Former Australia cricketer Tom Moody hails Suryakumar Yadav as Vivian Richards

India’s T20 specialist Suryakumar Yadav has acquired quite a lot of reward from all lively and ex-cricketers for his batting exploits. Australia nice Tom Moody has additionally jumped in to go with the world’s no. 1 T20I batter and hailed him as Sir Vivian Richards.

In India’s series-clinching victory towards Sri Lanka, Suryakumar smashed an excellent ton within the remaining T20I of three match-series. He turned solely the second Indian after Rohit Sharma to attain three or extra centuries within the shortest format and the fifth total cricketer to realize the feat.

Notably, Surya scored his first and second centuries in  T20Is towards England and New Zealand, respectively.

Suryakumar was appointed because the vice-captain of Group India earlier than the T20I sequence towards Sri Lanka, and he has retained the place for the upcoming New Zealand sequence. The suitable-handed batter can be a part of India’s ODI staff and obtained his maiden Check call-up for the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023.

SKY made his debut for India in 2021 and has performed 16 ODIs and 45 T20Is to date. He was the main run scorer within the shortest format in 2022, with 1164 runs to his title in 31 innings. The 32-year-old was additionally the third-highest run-getter on the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia.

In an interview to Sports activities Tak, speaking about his favorite T20I batter, Moody named Suryakumar as his selection.

“Suryakumar Yadav. Simply the best way he performs, it’s breathtaking. It jogs my memory a lot of… after I was a younger cricketer, watching the likes of Vivian Richards. The participant who simply appears to be in command of the sport single-handedly,” stated Moody.

The 57-year-old has additionally been a part of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as the top coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).