Former Indian batter and 2011 world cup winner Gautam Gambhir praises Indian middle order player Suryakumar Yadav after the batter scored a crucial half-century in his last match against Zimbabwe which went on to bag him the player of the match award.
Gautam Gambhir Praises Suryakumar Yadav
The batter scored an unbeaten 61 runs off just 25 deliveries which leads India to score 186 runs for 5 wickets loss at the end of the 20 overs. While analysing his knock, Gambhir said that while India have the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, they have never had a player like Suryakumar.
“There are players like Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, and Rohit Sharma, who are very orthodox players. Suryakumar Yadav is different. Enjoy, watch and relish it. Because you don’t get these kinds of players that often and India has never had this kind of player, especially batting at No.4,” Gambhir said after the match on Star Sports.
Gambhir also labelled Suryakumar as the player of the tournament.
“You will get traditional players who will give you much more consistency, but imagine the strike rate of Suryakumar, what was it, 180, I guess? Above 200 runs, three fifties…he is the Player of the Tournament for me already even if India don’t go on to win it. He is already the best because of the kind of impact he has had,” he added.
India will now play their ICC T20 World Cup 2022 semi-final match against England on November 10 in Adelaide Oval, Adelaide. The first semi-final match will be played between New Zealand and Pakistan on November 9 in Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
