‘If he’s learning in 32 toh khelega kab 50 ki umar mein’ -Fans react as Rahul Dravid says Suryakumar Yadav will be given ‘many more opportunities’ in ODI cricket
Suryakumar Yadav has hit two half-centuries in ODIs.
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Jul 30, 2023 1:05 pm
Rahul Dravid and Suryakumar Yadav (Source: Twitter)
India got a reality check in the second ODI at Barbados against the West Indies. India could not get their act together with the bat as they were bundled out for 181-10 in just 40.5 overs. Ishan Kishan was India’s best batter as he scored 55 with six fours and one six. Shubman Gill looked good but made only 34 off 49 balls with five fours. Suryakumar Yadav made 24 off 25 balls coming in at number 6. In the first ODI, he made an eye-catching 19 off 25 balls with three fours and one six. But fell going for the big shot.
Fans on Twitter were very upset with the way he got out and demanded more accountability from the Indian Team management. After the match, Dravid defended Suryakumar’s poor run of form and said, “Surya is a really good player, no doubt about it but he would be the first one to admit that his ODI game has not been up to the mark of T20, he is also learning ODI – we want to give him as many opportunities we can & then it’s up to him to utilize it”. In the recent home series against Australia, he registered three consecutive golden ducks.
Suryakumar Yadav has hit 473 runs in 25 ODI games that he has played
When we look at his career, the Mumbaikar has played 25 ODI matches and scored 476 runs. He has an average of 23.80 and a strike rate of 100.42. He has struck two fifties so far. The word going around about Suryakumar is that he is playing too many shots in ODI cricket and getting out. Although he has been a sensation for India in T20Is with three tons, the same cannot be said about his career in ODIs.
In the second ODI, Hardik Pandya captained India. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were rested and Sanju Samson and Axar Patel came in their place. After a lopsided batting show, the two senior players will be back for the third ODI which will be the decider. For the West Indies cricket fans, they will be happy with the result as the Men in Maroon were knocked out of the ODI World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe recently.
Let us take a look at the reactions on Twitter:
Why only Surya has this privilege?? Just because of hype?? What about the other talents??
Dravid as a player – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ As a Coach- ⭕️⭕️⭕️⭕️⭕️
25+ match and still learning? Agar koi aur batsman hota except dravid's favourites toh 2 match me bench ho jaata . Clear favouritism in Indian team now
Please stop using International cricket for learning. For assessment and improvement we have domestic & First class cricket. There are so many good players in line amassing thousands of runs. Stop favouritism and mixing formats. Any layman can stratise better for #WorldCup2023
Sack Dravid As Head Coach & Appointment Ashish Nehra or VVS Laxman As Head Coach 🇮🇳 India don't want like that Pointless Coach. Worst Coach for a Reason. 💔 Hope He will Do well in WC'23 🏆 for Atleast Some Good Records. After that Ashish Nehra or VVS Laxman Should Head Coach 🇮🇳
David's performance as coach is disastrous so far. India lost to Bangladesh and lost to Australia in India. Not sure what he is experimenting with Axar, Umran or Mukesh. India doesn't know their final playing 11 for wc. He doesn't have any plan.
He is learning ODI by coming to internationals and playing over 25 games still learning..there are n number of players already waiting for that one opportunity. And learning ahead of 2 months of the world cup..looking at this mentality another group stage exit loading for India
Nonsense these guys are not confident about the team Mumbai lobby is getting the games & players like Sanju & Ruturaj are made to sit out or are given just 1-2 games Hardik is made vcap on bases of IPL apart from that what other qualities is he having to cap a side ?
