This time Suryakumar Yadav broke Shikhar Dhawan’s record

This year is only for Suryakumar Yadav. Everything turning into gold with his magical touch. A new day, a new match and as if the Indian batsman is touching the bat as an opportunity to surpass himself. Before taking the field against South Africa, he got the good news of improvement in the ranking and set a new record on the field in the Indian jersey.

Suryakumar left the field with an unbeaten 50 runs off 33 balls in the first T20 against the Proteas, ensuring the team’s victory. And in that he made a personal record. Suryakumar now owns the most runs for India in T20Is in a calendar year, overtaking Shekhar Dhawan.

So far, this record was held by Dhawan who scored 689 runs in 2018 calendar year. This record was snatched by his teammate Suryakumar.

Suryakumar has played 20 matches so far in 2022. He scored 732 runs with the bat at an average of 40.66. Batting at a strike rate of 180.29 seems to explain his recent form.

Meanwhile, Virat Kohli, who scored 641 runs in 2016, is number three among the Indians who have scored the most runs in a calendar year in T20. Apart from this, current captain Rohit Sharma is in the fourth place with 590 runs in 2018.

This form of Suryakumar also gives him another good news. In the latest ICC T20 ranking, Suryakumar has improved to number two. Pakistan opener Rizwan is only ahead of him.

Suryakumar is also considered by many to be the ABD Villiers of this era. He is also called the current 360-degree cricketer for playing shots all around. Pakistan’s former cricket legend Wasim Akram has praised him fiercely. According to Akram, Suryakumar Yadav can be India’s betting horse in the upcoming T20 World Cup.