It was indeed a different version of Suryakumar batting on Lucknow pitch as in a rare case, he failed to cross the strike rate of 100 and ended his innings at an SR of 83.87
The bounce and turn on the Lucknow wicket was such that both sides struggled to score runs. Even T20 specialists like Finn Allen and Suryakumar Yadav struggled to strike at their usual strike rate. 10-15 extra runs from Kiwis could have pushed India to go harder with the bat
The match was an extremely low-scoring affair and saw both sides struggling for runs on a spin-friendly track. Even a chase of 100 runs went down till the last over.
It was a jubilant night in the neighbourhood of women's Under-19 cricketer Sonam Yadav, who picked up a wicket in India's victory over England in the final of the inaugural Under-19 T20 World Cup for the eves.
Maurya stirred controversy by demanding the deletion of "insulting comments and sarcasm" targeted at particular castes and sects in Ramcharitmanas, a poem based on the epic Ramayana.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday took a swipe at the move to rename 'Mughal Gardens' on the Rashtrapati Bhavan premises to 'Amrit Udyan' and said that the government should also rename 'Izzatghar' as "Amrit Sauchalaya".
Samajwadi Party (SP) MLC Swami Prasad Maurya on Sunday tweeted that he will continue to protest against the conspiracy of insulting the Adivasis, women and Dalits in the name of religion.
New Zealand leads the three-match T20I series 1-0. They had defeated Men in Blue in the first match by 21 runs, which saw a fighting half-century from all-rounder Washington Sundar go in vain. They will be looking forward to downing Men in Blue in their own territory and win the series