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Is Suryakumar Yadav better than Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers?
Speaking on his performance, former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria called him the new ‘Universe Boss’, a term commonly used to describe West Indies legend Chris Gayle.
Suryakumar Yadav’s brilliant century helped India won the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka in Rajkot. Apart from this, this innings also helped SKY confirm his status as the world’s number one T20I batsman, even as former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria He was compared to the great AB de Villiers of South Africa. He went a step further and said that he is the new ‘Universe Boss’.
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Earlier Sky had played an innings where he reached his T20I century in just 45 balls, the second fastest T20I century by an Indian. Surya smashed a sensational 51-ball 112 not out to bring up his third T20I century as India reached 228 for five, making the task easy for their bowlers.
He toyed with the Sri Lankan bowlers all over the ground, hitting fours and sixes for the maximum and in his trademark manner all over the ground to bring up his third century in the format.
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Speaking on his performance, former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria called him the new ‘Universe Boss’, a term commonly used to describe West Indies legend Chris Gayle. Kaneria even said that Suryakumar has surpassed Gayle and de Villiers.
“The new Universe Boss is Suryakumar Yadav – The Beast. Now what should I tell about this boy, I have already said that a player like Suryakumar comes once in life. The innings he played today, 112 off 51 balls, no one can replicate that,” Kaneria was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times.
“You can talk about ABD, Chris Gayle but both of them pale in front of Surya. He has already outdone them and taken T20 cricket to a whole new level.”
‘It is important to put pressure on yourself’
“It’s really important to put pressure on yourself when you’re preparing for a game. If you do this in practice, it becomes a bit easier while playing the game. There is a lot of hard work involved but it is all about having quality practice sessions. You should know what your game is and prepare accordingly,” Suryakumar said at the post-match presentation.
“The back boundaries are like 50-60 metres, so I was targeting them. There are some shots that are already decided but you have to take other shots as well so that if the bowler changes his plan, you get an answer.
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