Indian batter Suryakumar Yadav will continue to draw attention as team India prepares to play New Zealand in their first away series after the ICC T20 World Cup. 

In the mega-event, Suryakumar, who made his World Cup debut in 2021, stood out as one of the most important players for the Men in Blue.

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The Indian batter is anticipated to lead the batting assault for his team without seasoned campaigners and some of the biggest names in international cricket. In the three-match series against hosts New Zealand, India will be without skipper Rohit Sharma, vice-captain KL Rahul, and Virat Kohli.

The top batter will have a chance to make history in the shortest format because Suryakumar will be expected to carry the load for the visitors in the T20Is. In the three-match series between India and New Zealand, the Indian batter can break a world record.

Suryakumar is only 286 runs behind Mohammad Rizwan, who holds the record for the most T20I runs scored in a single year. The hard-hitting wicket-keeper batter scored 1326 runs in 2021. Suryakumar scored 1040 runs in 29 games this year.

Suryakumar has only three matches remaining in New Zealand to break Rizwan's world record. In 2022, the 32-year-old scored nine half-centuries and a century.