DUBAI: Suryakumar Yadav has won praise from the great Ricky Ponting, who compared the hitter to AB de Villiers, saying the Indian has a 360-degree game like the South African genius.
Ponting suggested Yadav should strike at number four in the Indian squad.
“Surya (Yadav) scores 360 degrees around the ground, much like AB de Villiers did when he was in his prime. Round shots, late cuts, you know, overhead ramps of the keeper. He can hit the ground,” Ponting said on the latest episode of The ICC Exam.
“He hits very well to the side of the leg, particularly well towards the deep back square, and he’s a good fast bowler and a good spin bowler.”
Yadav, 31, has scored 672 runs at an average of 37.33 and a strike rate of 175.45 in 23 T20 games and now sits second in the ICC T20 Batter rankings behind the Pakistani skipper. Babar Azam.
“He’s a very, very exciting player and I’m sure someone is going to find himself in his team, not just his team,” said Ponting, who saw Yadav up close during his early years with the club. Mumbai Indians.
“I think you’ll find him in their squad for the T20 World Cup. And if he’s in that squad, then I think all the fans in Australia are going to see a very, very good player.
“He’s a pretty confident person. He supports himself and he’ll never back down from a challenge or any situation that comes up in a game. I feel like he thinks he can win that situation and therefore go on and win. the game for his team.”
When asked if Yadav would make India’s best XI, the former Australia skipper said he had “played better than anyone else in the Indian team in the last two rounds and that he should be number one.
“He has to be in the top four, I think. I said stick with him (Virat Kohli) in his traditional place, which has been number three,” said Ponting, a two-time World Cup captain.
“For Surya it’s one, two or four. I think he can open up, but I think he’s probably, you know, if you could probably take him away from the new ball, let him control the game. center of the game outside of Powerplay, in the middle, and if he’s at the end, you know what can happen.”
Yadav’s strike rate climbs to 258.82 in kills in the T20Is – on 34 balls he broke 88 carries with 15 of those deliveries for the limits.
Ponting said: “I think in the top four, well, actually, I’m going to go out on a limb: I don’t want him to open. I think number four is his best spot.”
Australia will host the T20 World Cup in October-November.
Ponting suggested Yadav should strike at number four in the Indian squad.
“Surya (Yadav) scores 360 degrees around the ground, much like AB de Villiers did when he was in his prime. Round shots, late cuts, you know, overhead ramps of the keeper. He can hit the ground,” Ponting said on the latest episode of The ICC Exam.
“He hits very well to the side of the leg, particularly well towards the deep back square, and he’s a good fast bowler and a good spin bowler.”
Yadav, 31, has scored 672 runs at an average of 37.33 and a strike rate of 175.45 in 23 T20 games and now sits second in the ICC T20 Batter rankings behind the Pakistani skipper. Babar Azam.
“He’s a very, very exciting player and I’m sure someone is going to find himself in his team, not just his team,” said Ponting, who saw Yadav up close during his early years with the club. Mumbai Indians.
“I think you’ll find him in their squad for the T20 World Cup. And if he’s in that squad, then I think all the fans in Australia are going to see a very, very good player.
“He’s a pretty confident person. He supports himself and he’ll never back down from a challenge or any situation that comes up in a game. I feel like he thinks he can win that situation and therefore go on and win. the game for his team.”
When asked if Yadav would make India’s best XI, the former Australia skipper said he had “played better than anyone else in the Indian team in the last two rounds and that he should be number one.
“He has to be in the top four, I think. I said stick with him (Virat Kohli) in his traditional place, which has been number three,” said Ponting, a two-time World Cup captain.
“For Surya it’s one, two or four. I think he can open up, but I think he’s probably, you know, if you could probably take him away from the new ball, let him control the game. center of the game outside of Powerplay, in the middle, and if he’s at the end, you know what can happen.”
Yadav’s strike rate climbs to 258.82 in kills in the T20Is – on 34 balls he broke 88 carries with 15 of those deliveries for the limits.
Ponting said: “I think in the top four, well, actually, I’m going to go out on a limb: I don’t want him to open. I think number four is his best spot.”
Australia will host the T20 World Cup in October-November.
