Watch: Suryakumar Yadav smashes Zakary Foulkes for 24 runs in IND vs NZ 2nd T20I in Raipur
The Indian captain and the right-handed batter of the side, Suryakumar Yadav, smashed the New Zealand fast bowler, Zakary Foulkes, for 24 runs during the second T20I of the five-match series against New Zealand.
New Zealand’s right-arm pacer, Zakary Foulkes, didn’t make a great start with the ball during his opening over of the defense of 208 runs during the second T20I of the five-match series against India at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium in Raipur, where he was smashed for 24 runs by Ishan Kishan, before a replica of such an over by Suryakumar Yadav.
The new Chennai Super Kings (CSK) bowler returned to bowl the ninth over of the innings as Sky picked the length ball outside the off stump and played it late to guide it past the field at a short third man region for a boundary before going back to his crease and guiding the second delivery towards the third Man fence for the same result.
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On the third delivery of the over, the right-handed batter went for a drive, and the outside it flew toward the vacant sleep region and raced away to the fence before he nailed a glorious cover drive for a boundary. The 5th ball was a slower bouncer from the New Zealand pacer as Suryakumar hooked it over fine leg right into India's dugout to claim 25 runs of that over.
Suryakumar Yadav smashes 24 runs against Zakary Foulkes
Jacob Duffy went short against the Indian captain, who flicked the ball towards deep backward square leg and got the six runs despite not being in full control of the shot. The Indian captain celebrated his 50 in just 23 deliveries, which became the third fastest half-century in the T20Is against New Zealand by an Indian batter.
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Earlier in the game, New Zealand posted 208 runs for the loss of six wickets in their allotted 20 overs as their captain, Mitchell Santner, remained unbeaten on 47 runs in just 27 deliveries with the help of six boundaries and one six, while Rachin Ravindra contributed with 44 runs in just 26 deliveries to shoulder them to that position.
Even Shivam Dube smashed 26 runs in just 13 balls as he remained unbeaten when they made their way to 180 in the 14th over and looked for an early finish in the chase.
Brief Scores: India 209/3 (Suryakumar Yadav 82*, Ishan Kishan 76*, Ish Sodhi 1/34) beat New Zealand 208/6 (Mitchell Santner 47*, Kuldeep Yadav 2/35).
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