‘Itna Backing Sanju ko deta naa’- Fans accuse Rohit Sharma of excessively backing Suryakumar Yadav amidst latter’s three golden ducks against Australia
Australia won the ODI series 2-1 against India.
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Mar 23, 2023 1:16 pm
Suryakumar Yadav and Rohit Sharma (Source: Twitter)
India had a bad end to their last ODI series before the Indian T20 League 2023. The team lost to Australia by 21 runs in the third ODI. The Kangaroos took the series 2-1. India’s batting performance was below par right through the series. Batters got starts but they were not able to convert them into a big total. Suryakumar Yadav, in particular, had a very bad series.
The Mumbai batter registered three consecutive ducks in the series. In the first two games, he got out to Mitchell Starc in an identical manner. In the last game, he was bowled by Ashton Agar to cap off the series. This is unlike Yadav whom India has seen in T20I cricket where he has put the bowlers to the sword. India head coach, Rahul Dravid had said in various interviews that Suryakumar is still learning the ODI game.
I don’t know how to look into it – Rohit on Suryakumar’s performance against Australia
“Surya played only 3 balls in this series, I don’t know how to look into it, he plays spin well, we have seen that in the last few years, these kind of series happen to anyone – potential & ability is there but going through that phase of career”. Rohit Sharma talked about Suryakumar Yadav after the third ODI against Australia in the post-match press conference. The right-handed batter is relatively new to ODI cricket. Suryakumar has played 23 matches and scored 433 runs at an average of 24.05 and at a strike rate of 102.12. He has scored two half-centuries.
Fans have now targeted Rohit after this statement by saying that there is a lot of favoritism in the team. They said that there are different standards for different players. Fans pointed out that if Sanju Samson would have received the same backing, he would have gone places and cemented his spot in the limited-overs sides. Samson has scored 330 runs in the last 11 matches at an average of 66. He has a strike rate of 104.76. The man from Kerala has also scored two half-centuries in ODIs.
The Rohit Sharma-led side got out of jail in the first encounter in Mumbai and won by five wickets. The Kangaroos bulldozed the home team by 10 wickets at Vizag. In Chennai, the Australians bossed the game as Adam Zampa and Ashton Agar spun Australia to victory. India players will play in the Indian T20 League 2023.
What does he want to say? Everyone just needs one ball to get out and that one ball decides their carreer. So why there is biased opinion for Sanju?? Did he mean Shikhar was playing without potential and ability??
How do we compare the performances of players ex a Surya with a samson. There should be equal opportunities. Which is still a big question mark. Washi who played well in NZ but where is he now. No where. So it all boils down to personal likes and dislikes.
Why not such for sanju Samson Sanju has only play few matches and has done well and we will stick with him Just becz sanju is not his worshipper franchise friend.
But what about Sanju! Does he not deserve a chance now? I mean with no disrespect to Surya , Sanju has played 10 ODI innings with 330 runs , and Surya has 433 runs in 21 innings. So do we not have a sample size big enough to atleast try Sanju? During Iyer’s absence.
Seriously a wrong statement.Surya is definitely a class player, but had Sanju and Rutu had this kind of backing?Or they had provided as many continuous chances as Surya?He's a T20 specialist agreed, but that's not the criteria to give continuous chances in ODI even when he fails.
