Suryakumar Yadav is currently one of the biggest assets for Team India. Indian cricket fans want him in this beautiful form when Rohit Sharma’s Men in Blue will lock horns against other teams in real T20 World Cup matches.
In the first warm-up game against Western Australia, India won the toss and chose to strike first. They were under pressure and entered Suryakumar. At WACA in Perth on Monday, October 10, he took 52 laps from 35 balls to push India 158/6 in 20.
He’s experimenting with Indian players. Rohit is a regular opener but Rishabh Pant, who usually plays at number 5 or 6, opened the kicks next to the captain. Virat Kohli rested all-round in friendly match Hardik Pandya He was chipped in 29 runs and Deepak Hooda scored in 22 runs. In the end, India was able to score 158/6 in 20 overs.
The early kicks of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Arshdeep Singh chasing 159 tied Western Australia’s batting hits, they were 29/4 after PowerPlay. WA never managed to recover from this, and in the end, Indian bowlers restrained WA at 20 at 145/8 to win their first warm-up match by 13 runs. Arshdeep accepted six runs and swam three rooks while Yuzvendra Chahal took two wickets for 15 runs.
The 14 members have arrived in Australia as they have yet to announce the 15th player to replace Jasprit Bumrah. Rohit said that the person who will replace Bumrah will be announced in Australia.
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