India vs Australia 1st T20: 'Ab Kya Fayda Suryakumar Yadav!' Fans Unforgiving For World Cup Final Failure

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Suryakumar Yadav on Thursday (November 23) played an astonishing knock during India vs Australia 1st T20I in Visakhapatnam as his 42-ball 80 guided Men in Blue to a seven-wicket win and a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. However, a section of fans were far from impressed as they were unforgiving for his failure at the ICC World Cup 2023 Final.

SKY, who is the stand-in captain in the absence of injured Hardik Pandya, failed miserably during the World Cup final four days ago, scoring 12 runs off 28 balls. In contrast, he played a quickfire knock, laced with nine boundaries and four sixes. Fans were quick to point out that Suryakumar Yadav is just a 'flat track bully'.

Apart from Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan scored a 39-ball 58 to put India's chase on the track after the openers were dismissed cheaply. India had late hiccups in the chase as right after SKY's dismissal with 15 runs needed off 15 balls, there were three quick run outs. However, Rinku Singh did his job of finisher by staying till the end seeing India through.

Earlier, Josh Inglis hit his first T20 century to lead Australia to 208 for three against India in the first T20 International of the five-match series. Inglis smashed a fiery 110 off 50 balls, with 11 boundaries and eight sixes to help Australia reach the massive total. Aside from Inglis, Steve Smith made 52 off 41 deliveries with eight boundaries.Prasidh Krishna (1/50) and Ravi Bishnoi (1/54) each took one wicket for India.

Australia Innings:
Steven Smith run out 52
Matthew Short b Bishnoi 13
Josh Inglis c Jaiswal b Prasidh 110
Marcus Stoinis not out 7
Tim David not out 19
Extras (LB-2, NB-1, W-4) 7
Total: (For three wickets in 20 overs) 208
Fall of Wickets: 1-31, 2-161, 3-180
Bowling: Arshdeep Singh 4-0-41-0, Prasidh Krishna 4-0-50-1, Axar Patel 4-0-32-0, Ravi Bishnoi 4-0-54-1, Mukesh Kumar 4-0-29-0.