With this knock, Suryakumar Yadav became the fastest batter to touch the 1,500-run landmark in T20I cricket in terms of balls faced. Suryakumar achieved this feat in 843 balls. While in terms of innings taken to reach 1,500 runs, he's the third fastest to do so. Surya played 43 innings to reach this landmark while Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Aaron Finch and Babar Azam achieved this landmark in 39 innings each.
However, Suryakumar is the only batter to reach this landmark while boasting of a strike rate of more than 150. Yadav's 45-ball ton against Sri Lanka is the 2nd fastest century by an Indian, ranking after Rohit Sharma's 41-ball ton against Sri Lanka as well. Suryakumar Yadav was adjudged the man of the match after India posted 228/5 while batting first and went on to bowl out Sri Lanka for 137 runs in 16.4 overs.
