Highlight
- Sky started off cautiously, and at one point was making 26 off 19 balls.
- Sky now holds the record for the second highest score by an Indian in T20 cricket.
Suryakumar Yadav was at his best as an MI batsman, scoring his maiden and brilliant 100 against England in the third and final T20I. That came when India were trailing 13-2 and just lost Virat Kohli,
Sky started off cautiously, and at one point was making 26 off 19 balls. But as soon as Livingstone came to bowl, everything fell apart. Yadav smashed them with 15 runs in the over, and gave life to a dying chase. He eventually finished with 117 off 55 balls. The innings included 14 fours and six sixes. With this innings, SKY now holds the record for the second highest score by an Indian in T20 cricket.
- 118 Rohit Sharma vs SL
- 117 SK Yadav vs England
- 111 Rohit Sharma vs West Indies
- 110 KL Rahul vs WI
He is also the second Indian after KL Rahul to score a century by coming at number four or below. Not only this, Suryakumar’s 117 is also the highest score for the number four batsman in the world. Maxwell held the record for a long time as he scored 113* vs India in Bengaluru in 2019.
As far as the match is concerned, Sky ended during the death overs as it kept losing partners at the other end. Ultimately, England won the match by 17 runs.
India playing XI
Rohit Sharma(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra JadejaHarshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Umran Malik, Ravi Bishnoi
England playing XI
Jason Roy, if butler(w/c), David Malan, Philip Salt, Liam Livingstone, Harry Brooke, Moeen AliDavid Willey, Chris Jordan, Reece Topley, Richard Gleason