India Nationwide Cricket Staff T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav has made a serious assertion, brazenly saying that he might have been one of many high contenders to take over the ODI captaincy from Rohit Sharma.
Suryakumar Yadav reckoned that he might have grow to be the correct white-ball captain of India – each ODIs and T20Is – had he carried out nicely in 50-over cricket on the worldwide degree.
ODI captaincy bhi mil sakti thi – Suryakumar Yadav
Suryakumar Yadav was appointed because the T20I captain of India after Rohit Sharma retired from the format post-T20 World Cup 2024 triumph within the Caribbean.
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It got here as a large shock as a result of Hardik Pandya was the deputy of Rohit Sharma, and out of nowhere, Suryakumar was handed captaincy. At the moment, it was talked about that Pandya’s health points went towards him, and Suryakumar Yadav’s spectacular performances helped him get the T20I management.
Notably, Suryakumar’s T20I peak is thought to be one of many best of all time, and he was on the No.1 place within the ICC Males’s T20I Batting Rankings for a very long time.
Nonetheless, he was unable to copy his T20I success in ODI cricket. Suryakumar acquired nice backing from the workforce administration and performed 37 ODIs, however scored simply 773 at a mean of 25.76 and a strike fee of 105.02.
In a latest podcast, Suryakumar stated that he might have grow to be the India ODI skipper forward of Shubman Gill had he carried out higher within the format.
“Ab predominant sochta hun ki agar maine ODI format mein acha kiya hota, jaise abhi T20I captaincy chal rahi hai, ODI captaincy bhi mil sakti thi. [Now I think that if I had done well in the ODI format, just like how T20I captaincy is going now, I could have got the ODI captaincy as well],” he stated as quoted by TOI.
Pehle nahi sochta tha – Suryakumar Yadav
Additional elaborating this level, Suryakumar Yadav stated that he did not give it some thought earlier, however now he does and is hoping to present all of it to earn an ODI recall and ship good performances.
“Abhi soch raha hun predominant. Pehle nahi sochta tha. Kyunki format 30 overs aur thoda lamba hai. Ball ka color bhi identical hai. Jersey bhi virtually identical hai. Abhi bhi strive karunga predominant. one hundred pc harunga predominant.
“Dream to hai hello [I’m thinking about it now. Earlier, I didn’t think about it. Because the format is 30 overs and a bit longer. The ball colour is the same. The jersey is almost the same. Even now, I will try. I’ll give it my 100 percent. It’s always been a dream],” Suryakumar stated.
Ghar pe jab rehte hain, hum yahi talk about karte hain – Suryakumar Yadav
Suryakumar Yadav additional acknowledged that he discusses about his ODI profession together with his spouse and so they attain the identical level that he might have been Rohit Sharma’s successor.
“Ghar pe jab rehte hain, hum yahi talk about karte hain. Spouse ke saath predominant yahi baat karta hun ki agar ODI cricket mera acha gaya hota, to you by no means know. Jab Rohit bhai ODI captaincy se retire honge, uske baad kaun lead karega? Agar aap acha kar rahe ho, to you could be a good contender. However abhi bhi alternative nahi gayi hai ODI cricket ki.
“[When we are at home, we discuss this a lot. I talk to my wife about it, saying that if I had done well in ODI cricket, you never know. When Rohit bhai retires from ODI captaincy, who will lead then? If you are performing well, you can be a good contender. But even now, the opportunity in ODI cricket hasn’t come yet],” he added.
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