‘Yeh pehla surya hai jo raat mein chamakta hai’ – Fans react as Suryakumar Yadav hits another T20I hundred against South Africa in third T20I

Stand-in India skipper Suryakumar Yadav has hit his maiden T20I hundred in South Africa and against Proteas in the ongoing third T20I. His first three T20I hundreds came between 2022 and 2023. He has one each in England (2022), New Zealand (2022) and India (2023). Meanwhile, in the ongoing game, the home team won the toss and chose to bowl first. They had a poor start as Indian openers scored 29 runs in two overs.

However, Keshav Maharaj took two back-to-back wickets that brought Yadav to the crease. Looking for a partnership, he and Yashasvi Jaiswal (60) put together 113 runs for the third wicket after losing two wickets for 29 runs. While the latter scored another T20I fifty, Yadav went to get the three-digit mark despite batting in the middle-order. They helped the team reach 201/7 even though the team lost a few wickets in the end overs.

Talking about the game, the visitors, India have taken four wickets for 42 runs. The ball is turning and the Proteas need a further 136 runs in 66 balls with 66/4 on the board in nine overs at the time of writing.

This is how Twitter reacted

Notably, Yadav has been coming off a poor ODI World Cup 2023 including the innings he played in the final against Australia. He was under criticism for his inability to convert his T20I performances into the ODI game. Meanwhile, at the time of writing, he has been out of the game due to an ankle injury while fielding.

Ravindra Jadeja is leading the team in SKY’s absence and it will be interesting to see whether Yadav can play his further part in the game.