Suryakumar Yadav on his success mantra after hundred in third T20I vs Sri Lanka: Important to place stress on your self

Sri Lanka vs India, third T20I: Suryakumar Yadav gained the Player of the Match award after he scored an unbeaten 51-ball 112 on the SCA Stadium in Rajkot.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 7, 2023 22:55 IST

Important to place stress on your self: Suryakumar on his success mantra after 112 vs SL. Courtesy: AP

By India Today Web Desk: Suryakumar Yadav stated that he prefers placing himself below stress to style success on the worldwide degree. On Saturday, December 7, the 32-year-old batter raced to an unbeaten 51-ball 112 towards Sri Lanka within the third T20I on the SCA Stadium in Rajkot.

His knock, laced with seven fours and as many as 9 sixes, helped India set Sri Lanka an enormous goal of 229 for Sri Lanka to chase down. In the tip, the Men in Blue secured a 91-run win to say the three-match sequence 2-1. Suryakumar additionally gained the Player of the Match award.

“It is really important to put pressure on yourself when you are preparing for the game. The more pressure you put, the better you can play. There is a lot of hard work involved. Some quality practice sessions are also involved,” Suryakumar was quoted as saying within the post-match presentation ceremony.

Yadav got here to bat when India had been in a spot of hassle after dropping two wickets within the powerplay. But as a substitute of letting the Sri Lankan bowlers dictate phrases, Yadav racked up the second-fastest hundred by an Indian batter in T20Is off 45 balls. He additionally credited head coach Rahul Dravid for permitting him to play his pure sport.

“The boundaries behind were 59-60m, so I tried to clear them. There are a few shots that are pre-determined but you have to be ready for other strokes as well. Most of the time, I try to find the gap, and use the field to my advantage, Dravid lets me enjoy, and tells me to express myself,” he added.

Yadav additionally grew to become the quickest batter to achieve the 1500-run mark in T20Is by way of balls confronted. In 45 T20Is, the Mumbai-born cricketer has scored 1578 runs at a mean of 46.41 and a strike-rate of 180.34 with three a whole bunch and 13 half-centuries to his title.

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sabyasachi chowdhury

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Jan 7, 2023