India vs West Indies: Netizens hail Suryakumar Yadav for 'unwavering belief' after guiding Men in Blue to victory

Suryakumar Yadav blasted his way to a match-winning 83 off just 44 balls, setting up a comfortable seven-wicket victory for India over West Indies in the third T20I in Guyana on Tuesday.India vice-captain Suryakumar collected 10 fours and four sixes during his game-changing knock, stitching an 87-run partnership for the third wicket with Tilak Varma (49 not out) and helping the Indians recover from a jittery start.Surya's knock ensured that the Indians chased the 160-run target down with more than two overs and seven wickets to spare even after he was dismissed, and kept their hopes in the five-match series alive after suffering narrow defeats in the first two games.Varma, who took over the role of the aggressor after SKY's dismissal, was eventually left stranded one short of what would've been a second half-century on the trot as skipper Pandya collected the winning runs with a six off Rovman Powell.The chase however, would have been a lot more difficult for Surya and Tilak, especially after yet another top-order failure, had it not been for Kuldeep Yadav's spell of 3/28 from four overs. The left-arm spinner, who replaced Ravi Bishnoi in the lineup for this game, dismissed in-form wicketkeeper-batter Nicholas Pooran (20) as well as opener Brandon King (42) in his final over to stifle the flow of runs for the hosts in the middle overs.He was ably supported by fellow left-arm spinner Axar Patel, who bowled out his full quota of overs for the first time in this series and drew first blood for the Indians by dismissing Kyle Mayers (25). Axar finished with tidy figures of 1/24 from four overs.Kuldeep and Axar's bowling performances ensured West Indies fell 10-15 runs short of what they would have hoped to collect at the Providence Stadium in Georgetown, despite Powell smashing an unbeaten 40 off just 19 deliveries in a late charge.Indian cricket fans on Twitter (or X, as its owner would like us to call it now) erupted in celebration after being left dissatisfied in the first two games, and the focus of their congratulatory tweets was naturally on Surya. Many a former and current cricketer also took to the micro-blogging platform to express their delight over the victory.We take a look at some of the reactions to Team India's performance below: