T20 World Cup 2022, Suryakumar Yadav: Since making his T20 debut for the Indian team in March 2021, Suryakumar Yadav has become an important member of the team performing vigorously. Suryakumar Yadav, who has played 36 matches for the team, is going through the golden phase of his cricket career and Team India is getting the benefit of it.

The veterans are also happy with Suryakumar’s stellar performance in white ball cricket. Ravi Shastri, the former coach of the Indian team, even said that Suryakumar should be given a chance in red ball cricket as well.

Superb performance of Suryakumar Yadav in T20 World Cup 2022 :-

32-year-old Suryakumar represented India in the T20 World Cup played in UAE last year and this time is part of the ongoing T20 World Cup in Australia. After being dismissed cheaply against Pakistan, Suryakumar scored a fifty in 25 balls in the match against the Netherlands.

In this innings, he hit 7 fours and a six. Thanks to this powerful innings, Suryakumar also became the highest run-scorer in T20 International in 2022. He has scored 867 runs in 25 matches this year.

Former coach Ravi Shastri interviewed Suryakumar :-

Suryakumar was interviewed by former India coach Ravi Shastri after the 56-run win against the Netherlands. During this a short clip of their conversation has been shared by the ICC on its Instagram account. Shastri backed Surya to represent India in all three formats of the game and said he can surprise some in red-ball cricket.

Ravi Shastri said, “I think he (Suryakumar Yadav) is a player of three formats. I know they don’t talk about him for Test cricket. He is a player of three formats. This guy plays Test cricket. And he might startle some. Send him to No. 5, let him stir.”

Suryakumar Yadav made this disclosure :-

Suryakumar made his debut for the Indian team when Virat Kohli was the captain of the team and Ravi Shastri was the head coach of the team. Recalling that day, Suryakumar said that I remember how he called me and asked me to bat boldly.

In his short international career, Suriya has represented India in 36 T20 Internationals and 13 ODIs. In T20s, he has scored 1111 runs in 36 matches at an average of 39.67 and a strike rate of 177.4. While in ODIs he has scored 340 runs at an average of 34.00.

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