New Delhi: Suryakumar Yadav should be among the 11 players who will play in the World Cup cricket series. Former Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has said that even Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Sanju Samson cannot play like Suryakumar when he is down.
It seems like Sanju Samson has been given a lot of opportunities, but when he is given opportunities, every match is a new match, so if Suriya Kumar Yadav has been taken instead of him, it has to be said that it is a lack of faith in Sanju Samson rather than a belief in Suriya Kumar Yadav. But Harbhajan Singh once said that Sanju Vellam cannot dance like Suriya Kumar.
In an interview with Star Sports, Harbhajan Singh said, “Suriya Kumar Yadav is a complete… complete player. I don’t think Sanju took a tough decision on Samson. I also know that Sanju is a very good player. Only 15 players can be selected. Suryakumar Yadav is the right choice over Sanju.
Sanju doesn’t have the game that Suryakumar Yadav has in the middle overs. Sanju is also capable of hitting big shots from the first ball, but Suryakumar Yadav’s reliability is different. Suriya is the big scorer. Sanju Samson has a lot of risk in the way he bowls so there are a lot of chances of getting out..
Many people ask what Suryakumar Yadav has done in ODIs. All I ask them is what did he not play in T20? If Suryakumar comes off when there are 20 overs in ODIs, then I say he is not the right player to leave him at that stage.
Even Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma cannot play like Suryakumar in that down order. Because Suryakumar does the tough job of dropping in at No. 5-6. Only Suryakumar can do what MS Dhoni did and what Yuvraj Singh did.
Playing in the middle order is tough in ODIs. Opening is easy where you can score runs. There will be a lot of overs. But after 20-25 overs, when one goes down, one has to find the gaps and hit the right stroke for the boundaries. My confidence is that no other player can do this like Suryakumar.
I would pick Suriya in my team because he is a killer for the opposition. Either he swings or he doesn’t. All the time he is in Greece, the opposition is under pressure. Because he has the game to win the competition. Suriya will score 50-60 runs in 20 balls. So he needs to be in the team and not be wasted by sitting him out.
I think Sehal and Arshdeep Singh should have been in India’s World Cup squad. A left-arm pacer throwing to a right-arm batsman can make a big difference. If 3 spinners bowl then you need a left arm spinner, a leg spinner and an off spinner. But all three are left-arm spinners. This is shocking,” said Harbhajan Singh.
