Rahul Tiwari
khelja|14-11-2024
Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav did a great job right under the nose of South Africa. This means that host South Africa kept watching and Suryakumar Yadav scored not one but two hat-tricks. In the high scoring match held in Centurion, India won by 11 runs. With this victory, the threat of series defeat looming over them has now been averted. The Indian team has taken a 2-1 lead in the 4 T20 series. Players like Tilak Verma, Abhishek Sharma, Arshdeep Singh played a big role in giving India the lead in the series. But, it is also important to talk about Suryakumar Yadav's double hat-trick in the match in which India took the lead.
Now you will say how Suryakumar Yadav's double hat-trick was completed? The answer to this is as much related to the Indian captain's luck in the toss as it is to his performance in batting. Simply put, Suryakumar Yadav has completed the hat-trick of losing the toss and failing to bat.
Suryakumar Yadav has not won a single toss so far in the T20 series against South Africa. This sequence of losing the toss, which started in the first T20 played in Durban, turned into a hat-trick in the third T20 in Centurion. And, if this is not controlled then Surya can now hit a four after losing the toss. He can also become the captain who did not win a single toss in the series.
Suryakumar Yadav's condition similar to that of the toss has been seen in batting also during the series. In the first 3 matches of the T20 series played from Durban to Centurion, he could score only 26 runs, out of which he could not even touch double figures in two innings. His best score is only 21 runs.
However, both the hat-tricks that Suryakumar Yadav has completed are such that no captain would want to do for his team. The fourth and last match of the T20 series between India and South Africa is in Johannesburg. If Team India has a chance to win the title there, then Suryakumar Yadav will try to control his poor batting. Can't say about toss because no one has control over it.