Suryakumar Yadav continues to impress with his lucrative performances in T20Is. His latest display of such performance came during a group match against Hong Kong when he scored an unbeaten 68 off 26. India Which turned out to be a comfortable match-winning total.
He has played just 25 T20Is so far, but he already has a century and six fifties to his name, an average of 39.89 and a strike rate of 177.52. Such has been his influence that Rohan Gavaskar claims he is going for the most important element in India’s batting if his target is to win the 2022 T20Is. World Cup in Australia.
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“I’ve been saying this for a while. Listen, if we need to win the World Cup, our batting needs to revolve around the sky,” Gavaskar told Sports18’s daily sports news show Sports Over the Top. ‘ But said.
However, Gavaskar feels that the team management should ask for Suryakumar to settle at the batting spot as he has been used as a floater in recent times.
“We need to ask Sky what’s your position? Where do you think you can make the most impact? Because we’ve seen him open, we’ve seen him bat at 3, we’ve seen him bat at 4. Do you think you know you can do the most damage early in the innings? Do you think you can do the most damage at 3 or 4 and then listen to him and give him that free reign give?” Gavaskar said.
“Because yesterday (Wednesday) again, everyone was talking about the pitch being a bit tough and playing shorts is not that easy and then he comes out and plays that kind of innings in which only players with special abilities There are. You know a strike rate of over 200.”
Praising Suryakumar, who displayed his brilliant shots, Gavaskar reiterated that the 31-year-old will play an impressive role in the T20 World Cup.
“Yesterday (Wednesday) he was just phenomenal, and he made sure we had a little bit of push-in against the team by Hong Kong. So, look, as I’ve said many times before, if we really get into the World Cup. To make progress, Sky is going to be such an influential part in that team and play such an influential role in that team,” he said.
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