Suryakumar Yadav has completely blown away his critics and turned many a legend of the game into his fans. The ridiculously-talented right-hander has plundered a leading 1,026 runs in T20 internationals in 2022 to take his record in this version of the game to 1,270 runs in 39 innings at an average of 42.33 and a strike-rate of 179.63, numbers achieved by playing sparkling strokes all around the ground. He is a real 'Mr 360'. Since whipping the first ball he faced in international cricket for six - a Jofra Archer bouncer sent over the leg-side in Ahmedabad in March 2021 - Suryakumar has not let up and now holds a 19-point lead over Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan in the T20I batting charts. Suryakumar Yadav’s 68 off 40 balls on a pacy Perth track against South Africa when the next highest Indian score was 15 has caught the eye of the world.

India played conservatively in the powerplay managing only 38 runs while England’s approach was the opposite as they raced to 63 in six overs. Ahead of the World T20 Cup, India had adopted a more aggressive batting approach but the openers, Rohit and Rahul, failed to fire on the big stage. India played a very conservative cricket. Lack of aggressiveness in the opening six overs were identified as an issue before the World T20 Cup, but the Captain and Coach must have concluded that it is a risky approach compared to hoping that the back 10 overs would bail them out from a slow start. Against a good team like England this strategy failed miserably.