IND v WI 2022: Cricket fraternity reacts as Suryakumar Yadav-Venkatesh Iyer cause carnage to take India to 184/5

India leads series 2-0 and Avesh Khan made his T20I debut for India.

By Jatin Sharma - 20 Feb, 2022

Indian batter Suryakumar Yadav, assisted by Venkatesh Iyer, gave a clinic on how to finish an innings as they took apart the West Indies bowling attack in the third and final T20I of the series in Kolkata on February 20, 2022.

West Indies bowled first after winning the toss and both sides made four changes. India gave a debut to Avesh Khan, while Ruturaj Gaikwad got his first game of the series. West Indies bought in Hayden Walsh Jr, Fabien Allen, and Shai Hope amongst other changes.

Though Ruturaj Gaikwad fell for 4 runs, Ishan Kishan (34 with 5 fours) and Shreyas Iyer (25 with 4 fours) laid a good platform for the finishers to do their job. Rohit Sharma batted at 4 but failed, making only 7 runs.

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At 93/4 in 14 overs, India was looking at a score of around 160 at the most. But Suryakumar Yadav and Venkatesh Iyer had other plans as they caused mayhem in the last five overs or so. The duo added 91 runs in just 37 deliveries together and 42 of those came in just two overs.

Suryakumar got out on the last ball of the innings for 65 in 31 balls with 1 four and 7 sixes, while Iyer remained unbeaten on 35 in 19 with 4 fours and 2 sixes, to take India to 184/5 in 20 overs. Romario Shepherd went for 50 runs in his 4 overs for one wicket, while Dominic Drakes have 37 runs in his 3 for one wicket.

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The cricket fraternity was in awe thanks to the carnage caused by Venkatesh Iyer and especially Suryakumar Yadav, helping India put up a formidable total. They took to Twitter to laud Yadav with appreciative tweets.

Here are some of them:

This boy can bat
— Jofra Archer (@JofraArcher) February 20, 2022

Brilliant from Surya Yadav and Venkatesh Iyer. Two very calm, modern players who have done everything asked of them.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) February 20, 2022

Up above ball goes so high
We've found a diamond in the SKY!

PS: Phenomenal batting by @venkateshiyer too ???????? #INDvWI pic.twitter.com/W7Vc543gj1
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) February 20, 2022

Off side play of surya Kumar Yadav was pleasing to the eye today. He is in top top form.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) February 20, 2022

Surya kumar Yadav is just exceptional in this format. Matches the demands of modern day T20 cricket - He’s got that extra range and gear and that’s just what the team needed.. This was a brilliant knock.. #INDvWI
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) February 20, 2022

Excellent batting from @surya_14kumar and @venkateshiyer both have had real impact this series. #INDvWI
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) February 20, 2022

Sky is turning out to be gold for team India game after game. Treat to watch him play???? #SpecialPlayer #SuryaKumarYadav #INDvWI #TeamIndia
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R) February 20, 2022

Some poor bowling in the slog overs, but all told fantastic stuff by Yadav and Iyer (91 runs in a little more than 6 overs!) at the finish. Going by past matches, looks beyond West Indies
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) February 20, 2022

what a generation of batters this is. just absolutely free #INDvWI
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) February 20, 2022

One of the finest #T20 partnerships I have seen of late. Breathtaking batting show by @surya_14kumar and @venkateshiyer. Unbelievable power hitting!! Incredible skills. Take a bow! Fireworks ???? at the #EdenGardens. Well done boys… ????????????#BelieveInBlue #INDvWI #SuryakumarYadav pic.twitter.com/u1W4CKeC2q
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) February 20, 2022

When a batsman‘s confidence is SKY high, the world is at his feet! ???? @surya_14kumar #INDvWI
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) February 20, 2022

We’ve long know that SKY can play. He is simply amazing when in form like tonight.
— Ian Bishop (@irbishi) February 20, 2022

#SuryaKumarYadav 's talent and skills were well known and it's a delight to see him perform well in international cricket, but #venkateshiyer has been tremendous- 92 of 50 deliveries in the series at an unfamiliar position. Gold pic.twitter.com/KwxRJoyH1N
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) February 20, 2022

Surya u beauty @surya_14kumar enjoyed watching it .. lovely to see @venkateshiyer getting into the groove at number 6 .. superb for india ???????? #INDvWI
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) February 20, 2022

By Jatin Sharma - 20 Feb, 2022

IND v WI 2022: Cricket fraternity reacts as Suryakumar Yadav-Venkatesh Iyer cause carnage to take India to 184/5

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