&imwidth=800&imheight=600&format=webp&quality=medium "IND vs AUS, 1st T20I: Amid batting form concerns, Suryakumar becomes second Indian to achieve THIS milestone after Rohit")
India T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav came into the Australia T20I series with a burden of not performing as a batter. The skipper, however, shed off the concerns with a fluent unbeaten 24-ball 39 till the time rain paused the play in the first T20I on Wednesday (Oct 29). During his innings, Surya had also hit two taking an took his overall tally to 150 sixes in T20Is. SKY, as he is fondly called, is only the second Indian batter to reach the landmark behind Rohit Sharma and fifth overall. Rohit, who has retired from T20Is, leads the list currently with 205 sixes in T20Is.
SKY reaches 150 T20I sixes
The 39 not out against Australia is SKY's second best individual score since his 75 in October 2024 against Bangladesh. The batter was at his fluent best in Canberra with ball coming nicely onto the bat. SKY hit two sixes to reach 39 - which took his tally to 150 in all T20Is.
Rohit (205) currently is on top of most sixes in T20Is list, followed by UAE's Muhammed Waseem (187), New Zealand's Martin Guptill (173), and England's Jos Buttler (172). SKY rounds up top five with 150.
India make Arshdeep sit out for Harshit
With Jasprit Bumrah coming into the squad after sitting out the T20Is, he found himself in the playing XI automatically. Bumrah's inclusion meant someone had to sit out and Harshit Rana was picked ahead of Arshdeep Singh. The call raised some questions as Arshdeep has been India's frontline T20I bowler for quite some time now.
Arshdeep (101) is the only Indian bowler to have more than 100 T20I wickets - even five more than Bumrah's 96 T20I wickets. Rana, who played under India head coach Gambhir in IPL franchise KKR, has, on the other hand, played only three T20I and taken only five wickets.
