After a successful outing in the recently-concluded T20I series against Australia, Team India is now eyeing their next big international assignment. Rohit Sharma and co. are all set to square off against Temba Bavuma-led South Africa in a three-match T20I series, starting today (September 28).
The home series will be played in a short six-day window across different renowned venues in India. The enthralling three encounters will be played on September 28, October 2, and October 4 respectively. The outing guarantees to be an extremely competitive one with two fierce international sides participating.
“Suryakumar Yadav will make people forget all the other batting greats.” Danish Kaneria
In the meantime, the former Pakistan spinner has made a few astounding statements about Indian batsman Suryakumar Yadav in one of his recent YouTube videos. Kaneria seemed pretty impressed with Yadav’s remarkable performance in the series-deciding game against Australia.
Danish Kaneria believes that Suryakumar Yadav will make the fans forget other batting veterans. He admitted that SKY has a different and unique way of batsmanship. The 41-year-old went on to compare Yadav with two elite modern-day batters namely Babar Azam and Virat Kohli.
Here’s what Danish Kaneria said:
“I have been saying this for a while now, Suryakumar Yadav is one of the best in the business. With his 360-degree repertoire, I would say that the sky is high. The way he bats, it’s like he is announcing himself. He was outstanding in the third T20I.”
“He has a different way of playing and he is surely going to be a very big player. The way he bats, he will make people forget all the other batting greats. Yes, Kohli will score a lot of runs and Babar will be very successful, but Yadav will leave everyone behind,”
Suryakumar Yadav shined in the Australia series-decider:
Surykaumar Yadav was awarded the ‘Player of the match’ title for his match-winning knock in the recently-concluded T20I series-decider against Australia. Yadav scored a quickfire half-century under pressure in the run-chase, empowering the national side to achieve a triumph in the series.
Suryakumar Yadav is now a No.2 Ranked T20i batsman in the world.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) September 28, 2022
India's Top 3 highest ranked batsman in ICC T20I batting rankings:-
1. Suryakumar Yadav (2).
2. Rohit Sharma (13).
3. Virat Kohli (15).— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) September 28, 2022
Australian Head Coach Andrew McDonald said, "Suryakumar Yadav is going to be dangerous in the T20 World Cup in Australia".
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) September 26, 2022
Most 6s in a Calendar Year (T20I)
42 – Suryakumar (2022)*
42 – Mohd Rizwan (2021)
41 – Martin Guptill (2021)Surya need 1 Six to create a New World Record!
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) September 27, 2022
A pat on the back by Virat Kohli for a very special innings of Suryakumar Yadav. pic.twitter.com/tj48oxT2Yj
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) September 25, 2022