Watch: Yuzvendra Chahal kisses Suryakumar Yadav's hand after his unprecendented knock in third T20I against Sri Lanka

Suryakumar Yadav (Source: Twitter)

Star India batter Suryakumar Yadav was in brilliant form as India beat Sri Lanka in the third T20I in Rajkot on Saturday. The flamboyant batter single-handedly took the game away from Sri Lanka with his whirlwind knock of 112 runs off 51 balls with the help of nine fours and seven sixes. Courtesy of his knock, India ended up posting 228 for five in 20 overs. In reply to India’s total, Sri Lanka got bowled out for 137 in 16.4 overs.

The 32-year-old continued his incredible form from 2022 where he finished as the highest run-scorer in T20Is and was hailed by his teammates. In a video that went viral, India spinner Yuzvendra Chahal could be seen kissing Suryakumar's hand in an extraordinary gesture after the game.

Watch the video here:

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"It's really important to put pressure on yourself when you are preparing for a game. If you do that in practice, it gets a little easier while playing the game. There is a lot of hard work involved but it's about doing quality practice sessions. You should know what your game is and prepare accordingly. Boundaries behind are like 50-60 meters, so I was targeting them", Suryakumar said at the post-match presentation ceremony.

"There are some shots that are pre-determined but you need to have other shots too so that if the bowler changes his plan, you can have an answer. He (Dravid) just lets me enjoy myself. He tells me to just enjoy and express myself,” he added.

Suryakumar Yadav has second most number of hundreds in T20Is

Suryakumar Yadav scored 1164 runs in 31 innings in T20Is in 2022 at an average of 46.56 and a strike rate of 187.43. It was also the second most runs scored by a batter in a year T20Is after Mohammed Rizwan. The Mumbai batter has three hundreds and 13 fifties in just 45 matches of his career.

With his hundred in the third T20I, SKY has the second most number of hundreds in T20Is along with S Davizi, Glenn Maxwell and Colin Munro who have three hundreds each. Indian captain Rohit Sharma sits on top of the list having four hundreds to his name.

After the T20I series, India and Sri Lanka will lock horns in the three-match ODI series starting on 10^th January.