Gun's 'next-level' blitz like a 'video game innings'

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India's Suryakumar Yadav again stamped himself connected Sunday arsenic the champion T20 batter successful the world, unleashing a period against New Zealand that triggered an outpouring of plaudits.

After arriving successful the mediate astatine archetypal driblet successful the 2nd lucifer of the bid betwixt India and New Zealand, the top-ranked batter successful the International Cricket Council's T20 rankings struck an unbeaten 111 runs from 51 balls.

The 32-year-old notched 11 fours and 7 sixes successful the New Zealand metropolis of Mount Maunganui to acceptable up a 65-run triumph for his side.

The Indians posted 6-191 and took 18.5 overs to vessel the Kiwis retired for 126 runs, securing a 1-0 bid pb aft the archetypal crippled was washed out.

More than a decennary aft capturing a T20 planetary hat-trick, New Zealand speedy Tim Southee snared the 2nd of his career.

But the hat-trick, produced successful the last implicit of India's innings, was overshadowed by Yadav's heroics.

He flayed the New Zealand onslaught successful each directions and pulled disconnected immoderate outrageous strokeplay.

"Suryakumar, that was retired of this world," Kiwis skipper Kane Williamson said successful a Spark Sport interrogation aft the match.

"One of the champion knocks that I deliberation I've ever seen, and immoderate of those shots I person ne'er seen. It was adjacent level."

Former New Zealand wicketkeeper Ian Smith said connected the Spark Sport broadcast that Yadav's innings "just caught fire".

"But it was nary slogging," Smith added.

"It was each wrong control, it was placement, it was conscionable batsmanship."

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Former Kiwis skipper Stephen Fleming said Yadav's sound was of "the highest class".

"You volition not spot amended than this. The mode helium manipulated the bowling, the field, the areas that helium enactment the ball, the timing and the implicit class successful which helium went astir his enactment ... yeah, it's classy," Fleming said connected the Spark Sport coverage.

"I'd accidental New Zealand were a small spot blameworthy of not having the close fields astatine the close time, but this feline conscionable picked it part.

"An implicit masterclass of T20 batting."

Virat Kohli, who's been rested for the limited-overs circuit of New Zealand, praised his weapon teammate successful a Twitter post.

"Numero uno showing wherefore he's the champion successful the world," Kohli wrote.

"Didn't ticker it unrecorded but I'm definite this was different video crippled innings by him."

Revered cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle showed his admiration successful a humorous Twitter post.

"I request a breathing apparatus," Bhogle joked.

"Sky is taking our enactment away."

In different post, Bhogle wrote: "Such joyousness watching a subordinate astatine the tallness of his powers".

Yadav's sizzling sound against New Zealand followed a magnificent T20 World Cup campaign, which saw him pummel 239 runs astatine the mean of 59.75 and strike-rate of 189.68.

Several of Yadav's teammates, including Rishabh Pant, embraced the superstar arsenic helium spoke to Spark Sport portion walking from the field.

"In T20 cricket, a 100 is ever special," Yadav said.

"But it was besides important for maine to bat till the end. That's what (batting partner) Hardik (Pandya) was telling maine from the different end: conscionable effort and play till the 18th-19th over, we request a people of 180-185.

"Really blessed with the people connected the board.

"I'm enjoying batting this way, I've been doing the aforesaid happening successful the nets, each signifier sessions, and going retired (to the middle), each these things happening, I'm precise blessed with that."

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