'Bhai ye jyda hogya thoda, Sarfaraz pehle se line mein hai' - Fans call out Gautam Gambhir for latter's suggestion to put Suryakumar Yadav in Tests

The star Indian batting sensation Suryakumar Yadav started the calendar year of 2023 from the same point from where he took a sabbatical last year in 2022. The 32-year-old went played a swashbuckling knock of 112 runs off just 51 balls seven boundaries and nine massive sixes to his name.

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It was also the third T20I century for SKY in his international career which is yet to complete two years on the 14^th of March two months later. World number one T20I batter is just a century away from equalizing the record of most T20I centuries with his fellow teammate and Indian skipper Rohit Sharma.

Overwhelmed with the blistering performance of Suryakumar Yadav, former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir went on praise the former with a tweet in the aftermath of the brilliant knock against Sri Lanka.

“What a knock, Suryakumar Yadav! Time to put him in test cricket! #SKYscraper” tweeted the two-time World Cup winner Indian batter.

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Here’s what Gautam Gambhir tweeted:

What a knock @surya_14kumar! Time to put him in test cricket! #SKYscraper pic.twitter.com/tvvoRTXEwp

— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) January 7, 2023

Although this tweet from the 41-year-old didn’t go down well with a particular section of Indian Cricket Fans and they did not late in calling out him for ignoring the talents like Sarfaraz Khan. Fans also reminded to Gambhir of the many youngsters who are delivering their best in the First-Class circuit of Indian Cricket and are already in contention for a place in the Test team of India.

Here's how fans reacted to Gambhir’s remarks about Suryakumar Yadav:

Bhai ye jyda hogya thoda..

— Priyanka (@Lostgirlprii) January 8, 2023

Dnt mix formats.

— Arjun (@26rjun) January 7, 2023

Sarfaraj abhimanyu aparajit indrajit kya kre fir, fc or india bnd kr de t20 se test team bana de chutia khi ka

— Vaibhav (@Tarab16vaibhav) January 7, 2023

On what basis? Is playing well in t20 is a criteria for test selection?? Then guys like sarfaraz are toiling in ranji for what?! All players need not to be in all formats. Let him be t20 specialist.

— shyam sundar (@shyamsundar21) January 7, 2023

Sarfaraz is still waiting.. Ranji should be valued before we make t20 stars in

— Nineeth (@Nineeth18) January 7, 2023

Sky will be finished if he plays test. He should stick to t20s

— vinay@Mumbaikar (@vinay_287) January 7, 2023

no, he is fine in t20 and ODI, dont put extra pressure on him...he needs more time to recover. we already have many player who are specially born to play test cricket😀. give chance to Sarfaraz khan,pujara is already got his form

— shadab ansari (@shadab1511) January 7, 2023

Absolutely disagree . dont spoil his game by burdening him . Next its time for him to concentrate in ODI . His next goal should be ODI world cup .

— TheIdealCitizen (@venugopal599) January 7, 2023

Remarkably, Suryakumar Yadav ended up being the highest run-scorer in the recently concluded T20I series against the Islanders. He smashed 170 runs in three innings of the matches with an amazing average of 85.00 including an unbeaten century knock in the series decider at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot on Saturday, 8^th of January.

Now, he will be in action with the men in blue during the upcoming three-match ODI series against the visitors starting on Tuesday, the 10^th of January. Team India’s regular skipper Rohit Sharma will also be back in the squad alongside the senior players Virat Kohli and KL Rahul.