Players like Suryakumar Yadav come only once in a century: Kapil Dev | Cricket News – Times of India

<p>Suryakumar Yadav’s scintillating 51-ball 112* brings up India’s series-clinching 91-run win over SL in the 3rd T20I</p>

<p>It’s Surya’s third T20I century, which fired India to 228/5 in Rajkot</p>

<p>Surya’s breathtaking knock included 9 sixes and 7 fours</p>

<p>Surya’s first fifty came of 26 balls and the second took only 19 deliveries</p>

<p>Shubman Gill scored 46, while Rahul Triptahi stroked a 16-ball 35-run after Ishan Kishan (1) was sent back early.</p>

<p>Surya’s 111-run stand with Gill was ended by Wanindu Hasaranga (1/36)</p>

<p>India lost skipper Hardik Pandya (4) and all-rounder Deepak Hooda (4) in quick succession</p>

<p>But Surya batted like a man on a mission and towards the end found able support in all-rounder Axar Patel (21*)</p>

<p>SL openers Pathum Nissanka (15) and Kusal Mendis (23) added brisk 44 runs at the top</p>

<p>Axar (1/19) broke the opening stand with the wicket of Mendis</p>

<p>Arshdeep Singh struck soon after, dismissing Nissanka, while Hardik sent Avishka Fernando (1) back</p>

<p>Yuzvendra Chahal (2/30) was the next to get among the wickets, removing Charith Asalanka (19)</p>

<p>Regular wickets kept increasing the required run-rate as skipper Hardik too chipped in with a spell of 2/30</p>

<p>Umran Malik continued to rock both the speedometre and the stumps with his 2/31</p>

<p>Arshdeep left his ‘no-ball’ woes from the 2nd T20I behind and led India’s bowling attack with a spell of 3/20</p>

<p>The Indian bowlers conceded 11 extras by way of bowling wides, which a team can ill-afford in T20Is</p>

<p>India bowled the Lankans out for 137 in 16.4 overs</p>

<p>Surya’s knock of 112 not out earned him the ‘Man of the Match’ award</p>

<p>Axar Patel was named the ‘Man of the Series’ of his consistent show with both bat and ball</p>