India batter Suryakumar Yadav’s extraordinary six over backward point has become a talking point in international cricket with even the England Cricket Board’s Twitter handle sharing the shot.
An extraordinary shot.
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🏴 #ENGvIND 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/JBcZStcP7l
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 10, 2022
He used his wrists to smash England pacer Richard Gleeon’s delivery on middle stump in a backward lofted shot on his way to 117 off a mere 55 balls on Sunday. His innings was studded with 14 fours and six sixes as he was the sole man to stage a fightback in the final T20I against England at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. However, his valiant effort went in vain as India fell short of the England total by 17 runs.