The Indian cricket team thrashed Australia to register a memorable 6 wicket win in the third and final T20I and win the T20I series by a 2-1 margin. The hosts made a strong comeback in the series after losing the first T20I in Mohali. It also saw the Rohit Sharma-led side break Pakistan’s record to win the most T20I matches in a calendar year.
Chasing a tough target of 187, The Men in Blue rode on the performances of Virat Kohli (63) and Suryakumar Yadav’s blistering innings or 69 runs to emerge victorious at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.
The middle order batter smashed 69 off just 39 balls and his innings played a key role to hand India the much needed series win. SuryaKumar Yadav’s quickfire blistering half-century consisted of five fours and the same number of sixes. After the game in a a post-match chat with Axar Patel, the 32 year old shared how he was not felling well before the game.
In a video shared by BCCI on their Twitter handle, Axar Patel shared that Suryakumar Yadav had complained of stomach ache and fever and the Indian cricket team’s medical staff was treating him on the morning of the game. Suryakumar Yadav said, “Actually, you (Axar) were also facing this problem. I got to know this during the team meeting. There was a little issue. The weather changed and now we have started travelling as well. So I had a stomach ache and then fever.”
From setting the stage on fire to a special pre-match tale! 🔥 😎
Men of the hour – @surya_14kumar & @akshar2026 – discuss it all after #TeamIndia‘s T20I series win against Australia in Hyderabad. 👍 👍- By @RajalArora
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— BCCI (@BCCI) September 26, 2022
He went on to compared the final T20I to a World Cup Final and claimed how he did not want to miss out on the game and pleaded with the medical staff to help him get fit for the contest. He stated, “At the same time, I knew this one is the decider. So I told my doctor and physio, If this would’ve been the world cup final, then how will I react? I can’t sit like this. “
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“So I told them, ‘do anything – give me any medicine, injection – do everything you can to get me fit for the game. Once you have worn the jersey and are on the ground then the emotion is different,” Suryakumar Yadav added.
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