WATCH: Suryakumar Yadav wins hearts with his special gesture for a special fan after India vs West Indies 3rd T20I

Suryakumar Yadav won the Player of the Match award for his 44-ball 83.

WATCH: Suryakumar Yadav wins hearts with his special gesture for a special fan after India vs West Indies 3rd T20I

Suryakumar Yadav gifts his jersey to a fan (Image via BCCI Twitter)

Suryakumar Yadav scored a brilliant 83 off 44, which included 10 fours and 4 sixes, against hosts West Indies in the 3rd T20I. With India trailing the 5-match series 0-2, the Men in Blue needed a win and Suryakumar Yadav scored important runs ensuring that his team won the game.

The batter also got the well-deserved Player of the Match award for his match-winning knock. Meanwhile, Yadav also won the hearts of his fans through a special gesture for a special fan after the game.

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After the match, Suryakumar went and greeted fans, took selfies, and signed autographs for them. Later, he met a wheelchair-bound fan. Suryakumar chatted with the fan and gave the fan his match-worn kit. 

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Suryakumar Yadav’s knock ensures India stay alive in the T20I series

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Suryakumar Yadav batting (Images via Twitter, BCCI)

Coming into the 5-match T20I series, Suryakumar Yadav’s form didn’t look good. The batter played 10 ODIs wherein he averaged only 14.11 runs. Although he was good for the T20I side this year, it was his ODI form that was of huge concern. In the first 2 games of the series, India lost by 4 runs and by  2 wickets in the first and second T20I respectively. SKY scored 1 and 21 in those 2 games. But when India needed to win the next game to stay alive in the series, Yadav put his hands up and delivered for his team. 

Chasing 160, India lost debutant Yashashvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill in the first 5 overs of the game. With the team again under pressure, Suryakumar played a match-winning innings of 83 off 44 balls, striking the ball all over the ground. Along with that, he stitched an important partnership of 87 runs with rising star, Tilak Varma who ended the game with 49 runs to his name, missing his second consecutive T20I half-century by a run.

India and West Indies will now travel to the United States of America to play the 2 remaining games at Central Broward Park in Florida.

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