Former India batsman Virender Sehwag was impressed by Suryakumar Yadav's start of the international career. Yadav finally got to bat in international cricket during the fourth T20I after a long wait. He had already waited a lot for India debut but didn't get to bat in his first game.

On Thursday (March 18), when Yadav was asked to bat at number three, he ended up smashing a half-century (57 off 31 deliveries). He started his innings with a six off the first delivery. Jofra Archer wanted to test him with a short ball but the batsman was ready to pounce on it.

Sehwag, who is himself famous for starting the innings with a boundary, said it felt like Yadav was still playing in IPL and not international level. "Of course, the new players always have my blessing. But he wasn’t the only one. Rohit Sharma also hit a six off the first ball, and when Shreyas Iyer arrived, he took hit a four off the first ball. In fact, there were three more India batsman who hit a four or a six off the first ball."

ALSO READ: Virender Sehwag recalls the England tour which made Virat Kohli obsessed with fitness

"Suryakumar Yadav was perhaps waiting to get an opportunity to show his caliber. And when he did, he played exactly the way he played in the IPL," Sehwag said in a video on Cricbuzz.

Yadav was very confident throughout his innings and Sehwag said his six off the first delivery announced his arrival to the international cricket. 

"He didn’t look as of he was playing an international innings, because when you are about to play your first innings at the international level, but when you hit a six off the first ball, all the nervousness goes out of your system. That is when you get that feeling that ‘Yes I belong here’.

"There’s a different level of confidence when you smack a six off the team’s fastest bowler. It’s like 'If I can hit him for six, I will easily tackle the rest of the bowlers,'" Sehwag pointed out.

(With Cricbuzz Inputs)