IPL 2021: Suryakumar Yadav must spend a while within the center, says MI coach Mahela Jayawardene

Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene stated that Suryakumar Yadav’s poor run with the bat within the ongoing UAE leg of IPL 2021 shouldn’t be a giant concern for the defending champions. Suryakumar Yadav must spend a while within the center: Mahela Jayawardene (Courtesy by BCCI)HIGHLIGHTSSurya simply must spend a while within the center to get his confidence again: MI coachSuryakumar is horribly out of shape with scores of 0, 8, 5, 3 within the UAE legNot an enormous concern: MI coach Jayawardene on Suryakumar Yadav’s poor runMumbai Indians coach Mahela Jayawardene backed star batsman Suryakumar Yadav forward of MI’s must-win encounter with Delhi Capitals, saying that the franchise shouldn’t be too apprehensive about Surya’s lean patch within the UAE leg of IPL 2021.

Jayawardene believes that Yadav will regain his type as soon as he spends a while within the center. Batting has been a giant letdown for the file five-time IPL champions as Suryakumar Yadav is horribly out of shape with scores of 0, 8, 5, 3 within the UAE leg.”Surya just needs to spend some time in the middle to get his confidence back. But it’s not a huge concern. Just because we have to make a couple of changes doesn’t mean that the quality of other players is ignored. We make sure these players are fit and in balance when not playing,” Mahela Jayawardene stated throughout the pre-match press convention.A struggling Mumbai Indians unit will hope to carry on to their newfound momentum within the first of Saturday’s IPL doubleheaders towards DC in Sharjah.The silver lining for the IPL heavyweights was the struggling middle-order turning it round with Saurabh Tiwary (45) and Hardik Pandya (40) securing a six-wicket win over Punjab Kings.The big-hitting Kieron Pollard additionally seemed within the groove with a seven-ball 15 not out to play the finisher’s function. Tiwary’s resolute knock would imply that he would retain his place and it stays to be seen whether or not Sharma provides one other alternative to the out-of-form Ishan Kishan.In bowling, Jasprit Bumrah has constantly delivered, returning with 10 wickets to this point within the UAE leg, at a time MI’s spin bowling has flopped.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.