Suryakumar Yadav scored his second T20I fifty in opposition to within the 1st T20I in opposition to Sri Lanka.
Suryakumar Yadav, together with his 360-degree pictures, is “amazing” to observe, mentioned India captain Shikhar Dhawan after a crushing 38-run win over Sri Lanka within the first T20 International right here on Sunday. Surya scored 50 off 34 balls, his second half-century in his fourth T20 International and was concerned in a 62-run stand for the third wicket with Dhawan. “He(Surya) is a great player and we enjoy watching him bat. He took the pressure from me and the way he plays calculated shots was amazing to watch,” Dhawan mentioned on the post-match presentation ceremony. While Dhawan admitted that he thought they had been “10-15 runs short”, he additionally assessed that it wasn’t too dangerous when it comes to restoration.
“I feel we played quite well after losing early wickets. It was about one or two boundaries, we knew we could get going.”
Dhawan was assured that his spinners would do effectively and it was vindicated by Yuzvendra Chahal and Krunal Pandya with debutant Varun Chakravarthy doing effectively to make a late comeback.
“They were playing well. We knew our spinners will do the job on that wicket. Bhuvi bowled well, so was KP (Krunal). Everyone stood up and even Varun too playing his first match did well giving a few runs and got the wicket. He’s (Varun) difficult to pick, I am very happy for him.”
Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka felt {that a} goal of 165 was gettable.
“I believe 164 was chaseable on this wicket. I believe their bowlers upfront began rather well. And then there weren’t sufficient middle-order batters to complete the sport.
“I think our bowlers did an amazing job. I hope we come out and do better than this in the next game,” Shanaka commented.