Former India coach Ravi Shastri has showered praise on Surykumar Yadav, saying he is a proper 360 degree player. Suryakumar has been in excellent form in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
“You don’t get too many players who can hit spots the way he does. Just watching the way he moves and the areas he tries to hit, he is a proper 360 degree player,” said Shastri.
Shastri went on to say that Suryakumar hits the ball in unsual positions, making the bowler’s job harder.
“He can play all three formats of the game and the reason I say that is that he is different.He hits it into unusual areas, he gets into unusual positions and it is literally a challenge to the bowler as to where he can bowl. He is someone who can puncture any part of the ground,” Shastri added.
“He is lighting up this World Cup and he is playing shots which 10 years ago no one would have imagined. His great ability is to read what length the bowler is bowling, he anticipates early and he backs himself and very few players go out with that kind of mindset,” said Shastri.
Suryakumar has been in stellar form during this World Cup for India. He played a well-paced knock of 30 runs off 16 balls to help India post 184/6 on the board in their 5-run win over Bangladesh. The India batter has amassed more than 900 runs in the shortest format this year, and dethroned Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan to become the number 1 ranked T20I batter in ICC’s latest rankings.
