Suryakumar Yadav Named ICC T20I Player Of The Year For 2023

Big-hitting batter Suryakumar Yadav was on Wednesday named the T20I Player of the Year for a second consecutive time by the International Cricket Council (ICC), which described him because the “backbone of India’s middle order” within the format. Yadav did fairly nicely in 2023 with a median that closed in on 50 and a strike fee exceeding 150. He is presently recuperating from a groin surgical procedure that he underwent in Germany earlier this month. He is anticipated to be again in motion within the IPL for the Mumbai Indians in March.

“The backbone of India’s middle order got starts throughout the year, delivering several match-winning contributions. This is the second consecutive year that the India batter has taken this award home,” the ICC acknowledged.

Yadav’s first innings of simply seven to start out the 12 months in opposition to Sri Lanka was a mere velocity bump in one other prolific 12 months.

“Consistent scoring in 20s to 40s continued, before an innings of 83 (44) against the West Indies in Providence proved his class. He ended the series against the West Indies with a knock of 61 (45) in Florida.

“Yadav flourished regardless of the burden of captaincy, taking the reins of a younger aspect in the direction of the tip of the 12 months,” the world physique acknowledged.

Yadav made half-centuries in opposition to Australia (80 off 42 balls) and South Africa (56 from 36 balls), earlier than posting a 100 in opposition to the Proteas off simply 56 balls of their closing T20I of the 12 months in Johannesburg.

His knock of 112 off 51 balls in opposition to Sri Lanka in January included 9 sixes and 7 fours, equating to virtually a boundary each three deliveries.

The effort was the second-fastest hundred for India in males’s T20Is behind Rohit Sharma’s 35-ball effort in opposition to the identical opponent in 2017, and India had been clear 91-run winners.

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