deepak sustained a right quadriceps injury during bowling while Suryakumar suffered a hairline fracture during a fielding attempt in the third and final T20I against the West Indies in Kolkata on Sunday. They will now head to the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru for further management of their injuries,” BCCI said on a statement .

The 31-year old batsman suffered a hairline fracture on his hand and has been declared unfit for the SL series, reported Cricbuzz. Earlier, the BCCI had announced that Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant  would be rested for the series against Sri Lanka. However, due to bio-bubble protocols, the BCCI may not announce any replacements for the duo as India already have enough backup options in their squad to compete against the tourists.

India’s T20 squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Avesh Khan.

IND vs WI T20: Suryakumar Yadav Hits an Unbelievable Six in the Final T20 Against West Indies

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India defeated West Indies by 17 runs in third and final T20I to complete a 3-0 series whitewash on Sunday. Rohit Sharma led the Indian cricket team won the match easily by 17 runs.

Earlier, after loosing the toss India posted 184 runs for 5 wickets. Opener Ruturaj Gaikwad gone for a duck. However, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer hit a flurry of boundaries to tilt the momentum back. The duo then brought up their impressive 50-run stand in the 8th over. Rohit Sharma came to bat lower down the order but failed to get amongst the runs. While Suryakumar Yadav and Venkatesh Iyer added 91 runs in last five overs.

Suryakumar Yadav came to bat at no 5. The 31-year-old batsman looked unstoppable and he completed the half-century landmark off 27 balls. He smashed seven sixes and one boundary in an exceptional display of power-hitting before getting out for his career-best T20 score in the final delivery. It was an excellent finish in the last five overs.

Venkatesh Iyer played a good hand too with a 19 ball-35 with two sixes and four fours to take India to 184/5. Overall, Suryakumar Yadav managed to score 65 runs off 31 balls, He batted at a sensational strike rate of 216.67. Among his big hits was a six that saw him hit a six over fine leg with a slight flick of the wrists.

Chasing a target of 185, West Indies were restricted to a total of 167 for 9 wickets. Wicket-keeper batter Nicholas Pooran continued his fine form slamming a third successive fifty but it was not enough for them. For India, Shardul Thakur, Harshal Patel, Venkatesh Iyer and Deepak Chahar took two wickets each.

Suryakumar Yadav revealed that Kieron Pollard tried to sledging him during the 1st ODI

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Suryakumar Yadav has done reasonably well in 1st ODI match against West Indies. The right-handed batter scored an unbeaten 34 off 36 balls in the first ODI. He ompleted the job in some style as India hunted down the target in only 28 overs, with 6 wickets in hand

After the match, Suryakumar revealed that there was a bit of a chat between him and West Indies captain Kieron Pollard when the former was batting in the middle. Although both are teammates at Mumbai Indians in the IPL and were retained by the franchise ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction. During the second innings. West Indies caotain Pollard chirped some words at the middle-order batsman Suryakumar Yadav.

“Pollard told me a few things. ‘Midwicket was open, why are you not flicking as you do in IPL’ but it was different here… I wanted to stay there till the end,” Suryakumar said in a chat with the official broadcasters.

Earlier Indian bowling came to the party in the 1000th ODI match as they bundle West Indies out for 176 in the first ODI in Ahmedabad. Although the whole unit bowled well as a whole, but it was the spinners who made it turn right from the word go. Skipper Rohit Sharma must be credited for introducing Washington Sundar as early as the seventh over . India took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series and will take on the West Indies in the second game on Wednesday.