Harbhajan Singh has opined that swashbuckling batter Suryakumar Yadav ought to play each match for India within the 2023 ODI World Cup. In response to Harbhajan, Suryakumar is somebody who has the power to win matches on his personal and, on his day, can flip any contest right into a one-sided affair.
There have been loads of query marks over Suryakumar’s choice within the World Cup squad regardless of a string of low scores within the ODI format. The crew administration and selectors, nevertheless, backed him and the batter repaid the religion with two terrific knocks within the first two matches in opposition to Australia.
Whereas analyzing Suryakumar’s efficiency [5:10] within the ongoing one-day sequence in opposition to the Aussies, Harbhajan made a giant assertion and mentioned that the cricketer ought to play every match for India within the World Cup.
“Suryakumar Yadav ought to play each match. In whose place, I don’t know. However his title ought to be the primary one to be written down. After that, the opposite gamers ought to be chosen. He’s a participant who can win you video games and utterly change the complexion of a match. When he performs, he’ll flip the match right into a one-sided one. There isn’t any higher participant who can bat a batter strike fee,” Harbhajan mentioned on his YouTube channel.
“Amongst finishers, we have now Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja, however I really feel Suryakumar Yadav ought to play at No. 5. He ought to play each World Cup match. No crew has a greater participant than him,” the 43-year-old added.
Suryakumar contributed 50 off 49 within the first ODI in Mohali and adopted it up with an entertaining 72* off 37 balls within the second match in Indore.
“His actual talent is to hit the ball the place there is no such thing as a fielder” – Mark Waugh on maverick Indian batter
Praising the unconventional Indian batter, former Australian cricketer Mark Waugh termed Suryakumar as utterly distinctive. He added that the right-handed batter has the uncommon talent to hit the ball the place there is no such thing as a fielder.
“He’s utterly distinctive. I’ve by no means seen a participant hit the ball to the areas he hits it. His actual talent is to hit the ball the place there is no such thing as a fielder. That sounds easy, however that wants abilities. He can manipulate the sector and finds the gaps,” Waugh informed Jio Cinema.
Throughout his knock in Indore, Suryakumar slammed his Mumbai Indians (MI) teammate Cameron Inexperienced for 4 consecutive sixes in an over, changing into simply the third Indian participant to realize the feat in ODIs.
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