Suryakumar Yadav added one other milestone to his T20I profession on Wednesday, turning into the quickest batter to hit 150 sixes within the format in the course of the opening match of the sequence towards Australia on the Manuka Oval in Canberra.The India captain reached the landmark in simply 86 innings, dealing with 1,649 balls. Solely UAE’s Muhammad Waseem has achieved the milestone in fewer innings and deliveries, by reaching 150 sixes in 66 innings off 1,543 balls. Nevertheless, it’s to be famous that Waseem belongs to an affiliate member nation of the ICC.Amongst gamers with 150 or extra sixes in T20 Internationals, Rohit Sharma leads the listing with 205, adopted by Waseem (187), Martin Guptill (173), Jos Buttler (172), and now Suryakumar with 150*.On the time of the rain interruption, India have been 97/1 in 9.4 overs after being put in to bat. Suryakumar remained unbeaten on 39 off 24 balls, putting three fours and two sixes, whereas Shubman Gill was on 37 off 20. Their partnership for the second wicket had added 62 runs from 35 balls when the rain stopped play for the second time within the match.The primary delay had already shortened the sport to an 18-over contest. Earlier, Abhishek Sharma was dismissed for 19, caught by Tim David off Nathan Ellis, with India at 35/1 within the fourth over.Earlier than the match, Suryakumar mentioned he was blissful to bat first given the floor and circumstances. “We have been trying to bat first. I imply, it seems to be like an excellent wicket. And I heard from our analysts that there haven’t been quite a lot of video games performed right here. Would possibly get slower within the second innings. So, yeah, we needed to bat first,” he mentioned on the toss.Talking in regards to the workforce’s preparation, he added, “We have been right here three, 4 days earlier than this recreation. Although it was chilly yesterday and right this moment. However right this moment, it seems to be good. Hopefully, we’ll have an excellent recreation.”

India made a number of adjustments to their lineup for the opening T20I, with Suryakumar confirming that “the fellows who’re lacking out are Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep and Nitish.”Australia had earlier received the toss and opted to area.