Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 1 -- Indian T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav earned his sixth Player of the Series (POTS) award in T20Is on Saturday and became the player with the second-most Player of the Series awards after India registered an emphatic 46-run win in the fifth and final T20I match of the series, which India won 4-1.

Yadav is just behind his compatriot Virat Kohli, who has the most POTS awards (seven). He has joined Sri Lankan all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga in the list, who also has six award wins in the shortest format.

Following India's win over New Zealand in the fifth T20I, Yadav, who became the third Indian to complete 3,000 T20I runs, spoke on dealing with his lean patch of 23 innings before his half-century in the second ma...