‘Surya on Fire’ – Fans Go Loud After Suryakumar Yadav’s Blistering Knock Against Hong Kong

In the second match of this year’s Asia Cup, India took on Hong Kong in Dubai. They won the first match against Pakistan by five wickets. On the other hand, Hong Kong qualified for the main phase of this tournament by winning the qualifiers. Hence, the stage was set for both teams for an exciting match.

Coming to this match, Indian top-order batters were not in a good form. Hence, talks were there that they need to score some runs in this match. Even, Suryakumar Yadav failed to score big during the chase against Pakistan. Hence, all of them were looking at this match eagerly. Speaking of this match, Rohit Sharma lost the toss, and then, he had to bat first.

Suryakumar Yadav remained unbeaten on 68 runs off 26 balls only at a strike rate of 261.53 against Hong Kong

India skipper Rohit and KL Rahul came out to bat for India. However, Rohit scored only 21 runs off 13 balls. Then, Rahul and Virat Kohli batted for some time. Then, KL Rahul lost his wicket for 36 runs off 39 balls. Then, Suryakumar Yadav came out to bat. He did not take too much time to settle as he started to smash some boundaries all around the field. He was also looking to contribute this time around after the Pakistan match.

He put up an unbeaten partnership of 98 runs with Kohli. Virat Kohli also remained unbeaten on 59 runs off 44 balls, including one four and three sixes. However, Yadav scored 68* runs off 26 balls. He hit six fours and six over-boundaries throughout his innings. He scored those amount of runs at a strike rate of 261.53. Fans also loved it as they went berserk on Twitter. They heaped high praises for his knock. Some of them also said that he has overshadowed Kohli’s innings. His innings helped India to post a total of 192 runs in 20 overs.

Here is how fans have reacted to the blistering knock of Suryakumar Yadav in the Asia Cup 2022:

#SuryakumarYadav
मजा आ गया

— S सत्येन्द्र यादव (@ssatyendray7) August 31, 2022

https://twitter.com/ProfessorEyesOn/status/1565011599311896578

https://twitter.com/cric_opia/status/1565011596031627266

Very massive boundaries in the final over with SKY's bat.
68 runs off 26 balls in T20I. Surya was just phenomenal. #INDvsHONGKONG #INDvHKG #AsiaCup2022 #SuryakumarYadav@BCCI
@surya_14kumar pic.twitter.com/STuu59dK3S

— Krsnaaaa (@krsnaa_x) August 31, 2022

#SuryakumarYadav

— Santosh Kumar Yadav (@Santosh98739468) August 31, 2022

https://twitter.com/bishnudas78770/status/1565011423788695552

https://twitter.com/HappyRaj2012/status/1565011481321775107

He is truly a special player , India's own 360 degree player #SuryakumarYadav pic.twitter.com/1lPQSOH7lE

— A N K I T (@Ankitaker) August 31, 2022