India vs New Zealand: Trent Boult's dropped catch perfect birthday gift for my wife, jokes Suryakumar Yadav
India Today
India vs New Zealand: Suryakumar Yadav hit a match-winning 62 to help India take a 1-0 lead in Rohit Sharma's first match as India's full-time T20I captain on Wednesday.
Suryakumar Yadav was in the mood to crack some jokes after he hit a match-winning 62 in India's 5-wicket win over New Zealand in the first of a 3-match T20I series in Jaipur on Wednesday. Suryakumar was dropped on 57 by Trent Boult and the India star joked that it was a gift from his Mumbai Indians teammate to his wife on her birthday.
Suryakumar Yadav hit 3 sixes and 6 boundaries as he stitched a 59-run stand with captain Rohit Sharma as the two helped India gun down a 165-run target. India stuttered in the end after Suryakumar's wicket as Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson and captain Tim Southee dried up the runs towards the end. However, Rishabh Pant held his nerves to help India gun down 10 runs in the final over of a thriller in Jaipur.