'Meri ek taang nakli hai' - Suryakumar Yadav becomes 'Ballu' from 'Welcome' post his ankle injury

Star India batter Suryakumar Yadav has been ruled out of action until February 2024 due to a Grade – II ankle tear. Notably, Suryakumar was leading the T20I side in South Africa where he twisted his ankle while fielding during the third game played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. Currently, the star batter is on vacation with his wife Devisha Shetty in London and was spotted wearing a pneumatic walker boot on his left ankle.

The Mumbai-born batter was recently seen moving with the help of a walking stick in a video taking light short steps. However, he managed to bring a smile on his fans’ faces even in his ordeal by comparing himself with the famous character ‘Ballu’ from the Bollywood movie ‘Welcome’. Notably, Ballu was faking a leg injury in the movie and even had a fake story behind it.

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The 33-year-old shared the hilarious video with his fans on his Instagram handle and promised to be back fully fit in no time.

“On a slightly serious note, injuries are never fun, but I’ll take it in my stride and promise to be back, fully fit, in no time! 💪 Till then, hope you all are enjoying the holiday season and finding little joys, every day. 🤗 ✨,” captioned the video.

Notably, Suryakumar scored a sensational hundred to help India cross the 200-run mark during the third T20I. He played a scintillating innings of 100 off 56 balls clobbering 7 fours and eight sixes and registered his fourth T20I century. Courtesy of his innings, he became just the third player in T20Is to score four centuries along with Indian captain Rohit Sharma and Glenn Maxwell.

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However, the swashbuckling batter was the quickest to achieve the feat reaching it in just 57 innings. He currently has 2141 runs in T20Is at an average of 45.55 and a strike rate of 171.55 with four hundreds and 17 fifties to his name.

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Meanwhile, with him out of action and Hardik Pandya already injured, India will have to find a new captain to lead the side in the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan beginning from 11 January.