Star Indian batters Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav have developed a great bond on and off the field in the past year or so.
Both the right-handers have had some scintillating partnerships together since Suryakumar made his T20I debut last year in March. The style of both batting complements each other: while Suryakumar Yadav is often the aggressive one, this gives Virat Kohli the time to settle in and gauge the conditions before he too goes ballistic.
In the 10 T20I that Virat Kohli and SuryakumarYadav have played together in the middle, they have added 440 runs at an average of 55, with two century partnerships at a brilliant strike rate of 187.
New nickname for Suryakumar Yadav by Virat Kohli
After India’s second warm-up match against Western Australia XI, Kohli was quick to hit the gym along with Suryakumar Yadav.
Fans have loved al the videos of Kohli’s training and hard-grinding gym session over the year. So the former India skipper once again put his video of lifting weights.
Giving credit to Suryakumar Yadav for the video, Kohli captioned: “Mobility is key Video credit – bhau @surya_14kumar”
Suryakumar Yadav hails from Mumbai, Maharashtra, and “bhau” is a common word for brother.
Watch the video here:
Mobility is key 👌
Video credit – bhau @surya_14kumar pic.twitter.com/SjHH9l2g89— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) October 12, 2022
Meanwhile, Virat Kohli didn’t bat in any of the two practice matches against WA XI, while Suryakumar Yadav hit a fifty in the first match. He scored 52 runs off 35 balls after a couple of early wickets, helping India reach 158/6 which proved 13 more runs than what the hosts could manage. Both Kohli and Suryakumar have been in terrific form in the last couple of months will be crucial to India’s chances of success at the T20 World Cup 2022.
India will kick off their T20 World Cup campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan, on October 23 at the MCG. Before that the Men In Blue will play in a couple of warm-up matches – against Australia on October 17 and against New Zealand two days later in Brisbane.
