Former chief selector Krishnamachari Srikant apologized to Suryakumar Yadav after India dropped him in the first ODI against Sri Lanka in Guwahati.
Today, it is difficult to imagine Suryakumar white his ball his team in India without his Yadav. He was the top T20I hitter in India and the world for the last 14-15 months. He has already recorded his three T20I hundred which makes him his second highest record in India after Rohit Sharma. His combined T20I average of 46 and accuracy of 180 is unmatched. Considering he did all this and mostly batted in 4th place, he’s the best player ever in the format. But here he T20I is the keyword. As intimidating as SKY was at T20Is, it was not the same at ODI.Team India made a conscious effort not to mix formats. As a result, the decision was made to choose Shreyas his year over Surya in his first ODI against Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
In his 16 ODIs Surya has played, he averaged 32, batted a little over 100, and scored only his two points over 50. Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer was India’s top scorer at last year’s ODI and has the most impactful shots of anyone in the format.
But Krishnamachari Srikant, the former Indian chairman of the selection committee, objected to the Indian think tank.He said Suryakumar’s name was not seen in India’s XI, the series opener in Guwahati. I was so disappointed that I decided to apologize to the right-handed Suryakumar on live TV. While he wasn’t involved in his SKY loss, the former Indian opener said he felt very bad.
“And Surya, I’m so sorry, I feel sorry for you, my friend. Isn’t Suryakumar Yadav in the team? Look at the top five and who are the influential players? told Sports.
Srikkanth was also surprised that he didn’t see Washington Sundar, the all-rounder in India’s XI. “I don’t understand why Washington doesn’t play the Thunder. Another option would have been 3 spinners, 2 pacers and Hardik Pandya. That is why he continues to say that he needs to develop more batting all-rounders. India is missing
Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjurekar, who was part of the same panel, was less troubled by Surya’s omission than India’s absence of Ishan Kishan. India in December.
“I can understand their logic in not going to Surya, because all the great innings he saw were T20Is. Shubman Gill gets a long run, why give Kishan the same run? I have two hundred He brings a combination of left and right. I’m always disappointed when India don’t pick Kuldeep Yadav, I always put him in his 50 overs in his cricket. We saw the impact he had on the Bangladesh test.