The 5-match T20I series against England will begin in Kolkata today i.e. 22 January. In this series, all eyes will be on captain Suryakumar Yadav.
IND vs ENG: The wait is over. The day the fans were eagerly waiting for has arrived. India and England are going to face each other in Kolkata from 7 pm today. In the first match of the T20I series, both teams will try to register a win. In this 5-match series, Team India will be led by Suryakumar Yadav while England will be captained by Jos Buttler. Both the captains are strong batsmen of their team, who will have the biggest responsibility of scoring runs on their shoulders. Team India is performing brilliantly at home under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav and this time too he will try to make an important contribution to his team’s victory.
Great record against England
Suryakumar Yadav has been in great form in T20I cricket since his debut and he has the ability to destroy the bowling of any team alone. In such a situation, the English bowlers will have to stay away from Surya. During this, Surya will also have a chance to make a great record. Surya made his T20I debut in March 2021 and since then he has scored 2570 runs in 78 T20I matches at an average of over 40 and a strike rate of over 167. This also includes 4 centuries and 1 half-century. Surya’s record against England is also excellent. He has scored 321 runs in 7 innings of 8 matches against England at an average of 45.85 and a strike rate of around 180. During this, 1 century and 1 half-century have come off his bat.
Opportunity to leave all batsmen behind
If Surya manages to score a century in the upcoming 5-match series against England, he will create a new record. So far 8 batsmen have scored centuries in T20I against England. These include Rohit Sharma, Babar Azam, Chris Gayle, Aaron Finch, Rovman Powell, Glenn Maxwell, KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav. If Surya scores another century, he will become the first batsman in the world to score the most T20I centuries against England, surpassing the world’s 7 best batsmen in the shortest format of cricket. Not only this, with the help of a century innings, he will surpass 8 players including Gayle (422 runs) in terms of scoring the most runs against England. For this, he will need only 102 runs.
