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Off the mark with a six: Surya shines on debut, lights up evening sky with 28-ball 50

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Suryakumar Yadav introduced his arrival on the worldwide stage in scintillating type with a six-off England quick bowler Jofra Archer within the fourth T20 International towards India on Thursday.
It was a 143.9kph thunderbolt from Archer and Suryakumar dispatched it over the fence by getting inside the road and hooking it over the high-quality leg.
The shot of ‘SKY’ sending the ball into the evening sky by casually hitting a six off his first ball in worldwide cricket was certainly a shot to behold.
He is now the primary Indian to begin a world profession with a first-ball six.

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— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB) March 18, 2021
The audacity to hit a quick bowler and that too in a fearless method was a reminder of the calypso.
Hitting the primary ball in a T20I for a six has to date been achieved by solely a handful of gamers (vs full-member groups). Sohail Tanvir vs Ind Joburg 2007, Mangaliso Mosehle vs SL Centurion 2017, and Surya Kumar Yadav vs Eng Ahmedabad 2021*.
Once he set himself within the center, Yadav began toying with the sector and took on leg-spinner Adil Rashid. A low-paddle sweep introduced him a 4 after which danced down the monitor to hit him for a six.
What was additionally pleasing to observe have been a few of his beautiful photographs with minimal toes motion. The punch over extra-cover for a 4 towards Stokes was shot-making at its finest.
In simply 28 balls, he introduced up his fifty and as soon as once more reminded every body that ‘Sky’ is certainly the restrict.
Teams:
India: Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Rahul Chahar.
England: Eoin Morgan(C), Jason Roy, Jos Buttler, Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid and Mark Wood.