IND vs ENG: Suryakumar Yadav Has All The Things A Modern White Ball Player Needs- Nasser Hussain

Former England captain Nasser Hussain has lauded India batter, Suryakumar Yadav, by saying that he has everything and all skills a modern white-ball player requires to excel. He termed India’s Suryakumar Yadav as a ‘freakish talent’, who justifies the tag of a 360-degree player.

Suryakumar Yadav will hold the key for India’s fortunes when the Men in Blue faces off against England in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2022 which will be played on November 10, Thursday at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide.

India topped group 1 in the Super 12s stage, only losing to South Africa while beating Pakistan, the Netherlands, Zimbabwe, and Bangladesh in the process.

Suryakumar Yadav is third on the list of highest run-getters in the T20 World Cup 2022 with 225 runs in 5 matches, but those runs have come at a strike rate of 193.96 with 8 sixes and 25 runs to his name and 3 half-centuries as well.

Suryakumar Yadav Is A Freakish Talent. The Term ‘A 360 Degree Player’ Can Be Overused, But It Is True In His Case: Nasser Hussain

Yadav, who made his international debut in March 2021, appears to be England’s biggest threat ahead of the semifinal clash in Adelaide on Thursday. And his only T20I hundred came against England in a losing cause in Nottingham, and the English team knows how important a wicket he is.

Nasser Hussain, in his column for the Daily Mail, observed how Yadav hits shots in unusual areas using his supple wrists and that he has all the skills of a modern white ball player.

He wrote: “SKY is a freakish talent. The term ‘a 360 degree player’ can be overused, but it is true in his case. He hits balls from outside off-stump over deep square leg for six. He has wrists and levers that strike the ball in incredibly unusual areas. And he has power, bat speed and all the things a modern white ball player needs. It is hard to find any weakness, but his record against slow left-arm spin is the only thing that doesn’t really stand out.”

Hussain also hailed Kohli’s heroics against Pakistan in Melbourne and loved how he paced his innings.

He added: “India’s dynamism will come at three and four where Virat Kohli is still the master and now has a considerable apprentice in SKY. I don’t think I have ever seen a better white ball innings than the one Kohli played against Pakistan in the group stage at Melbourne. The way he paced his innings as well as some of the shots he played at the end – like hitting Haris Rauf straight back over his head for six – were remarkable.”

India has played one game at the Adelaide Oval and Virat Kohli scored a half-century, leading India to a victory.

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