The Mumbai Indians batsman shares his hilarious experience when he learnt he has been picked for India's T20 squad for England series.
BCCI named its 19-man squad for the five-match T20I series against England on Saturday and India TV picks the six takeaways from the announcement.
The selection ended a long wait for Suryakumar to the Indian team and the Mumbai Ranji skipper made his feeling apparent when he posted a photo of himself on social media.
Ishan and Suryakumar had a stellar IPL season with Mumbai Indians last year in the UAE.
The Mumbai Cricket Association named their squad on its website on Saturday.
On the back of Suryakumar's 47-ball 120, Team B posted 213 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs.
According to Chopra, the inconsistent patch of Shreyas Iyer and Sanju Samson might lead to Kishan and Suryakumar finding a place in the Indian T20I set-up
West Indies legend Brian Lara has termed Suryakumar Yadav "a class player" and feels that the 30-year-old should have been a part of the India squad for the upcoming series against Australia, which begins this Friday.
Soon after his conversation with Mumbai Indians' inspirational captain, Suryakumar's mind was suddenly wired for distraction, and his bat ready to do some more talking.
During the run-chase, Kohli attempted to sledge Suryakumar by staring at him without uttering a word.
Suryakumar finished IPL 2020 with 480 runs and bagged seventh spot in the list of highest run-scorers of the season.
Both, Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan played a key role in Mumbai Indians' triumph in IPL 2020.
Harbhajan Singh likened an uncapped Indian player to South Africa's star batsman AB de Villiers.
There were spectacular fielding efforts, high-scoring encounters, as many as four Super Overs with one going even for a double in the same match and lots of nail-bitters. And India TV Sports takes you through the journey once again as we recap IPL 2020
'Uncapped' Surya finished on the seventh spot in the list of highest run-scorers this season and was second-highest run-getter for MI behind Quinton de Kock.
MI had won titles in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019 before Tuesday's triumph.
Yadav showed team comes first for him as he sacrificed his wicket in a selfless act to preserve unstoppable Rohit Sharma’s wicket after failing to respond to his call for a quick single.
After Suryakumar's match-winning show with the bat against RCB, Shastri had heaped praise on him on Twitter.
The Kohli-Suryakumar staring moment lasted just for seconds but it was enough to set the social media ablaze.
Since shifting his base to the Mumbai franchise, Suryakumar has been consistently delivering with his willow.
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