Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has criticised India’s skipper Suryakumar Yadav for his slow batting in the ongoing T20 World Cup. Manjrekar lauded Suryakumar’s 84-run innings in the tournament opener against the USA in Mumbai for its calculated approach but believes that Yadav’s pace significantly slowed thereafter, making it difficult for Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, and Rinku Singh during the death overs.
“There is something that I am seeing in Suryakumar Yadav which I’m not liking too much. 77-6, India against USA, at the Wankhede, and Suryakumar Yadav had to change his game, which he did brilliantly. Just slowed down a little bit, and then exploded, and got a great score, player of the match, and everything,” Manjrekar said on his Instagram page.
He added that since then, Yadav seems to have taken this approach too far. “Since then, I think he is taking that a bit too far. Against Pakistan, where India lost a couple of wickets, he really pulled down the shutters quite a lot. He and Tilak Varma are both playing slightly conservatively, and in the end, what happens is that people like Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, and Rinku Singh are not really tapped into resources as much,” he continued.
