Last Update: December 20, 2022, 12:50 PM IST
Suryakumar Yadav has expressed his desire to play Test cricket in the past. (AP Photo)
Sky was the top scorer for India as he helped his team reach a respectable total. At one stage they were 49/5 and as he mentioned ‘we could have been all out for 75’.
Suryakumar Yadav is probably one India The batsman who really had a huge run in 2022. His image got a big boost this year. From being the new middle-order batsman, he quickly became an absolute must in India’s T20 scheme. It all started in the month of July when he scored a century against England at Trent Bridge, SKY hasn’t looked back and taken his purple patch in ICC T20s. world Cup 2022 where he scored 239 runs in six innings.
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Besides this, the number one T20 batsman also completed 1000 runs in T20Is in Melbourne against arch-rivals Pakistan. Nevertheless, his problems began in Perth.
Just 15 minutes before the game against South Africa, the 31-year-old got an idea of the pitch where India would be set a target of 133/9 and that too after much struggle.
“I think the half-century against South Africa in Perth was the defining innings for me. It was the most challenging wicket I have faced so far. Before the game, I went to bat in the nets for 15 minutes and I got the feel of Perth out there,” he told The Indian Express exclusively.
“The practice pitches were fast. So I faced only 15 balls and told Vicky paaji (batting coach Vikram Rathour) that I am done for the day, whatever batting is to be done will be done in the match.
Sky was the top scorer for India as he helped his team reach a respectable total.
At one stage they were 49/5 and as he mentioned ‘we could have been all out for 75’.
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“When I went in to bat, I told myself that yeh pitch toh chinna se bhi tez hai (This pitch is faster than I thought). So, when I went to the non-striker’s end, I kept thinking what shots I can play because there was bounce as well. When we were 49 for 5, we had nothing to lose. We could have been all out for 75, but I decided to take a positive approach.
A new journey begins when he dons the white outfit of Mumbai for the upcoming Ranji Trophy match against Hyderabad. It was here in domestic cricket that he really made a mark for himself and worked hard consistently before making a mark at the international level.
The in-form batsman was probably one of the only Indian cricketers to play all the white-ball games for the 2022 T20 World Cup and he recently posted how he was home quarantined for two months. He was eventually rested for the ODI series against Bangladesh as the senior players returned.
Now, he will be available for Mumbai’s all-important Ranji Trophy campaign that begins under Ajinkya Rahane.
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