Fresh from their T20 World Cup triumph, the Indian T20I team is flying high as they have lost just two games in 2024. In the absence of their Test players, the team has continued to thrive under Suryakumar Yadav's captaincy and is currently playing a T20I series in South Africa, which is currently tied 1-1.
The South African team have some of the best T20 players in their ranks with Heinrich Klaasen top of the list. Klaasen's status as arguably the best player in the world in the shortest format of the game was reflected by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) retaining him for a whopping salary of Rs. 23 crore ahead of the 2025 IPL auction.
Klaasen had almost ended India's dream of winning the 2024 T20 World Cup with a stunning half-century in the final in June. However, the Rohit Sharma-led side kept their nerve to seal a seven-run win.
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While the world has been lavishing praise on Klaasen for the last few months, the South African star named the 34-year-old Indian star Suryakumar as the 'GOAT of T20 cricket.' "I would say good one. I would say SKY, probably," In an interaction with Jio Cinema.
On being asked to name a shot he would like to borrow from a player from past or present, Klaasen named a combination of the scoop played between Ab de Villiers and Suryakumar. Later, he picked the Indian T20I captain's shot over the fine leg as one he wants to play but is afraid to play.
Suryakumar made his T20I debut for India in 2021 and has made 2569 runs in just 76 matches at a strike-rate of 168.23. He was a key part of the Indian team that won the 2024 T20 World Cup. He was named captain of the team in the shortest format after Rohit's retirement.