Suryakumar Yadav comes close to help India break their 15-year-old T20 World Cup record

November 06, 2022 Sports Tak Staff

Most runs scored by India in the last five overs of a T20 World Cup encounters. Here are the top five scores

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5 | Yuvraj Singh (18-ball 41) and Irfan Pathan's cameos helped India score 67 runs in last 5 overs against Bangladesh in T20 World Cup 2009

4 | Thanks to Rishabh Pant (13-ball 27) and Hardik Pandya's (13-ball 35) late onslaught, India scored 68 runs against Afghanistan in previous edition of T20 World Cup.

3 | Suresh Raina became the 1st Indian batter to score a century in T20 World Cup 2010. Raina's 101-run knock helped India post 75 runs against South Africa in last 5 overs.

2 | Thanks to Suryakumar Yadav’s unbeaten 25-ball 61, India scored 79 runs in last 5 overs against Zimbabwe at Melbourne Cricket Ground.

1 | Yuvraj Singh’s 6 consecutive sixes and fastest-ever T20I fifty helped India score 80 runs in the last 5 overs against England in the inaugural edition of T20 World Cup.

Suryakumar Yadav was at his unorthodox best as he helped India post an above par total of 186/5 in the last Super 12 game.

Suryakumar Yadav also became the 1st India to score 1,000 or more T20I runs in a calendar year