File photo of Suryakumar Yadav.© Twitter
former india player Suresh Raina Believes the star players of the Indian team Suryakumar Yadav Tests needed to be included after tasting success in white-ball cricket and said that without the batsman “all three formats should not exist”. Suryakumar had a stellar year with the bat smashing an array of records and setting a benchmark like never before in the T20I format. He became only the second batsman to score over 1000 runs in a calendar year in T20Is and ended the year as the highest run-scorer with 1164 runs at a ridiculous strike rate of 187.43.
“Absolutely, the way he is performing. I think he should play in all three formats and without him all three formats should not even exist. The way he performed, the way he showed intent, The way he plans different shots, he also plays fearlessly and knows how to use the shape of the field, Raina said. Aakash Chopra on Viacom18 Sports.
“He’s a Mumbai player, and he knows how to play red-ball cricket. I think he has a good chance – playing Test cricket will give him more prestige and also some stability in ODIs. Will score 100 and then 200,” he added.
Pragyan Ojha Agreed with Raina and said, “Absolutely he should be in the Test team. The way he has played cricket, and the way he has performed, I think he should be there in all three formats. I know it Why is the question coming?” rasta young talent sarfaraz khan performing at the moment. I understand the temptation is there and I think its time will come. But Surya deserves 100 per cent place in the Test team.”
At the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia, Yadav was at the top of his game, scoring three fifties in six innings and averaging close to 60. Notably, he had a strike rate of 189.68, which was again very high.
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