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Suryakumar Yadav is making remarkable progress in international cricket, as seen by his rise to No. 21 in the 2018 ICC Men’s T20I Rankings for hitters. Venkatesh Iyer made a tremendous improvement in the T20I batting statistics in the most recent rankings, which were released on Wednesday.
Suryakumar and Venkatesh were instrumental in India’s 3-0 thrashing of the West Indies in a recent T20I series in Kolkata. Suryakumar top-scored for India in the T20I series with 107 runs, while Venkatesh came in second with 92 runs. Both batsmen had a fantastic strike rate of above 180 in the three-match series, as India’s middle-order rose to the occasion.
In the last T20I against the Windies, the two helped India recover from a 93/4 deficit. Both hitters unleashed a torrent of strokes on the West Indies bowlers, putting together a 91-run partnership in 37 balls. Suryakumar Yadav’s magnificent 65 off 31 balls helped India produce a competitive score of 184/5, while Venkatesh Iyer stayed unbeaten on 35 off 19.
While Suryakumar has broken into the top 30, Iyer has jumped 203 ranks to No.115 in the batter’s rankings. Nicholas Pooran, the West Indies’ lone batsman, climbed five spots to No. 13. The left-hander scored 50 in all three T20Is, but his efforts were in vain.
Meanwhile, Virat Kohli remained in the top ten after striking a match-winning fifty against the West Indies in the second T20I. KL Rahul has kept his No. 6 place despite missing the T20I series owing to injury. Only Rahul Dravid and Virat Kohli are Indian hitters in the top ten. Captain Rohit Sharma, who had a lacklustre
The series against the West Indies is ranked 11th.
Suryakumar Yadav has been ruled out of India’s next T20I series against Sri Lanka owing to a hairline fracture, which was discovered on Wednesday. Rohit Sharma’s team will also be without Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant, who were rested, and KL Rahul, who is out due to injury.
From February 24 to 27, India will play three Twenty20 matches versus Sri Lanka.
