Suryakumar Yadav came at number four, achieved this feat in just 60 matches!

In the third match of the T20 series, India defeated South Africa by 106 runs. In this match, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav scored a century. Surya was selected as ‘Player of the Match’ and ‘Player of the Series’. In this match, he performed brilliantly and broke the records of Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya. The series ended in a 1-1 draw with the victory of Team India in the match played in Johannesburg.

Suryakumar was man of the match 14 times in 60 matches.

In the third and decisive match, captain Suryakumar Yadav scored a strong century and led the team to victory. He was the man of the match. Batting at number 4, Surya has won the Man of the Match award 14 times in just 60 matches. Hitman Rohit has won this title 12 times in 148 matches, while King Kohli has won this title 15 times in 115 matches.

Surya is at second place in terms of winning ‘Player of the Series’.

Suryakumar has reached second position in terms of winning 'Player of the Series' most number of times for Team India. In this matter, he has left behind many players including Rohit Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Hardik Pandya. Surya has won this title four times. Rohit and Pandya have won this award twice each. Bhuvneshwar has won this title thrice. Virat Kohli has won the 'Player of the Series' award for India the most number of times in T20Is. Kohli has won this title seven times.

Batting first in the third match, team India scored 201 runs. Meanwhile, Surya scored a century. He scored 100 runs on 56 balls. Surya hit 7 fours and 8 sixes in this innings. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 60 runs in 41 balls. He hit 6 fours and 3 sixes. Chasing the target given by India, the South African team collapsed for 95 runs. Kuldeep Yadav took 5 wickets for India.

The first match between India and South Africa was canceled due to rain. After this, South Africa won the second match by 5 wickets. Rain also had an impact on this match. After this, Team India won the third match and the series ended at 1-1.

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