Star Indian batter Suryakumar Yadav on Sunday became the first Indian player to score 1,000 T20 International runs in a calendar year.
The batter accomplished this feat in his side's final Super 12 stage match against Zimbabwe at Melbourne.
Suryakumar smacked a 25-ball 61 to power India to 186/5. He struck four sixes and six fours at a strike-rate of 244.
Suryakumar became only the second batter after Mohammad Rizwan to achieve the feat. Rizwan had scored 1326 runs in 2021.
Just four days ago, Suryakumar became the No. 1 batter in T20 cricket, going past Rizwan in the latest ICC rankings.
Suryakumar has been in terrific form in the ongoing men’s T20 World Cup, having scored two half-centuries in his first three outings; his 68 off 40 balls against South Africa came in conditions where other Indian batters struggled.
He is also the leading run-getter in T20 in 2022, with 1006 runs, including a century.
Suryakumar has one T20 century and an impressive 11 half-centuries to his name, but it’s the batting strike rate in excess of 177 and an ability to score in all parts of the ground and be a 360-degree player that stands out.
