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Mitchell Starc dismissed Suryakumar for a golden duck (AP Photograph)
It took him roughly twelve months to notch the highest spot within the ICC T20 participant rankings. However Suryakumar hasn’t been that profitable in plying his commerce within the 50-over format
Suryakumar Yadav has established himself as an asset for Staff India within the shortest format of the sport. He made it to the Indian dressing room in 2021 on the again of quite a few exceptional performances for Mumbai Indians and it took him roughly twelve months to notch the highest spot within the ICC T20 participant rankings. However he hasn’t been that profitable in plying his commerce within the 50-over format.
On Sunday, Suryakumar bagged the second consecutive golden duck in opposition to Australia within the second ODI in Vizag. The continued sequence got here as a fantastic alternative for him to stamp his authority as he comes instead of Shreyas Iyer, who’s out with a again damage. However the final couple of outings has been nightmarish for Surya. On each events, he was trapped in entrance by Australia pacer Mitchell Starc and that too, on the very first ball.
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Former India captain and batting nice Sunil Gavaskar was very upset with Surya for falling for a duck within the second ODI. Talking on Star Sports activities after India’s 10-wicket defeat to Australia, Gavaskar noticed that Surya’s batting stance is of T20Is which makes him liable to getting LBW in ODIs. The previous captain additionally prompt that the Indian batter ought to seek the advice of with the batting coach to curb this technical drawback.
“He’s dealing with technical difficulties. Additionally, his stance is an open one. It’s good for T20 cricket as a result of any supply that’s overpitched, he can flick it for a six. However right here, when the ball is positioned proper close to the foot, with this stance, the bat will certainly come throughout. It can’t come straight. Therefore, if the ball turns inside, he’ll face problem. He must spend time with the batting coach on methods to come out of this,” he mentioned.
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Suryakumar has performed 22 ODIs to this point and scored 433 runs at a mean of 25. Although he has a few half-centuries to his credit score, it has been greater than a 12 months since he bought his final fifty-plus rating.
Earlier on Sunday, Mitchell Starc picked up a five-wicket haul as India had been bowled out for 117, setting the bottom ODI whole in opposition to Australia at house. In reply, openers Mitchell Marsh (66 not out) and Travis Head’s (51 not out) smashing unbeaten 121-run opening partnership helped the guests thrash India by 10 wickets to degree the three-match ODI sequence 1-1.
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