The Indian cricketer Suryakumar Yadav is getting a lot of praise for his superb performance in the third T20I against West Indies as he helped the Indian team make a comeback in the series after losing the first two T20Is. SKY’s performance in the third T20I was not a surprise as he is the number one T20I batter but what has baffled many is the failure of Suryakumar Yadav in ODIs.
Though SKY has failed in ODIs despite getting many chances still the team management is supporting him. Recently the skipper Rohit Sharma spoke about SKY and why it is important to support him and give freedom to him. He said, “There is no question about his ability in the T20 format. The challenges (in ODIs) are different. He is really working hard and he is talking to a lot of guys who have played a lot of ODI cricket as to what attitude and mindset (to have).”
The Indian skipper further said, “He is the kind of player, you also have to give him that freedom to go and bat the way he does. You cannot tell him to face 100 balls and make 50 runs. It is important to give a batter like him the cushion of extra games so that he finds that groove, gets that confidence. The way he started IPL this year, in the first 4-5 games he did not have too many runs but look what he did after that.”
Rohit Sharma further said, “For a player like him, it is our job to create such a situation and scenario — it’s okay if you don’t do well in 2-3 games, but when you come off, we know you will win games straightaway. That is what he did in the third T20I, the batters at the top got out, and for Surya to go and bat like that… .”
There is a good chance that Suryakumar Yadav will play in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 despite the fact that KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer may be fit by that time but they won’t be having enough match practice.
