Ahead of the T20 World Cup 2026, former cricketer Varun Aaron spoke about Team India skipper Suryakumar Yadav`s rough patch in the shortest format of the game.
Speaking on `Game Plan`, JioStar expert Varun noted that the skipper has lost most of his wickets in the power play. He also feels that the right-handed batsman is trying to play his lap shot early in the matches.
“I think he is trying to play his lap shot too early. He is trying to take the ball from outside the off-stump and go to the on side too early. If you have a look at his dismissals through the last one year, I think, in India, his record has not been good because the wickets were a lot slower in India,” said the former pacer.
“A lot of the bowlers used a lot of pace-off balls. Amongst the eight times he has got out in the powerplay, four of them were to pace-off balls, and that`s something which has plagued Surya through his career,” he added.
Aaron also feels that Suryakumar should come to bat at number four, the same way he does for the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
“The debate is number three or four. I personally prefer him batting at number four, what he does for the Mumbai Indians. The one common factor in all these deliveries (where he has scored runs) is that he is actually playing the ball where it is supposed to be played,” he signed off.
The “Men in Blue” under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav will lock horns against New Zealand for the five-match T20I series. The first match between the teams is scheduled to be played on Wednesday at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur
IND vs NZ T20Is: Full squads
India: Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Ishan Kishan, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh.
New Zealand: Tim Robinson, Devon Conway(w), Rachin Ravindra, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Kyle Jamieson, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, Matt Henry, Bevon Jacobs, Kristian Clarke, Zakary Foulkes.
(With ANI Inputs)
