Suryakumar Yadav‘s innings in the opening Twenty20 International at Canberra’s Manuka Oval, according to former India speedster Varun Aaron, will help him in the forthcoming matches of the five-match series against Australia.
Aaron pointed out that prior to the start of the series, the Indian T20 captain had a miserable 2025 average of 11 in the game’s shortest format. But according to the cricketer-turned-commentator, the Mumbai batter’s 39* from 24 balls during the match must have greatly increased his confidence.
Suryakumar finished his blitzkrieg with a strike rate of 162.5, hitting two sixes and three fours.
“I believe this will greatly boost his self-confidence. In the ODI series, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma demonstrated that, despite their over 15,000 ODI runs, a batter might feel as like they are incapable of hitting a single boundary when they are not getting runs. Before entering this innings, Suryakumar was averaging 11, and he has batted similarly to Suryakumar Yadav,” the former RCB pacer said in response to a question concerning the 35-year-old’s taunt on the Star Sports program “Follow the Blues.”
Aaron said that after receiving a peach of a ball from Josh Hazlewood in the previous over, Suryakumar made a statement with his signature six over deep square leg in the fifth over of the match.
“The first shot against Josh Hazlewood was merely a statement shot because most batsmen would be a little cautious and try to play it safe after receiving a ball like that, to which he was beaten, but Suryakumar Yadav did what he does best.” That six was incredible. “That simply got him off,” he continued.
The footwork was displaying the surety: Parthiv Patel
Suryakumar’s footwork improved after he hit the aforementioned big ball that went for a maximum against Hazlewood, according to former India wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel.
Even though no runs came off two balls after Suryakumar’s shot, which was one of his favorite shots at the beginning, was played off Hazlewood’s bowling, it appeared as though the footwork had nearly returned. He said, “The footwork was showing the surety.”
Australian spinner Matthew Kuhnemann bowled with defensive fields right away, which allowed Suryakumar to put him under more strain, Patel noted.
When Kuhnemann arrived to bowl after that, he had kept the cover fielder back and hadn’t even bowled his first ball. It indicates that the way of thinking was protective. According to Parthiv, “you can attack when such big players are aware that the bowler is only bowling defensively.”
Because to the rain, the first T20I finished without a result. India was declared out of the match after reaching 97/1 in 9.4 overs.
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