Suryakumar Yadav became the fastest Indian player to hit 100 sixes his record came during the 3rd T20I match against the West Indies, Suryakumar Yadav played a Sensational innings in which he scored 83 off 44 balls with 10 four and 4 sixes, Surya achieved this in just 49 innings which made him the fastest Indian to do so.
SKY Said:
“I think I didn’t do anything different, I have been batting the same way in the last two years. Today was also the same day, I just had to go out and express myself the way I have been doing in the last few years. And everything kept falling in place the way I batted.”
“I am never thinking about milestones in my mind. Because you have seen my innings, even when I’m batting on 47 or 98 I play as per the team’s requirement and achieve a milestone with a boundary or a six. If it happens, good but I look to play according to the team’s requirement.” He added
Most sixes in T20Is by Indians:
182 sixes – Rohit Sharma (140 innings)
117 sixes – Virat Kohli (107 innings)
101* sixes – Suryakumar Yadav (49 innings)
99 sixes – KL Rahul (68 innings)
74 sixes – Yuvraj Singh (51 innings)
68 sixes – Hardik Pandya (70 innings)
58 sixes – Suresh Raina (66 innings)
52 sixes – MS Dhoni (85 innings)
50 sixes – Shikhar Dhawan (66 innings)