In the Super-8 of T20 World Cup 2024, Team India played its first match against Afghanistan on 20 June. The Indian team won this match by 47 runs. Suryakumar Yadav became the hero of this victory of India, who played a fast-paced innings with the bat. Due to which India put up such a big score on the scoreboard that the Afghanistan team could not recover from it. As soon as Suryakumar Yadav became the hero of India's victory over Afghanistan, a history was recorded in his name, in making which he played 56 T20I matches less than Virat Kohli. After this success of Surya, Pakistan's legendary cricketer Wasim Akram hugged him.

Now you must be wondering what history has Suryakumar Yadav created? What milestone has he achieved by playing 56 T20 International matches less than Virat Kohli? So before coming to the answers to these questions, let's take a look at Suryakumar Yadav's innings played against Afghanistan.

Suryakumar Yadav became the first Indian batsman to do so due to his stormy innings

Suryakumar Yadav scored 53 runs off 28 balls against Afghanistan, which included 5 fours and 3 sixes. During this, his strike rate was 189.28. This is the second consecutive half-century from Suryakumar Yadav's bat in the T20 World Cup 2024. After the big win over Afghanistan, Suryakumar Yadav was adjudged the Player of the Match for this brilliant innings. In this way, he became the first Indian batsman to become the Player of the Match in the T20 World Cup 2024.

Suryakumar created history by playing 56 matches less than Virat

The match played against Afghanistan in the T20 World Cup 2024 was the 64th match of Suryakumar Yadav's T20I career. By becoming the Player of the Match in this match, Suryakumar has equaled Virat Kohli's record of winning this title 15 times. Virat has achieved 15 Player of the Match titles in T20 Internationals by playing 120 matches. In that sense, Suryakumar Yadav has already achieved this milestone 56 balls ago.

Wasim Akram hugged Surya Kumar Yadav

After the victory against Afghanistan, Suryakumar Yadav received the Player of the Match award from former Pakistani fast bowler Wasim Akram. As soon as Akram gave the award to Surya, he also hugged him, the pictures of which are viral on social media.

Wasim Akram hugging Suryakumar Yadav during POTM award. pic.twitter.com/Z0jTZl8o7n

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