The Northamptonshire opener brought up his century off 68 balls and finished the match in style, with a four and two sixes off three consecutive deliveries, to set up his team’s six-wicket win in a 199 run chase.
Hardk Pandya-led team India suffered a eight-wicket defeat in the 5th game as India lost T20I bilateral series against West Indies after six years.
Suryakumar Yadav scored two consecutive fifties against West Indies in the ongoing T20I series to return to form.
Indian cricket team enjoy a great start in the 5th T20I against West Indies despite losing the opening batters cheaply.
"I would go with Surya at four as he is an experienced player and has been playing international cricket for a while," Dhawan added.
Suryakumar Yadav has admitted that his ODI numbers are not up to the mark and that he needs to improve them.
Suryakumar Yadav stormed back into form with a 44-ball 83 against the West Indies in the third T20I and broke a few records on the way while helping India stay alive in the series.
After losing the first two matches, Team India stormed back in the third T20I with a 7-wicket win riding on Suryakumar Yadav's magnificent 83 off 44. West Indies are still ahead 2-1 going into the final two games in the USA.
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Team India kept faith in Suryakumar Yadav ahead of the Asia Cup, however, the world No. 1 T20 batter is yet to repay the trust with any meaningful performances in ODI cricket.
Suryakumar Yadav, the current world no.1 T20I batter, has scored only 474 runs in 25 ODI matches at an average of 23.80 and a strike rate of 100.42 so far.
Suryakumar Yadav was seen wearing Sanju Samson's jersey during the first ODI against the West Indies at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown.
Team India will take on Ireland in a three-match T20I series following the tour of West Indies and before the Asia Cup as all of the big stars are likely to give it a miss.
Team India is set to play a three-match T20I series against Ireland starting August 18 following the West Indies tour.
The BCCI announced the Indian squad for the 19th Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou China and a few prominent names were missing from the squad, however, it may not be the end of the road for them just yet.
West Zone were rattled by Karnataka's Vidwath Kaverappa as the Indian Test hopefuls Sarfaraz Khan, Cheteshwar Pujara and Suryakumar Yadav all got out cheaply in the Duleep Trophy final.
Cheteshwar Pujara and Suryakumar Yadav are playing for West Zone and are up against Central Zone in the semi-final of Duleep Trophy.
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