Asia Cup 2023: Suryakumar Yadav will play a World Cup match for India unquestionably, says Sanjay Manjrekar

Former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar reckoned that Suryakumar Yadav is unquestionably going to play for India within the World Cup 2023. The right-handed Suryakumar has been a revelation for the Men in Blue in T20Is, however he’s but to make a mark within the 50-over format of worldwide cricket.

Manjrekar, nonetheless, backed Suryakumar due to the latter’s potential to play the large photographs proper from the phrase go. The veteran stated that the middle-order batter may give the Indian innings impetus along with his potential to churn out audacious photographs.

Suryakumar is a large temptation

“KL Rahul coming in at that position is good for Indian cricket because they wanted to test his match fitness out. If India is looking to test the waters before the World Cup, then you must give Suryakumar a game. His One-Day credentials are still in doubt and we don’t know if he would make the same kind of impact,” Manjrekar was quoted as saying to Star Sports.

“I have no doubt that Suryakumar Yadav will play a World Cup match for India. Because just imagine Suryakumar warming the benches and you have got an incumbence like Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul playing. He is a massive temptation to play in a big game and a situation where you had a good start,” he acknowledged.

“With around 18 overs left and eight wickets in hand, Suryakumar can get you 60 off 28 balls and that can become a match-winning innings. In the World Cup, that will be a big temptation India will not be able to resist,” Manjrekar added.

Suryakumar is at the moment the top-ranked batter in T20Is. In ODIs, nonetheless, he has scored solely 511 runs from 26 matches at a median of 24.33 and a strike-rate of 101.38 with two half-centuries and a prime rating of 64 to indicate for his efforts.

Edited By:

sabyasachi chowdhury

Published On:

Sep 10, 2023