Former India fielding coach R Sridhar opened up about why Suryakumar Yadav was given the management of Workforce India within the T20Is over Hardik Pandya. He mentioned that Suryakumar being the No.1 batter, together with different elements, has labored in his favor.
In what was a stunning determination by the Indian crew administration and the BCCI, Suryakumar Yadav was appointed as the brand new captain of the T20I crew. This got here after senior batter Rohit Sharma retired from the shortest format of the sport after main Workforce India to victory within the T20 World Cup 2024.
With Rohit Sharma retiring, it was nearly sure that Hardik Pandya would take over the cost as a result of he was vice-captain of the crew and likewise captained the crew in the course of the interval when Rohit was rested from the T20Is post-T20 World Cup 2022. However in a stunning flip of occasions, he wasn’t thought-about.
The selectors went with Suryakumar Yadav over Hardik Pandya. This was as a result of they weren’t impressed with Pandya’s damage historical past and said that by giving captaincy to the all-rounder, they would not have been capable of handle his workload.
R Sridhar, in an interplay with Hindustan Instances, was requested concerning the determination to offer the T20I captaincy to Suryakumar Yadav as a substitute of Hardik Pandya. He mentioned that the batter taking part in all of the video games with out worrying concerning the workload administration has labored in his favor. He added that BCCI received confidence within the batter after he led the crew within the absence of Rohit and Hardik. He elaborated:
“I feel the explanation was addressed by the chairman of the choice committee, Ajit Agarkar, within the media itself. The actual fact that Surya is somebody who can be on the park for each match India is taking part in and never being bothered about workload monitoring is one thing that has tilted the scales in his favour by way of captaincy.
“Among the matches he had captained India when Rohit and Hardik weren’t obtainable, has given confidence to the BCCI that he can do a superb job.”
He’s somebody who has exhibited management qualities all through his tenure – R Sridhar on Suryakumar Yadav
R Sridhar additional identified that Suryakumar Yadav was Gautam Gambhir‘s deputy on the Kolkata Knight Riders and harassed that batter has developed into a frontrunner all through his profession. Whereas explaining why the batter was given the captaincy, he defined:
“He has been vice-captain and was at KKR earlier than that when Gambhir was the captain, he is clearly been good with Mumbai Indians after they want him. He’s somebody who has exhibited management qualities all through his tenure of being with the Indian crew. That is held him in good stead, once more falling again to his rapport with the opposite gamers, how they appear as much as him.
“He’s the no. 1 T20 batter on the earth, that’s one thing which fits in his favour as nicely. The arrogance, the power to guide the crew each on and off the sector, the supply of the participant for all matches, his cricketing acumen, all these elements have tilted the scales in his favour.”
Suryakumar Yadav started his captaincy stint on excessive as beneath him India received the three-match T20I collection by a margin of 3-0.
