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Suryakumar Yadav's batting and personality are loaded with nonchalance. He walks out chewing gum, smacks bowlers to all corners of the ground and then walks off chewing gum, soaking the applause from a thoroughly entertained crowd. On November 06 (Sunday), the swashbuckling right-handed batter put on a show for 82,000-odd people at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). It was just another day at the office for Mumbai Indians' batter. He came, he saw and he conquered, and when he walked off the field after depositing the last ball of India's innings for an outrageous six over the fine-leg fence with his body falling outside the wide tramline, the stunned onlookers had only one question in their minds - how does he do it?
Well, Suryakumar's skillset is unrivaled and as in knockouts, the Men in Blue along with over a billion fans are hoping for the right-hander batter to continue his sensational display. So far, the No.1 ranked T20I batter has scored 225 runs in five matches in the 2022 T20 World Cup and is the second-highest scorer for the Indian team. Only Virat Kohli (246) has scored more than him, but, at 193.96, Surya's strike rate has been absolutely jaw-dropping.
When asked about the form of Kohli and Suryakumar, all-rounder Hardik Pandya asserted that the latter got the opportunity to play in international cricket two years late.
"Sometimes I feel that we aren't batting well or maybe they (Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav) have been batting too well," Pandya said with a grin on his face.
"He (Kohli) has been doing this for years, I still think he (Suryakumar) got his international opportunity two years late. God is really kind still and he has been fantastic for us," he added.
Meanwhile, in the second semi-final, England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and elected to field first.
