Can Suryakumar Yadav bat against South Africa with his vintage batting style? The question is hovering around as the batter has not been in good form for past few weeks with team India. But, the batter can achieve atleast three great records during India vs South Africa T20I series, starting today.

T20 team captain of team India Suryakumar Yadav will once again rock the field. During the T20 series against South Africa, the Indian captain will have the opportunity to achieve many achievements. In the T20 series starting from Wednesday, Suryakumar can make three big records one after the other.

Three records Surykumar Yadav can make

Suryakumar Yadav has the opportunity to complete 3000 runs in T20 Internationals. He will become the third batsman to do so after Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. The first match of the five-match T20 series between India and South Africa will be played in Cuttack on Tuesday.

India’s explosive batsman Suryakumar Yadav needs 246 runs to reach 3,000 runs in T20 Internationals. If he achieves this feat, he will become the third Indian batsman, after Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, to score 3,000 or more runs in T20 Internationals. Suryakumar Yadav also has a chance to achieve a major milestone in T20 cricket. He is just 59 runs away from reaching 9,000 runs.

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If Suryakumar Yadav scores 59 runs in the first match, he will become the fourth Indian batsman to reach 9,000 T20 runs, joining legends like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Shikhar Dhawan. Suryakumar Yadav is also renowned for his big-hitting prowess in the shortest format of the game. Suryakumar Yadav has hit 394 sixes in T20 cricket and needs only six more to reach 400.

Ahead of the first T20 International against South Africa at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, four members of Team India, including head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Suryakumar Yadav, visited the Shree Jagannath Temple on Tuesday and offered prayers. Suryakumar Yadav, accompanied by his wife Devisha Shetty, entered the 12th-century temple amid tight security.