Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has said that in-form Indian batsman Suryakumar Yadav has the ability to score big centuries in international cricket. He also described Yadav as a top-class player, who can scores at a quick pace without playing too many rash shots as well.
However, after a long wait, Suryakumar Yadav has finally got the chance to make his debut in international cricket and made a name for himself as well. He was the Player of the Series in the ODIs against Sri Lanka and smashed a half-century in India’s win in the first T20I as well. While speaking on his YouTube channel, Butt said that Yadav is a special talent, who has the ability to score big tons.
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He stated: “From what I have seen of Suryakumar Yadav, he has excellent wrist work. His shot selection is really good. Even when he plays the big shots, he targets the gaps. Suryakumar Yadav is a very sensible player and reads the spinners very well. Of all the Indian batsmen in Sri Lanka, he has played the slow bowlers, including mystery spinners who are difficult to pick, in the best manner. He has a great range of shots and is classy as well. It doesn’t seem like he is trying to hit the ball too hard and there is a lot of fluency in his strokes.”
He continued: “The risk factor in his shots is less. The speciality of a top-class player is that he maintains a good strike rate and it doesn’t seem like he is taking too many risks to maintain it. There is a lot of calmness in Suryakumar Yadav’s batting. I would love to see him score hundreds. Of course, the T20Is are going on now. But given the kind of batsman he is, I think Suryakumar Yadav will score big hundreds. He is a special talent on display.”
Meanwhile, Suryakumar Yadav is all set to travel to the UK along with Prithvi Shaw as they will join the main Indian team which is currently facing some injury scare and will take on England in a five-match Test series as well.
However, Salman Butt again shared: “Suryakumar Yadav has a huge opportunity to make a mark in England if he gets an opportunity to play. People have started developing a view of him as being a classy player. If he scores in England as well, he will prove that he is a top-class player because England is a tough place to score runs.”
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“He has debuted at 30. The maturity that he has gained by playing years of domestic cricket is visible in his batting. There are many other talented Indian batsmen who are playing fearless cricket but Suryakumar Yadav is proving to be a lot more mature. Maybe that is because of the amount of domestic cricket he has played. Most batsmen are at their peak at the age at which Suryakumar Yadav has made his debut,” he concluded.
