Suryakumar Yadav Is Ready On Fire | Play Ranji Trophy Quarter Final
On Thursday at the Eden Garden after a long practice session, Suryakumar Yadav stepped out of the Mumbai dressing room and moved towards the team bus with a big smile on our face and as he usually does humbly obliged all of them for our match. For Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy quarter-final clash against Haryana beginning here on Saturday Surya spent more than an hour at least with the bat at nets ahead of. Surya well knows a fact that he’s going through a difficult phase lately but remaining jolly most of the time certainly keeps the India T20I captain positive, which surely helps while playing at the highest level.
Surya tallied just 28 from five innings, including a couple of noughts, such poverty of runs is a bit odd because of the format in which he usually dominates. Not just in the England T20Is Surya struggled to get going, even in the preceding Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Captaincy-wise, there isn’t much to complain about as his team hammered England 4-1 in the recent T20I series but our own work in playing, of course, Surya didn't expect and doing more practice and work on it and trying to make them team win as a Captain.
Surya batted at the two main nets against the likes of all-rounders Shivam Dube and Shardul Thakur alongside other Mumbai quicks and spinners for forty to forty-five minutes of practice. Surya entered the nets a few minutes after Mumbai skipper Ajinkya Rahane was done with his batting practice.
Surya walked to the nets on the other side of the ground, spending a few more minutes with the bat, taking throwdowns and facing spinners after taking a little bit of break. He also discussed something with Mumbai head coach Omkar Salvi.
Surya practices increasingly for Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy quarter-final against Haryana. He discussed his batting after going through multiple phases of practice, stating, “I had to, given the situation... Also, it’s an important game coming up.” Surya played several matches here during his time with the Kolkata Knight Riders, which boosted his confidence about the Eden Gardens ground. The last time he played at this venue, he couldn't get on the scoreboard when he batted during the first T20I against England.
Thus, the challenge may not be easy for Surya against the Haryana bowling attack, but he remarked, “Yes, it’s always good to be here... I’ve done well here, so let’s see,” illustrating that cricket is, without a doubt, a game of challenges.