The group stage of the 20-team tournament, especially its US leg, proved a low-scoring affair with no batter managing to score a hundred. Suryakumar needed 49 balls for his fifty against the United States, which is slow by the high standards of the world's top ranked T20 batter. T20 is considered a batter-friendly format but only three teams touched the 200-mark in the group stage of the tournament. "It's difficult to generate that force when there's no pace on the wicket and when someone has read your game nicely," Suryakumar said. Keywords:Caption: Cricket - Third T20 International - South Africa v India - Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa - December 14, 2023 India's Suryakumar Yadav celebrates after reaching his century REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
