Suryakumar Yadav warms up for South Africa ODIs: The swashbuckling right-hander on Friday completed his double ton in just 122 balls before finishing on 249 off 152 to put his team Parsee Gymkhana in the driver’s seat on Day 1 of the of the 3-day final of Police Shield against Payyade SC at the Police Gymkhana Ground in Mumbai. The 31-year-old’s knock consisted of as many as 37 boundaries and 5 sixes. Follow more sports updates on InsideSport.IN.
Suryakumar Yadav warms up for South Africa ODIs, blasts 37 fours and 5 sixes en route his 122-ball double hundred
The innings from the Mumbai batsman is an important one considering that the selectors will very soon sit together to discuss the team for 3-match ODI series against South Africa starting January 19. Suryakumar Yadav has struggled for runs after his 62- run knock against New Zealand in the first T20I in Jaipur. He got out for 1 and 0 in the next two matches before registering scores of 14, 8, 49 & 4 for Mumbai in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
“When I came to bat after lunch, I looked to attack, play my natural game. Since the ground is small, I was getting boundaries a bit easily once I found the gaps. I only came to know about my double-century when my teammates applauded me. My aim was that we score so many runs on Day One that they’re out of the game already,” Yadav told TOI on Friday. “
“Scoring big runs in a final gives any batsman confidence going into a series,” he added.
Further, Suryakumar asserted that his aggressive batting style has given him a lot of success, adding that there was no reason to change it because of a couple of setbacks.
“In Vijay Hazare, I was batting in my natural, positive aggressive style, which has always reaped so much success for me, there too. I was out while playing my shots, but they weren’t rash, lazy shots. This is how I will continue to bat, because if I’m doing well in 7-8 innings out of 10, then why should I think so deeply about the two times I got out while playing an attacking shot? This is the approach at the crease which has helped me play for club, Mumbai and India,” Suryakumar Yadav explained.
Overall, Suryakumar Yadav has played 3 ODIs and 11 T20Is for India since his debut in March this year. He was part of India Test team in England and during the home series against New Zealand, but haven’t played any match in the format.
Talking about the Police Shield final match, Parsee Gymkhana finished Day one on 524 for the loss 9 wickets in 90 overs.
Suryakumar Yadav warms up for South Africa ODIs, blasts 37 fours and 5 sixes en route his 122-ball double hundred
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