Suryakumar Yadav “Has Not Played…”: Rahul Dravid Opens Up On Star’s ODI Struggles
File photo of Suryakumar Yadav and India cricket team coach Rahul Dravid.© AFP
He is very pleased with the takeaways from the nine home ODIs that the Indian team have played and has shrunk his World Cup core team down to 17-18 players, coaches chief Rahul Dravid spoke on the eve of the decisive match against Australia. India will go into the deciding match after having played eight home games – three against Sri Lanka, three against New Zealand and three against Australia ending on Wednesday.
Has he achieved what he has set out in nine home ODIs, keeping the World Cup in mind? “We have to be on a big level. We’ve got more clarity after these nine games no matter what happens tomorrow. We need to continue to build on that clarity.
“For us now it’s different XI combinations and just making sure we play different combinations at times just to make sure we can do it in the World Cup and we I’m not surprised by anything at the World Cup,” Dravid told the media on Tuesday.
The head coach regretted that no players were injured Shreyas Iyer, who is expected to take 4th place at the World Cup. The coach also sympathizes with Suryakumar Yadavwho have not set up the ODI stage in front unlike T20 format.
“Obviously. It’s unfortunate that Shreyas got injured. He’s probably one of those guys who’s going to hit the No. 4 spot and spend a lot of time there. If you notice, we’ve stuck with that. both many years before this tournament there were a lot of T20 cricket games played and we don’t have many cricket matches a day and if there are injuries and all that, we have the select.”
But is Surya’s first shot really worrying, Dravid? “Not really worried about Surya. He has two very good balls. One of the things about Surya is that he is learning the game over 50 points. T20 is a little bit different. In T20, he played IPL 10. five,” said the Indian coach.
“He (Surya) played a lot of T20 cricket matches. He played a lot of high-pressure T20 matches. Although he played a lot of T20 cricket matches I think he didn’t play many cricket matches a day. We need to give him time and be patient with that. We definitely see the downside of him doing well.”
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