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‘Jabardasti matt bigado bhai usko!’ - Twitter in splits over Ravi Shastri’s 'Suryakumar Yadav might get opportunity in Nagpur Test' statement

Here is how fans have reacted on the comments from the former team India coach on Suryakumar Yadav ahead of the first match

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Ravi Shastri and Suryakumar Yadav

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India are going to begin their Border-Gavaskar Trophy series on 9 February 2023 in Nagpur against Australia. However, Shreyas Iyer is out of the first Test as he needs to spend more time in rehab to recover from the back injury. The same injury that ruled him out of the home ODI series against the Kiwis. So, there is a chance that Men in Blue might give a debut to Suryakumar Yadav.

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This Mumbai batter has been a revelation for team India in the shortest format of the game. Currently, Suryakumar Yadav is the number-one ranked batter in that format. However, he did not perform as per expectations in the ODIs so far. So, it will be interesting to see him in action in the longest format of the game.

“He might come and play a little cameo on a track that is spinning a lot” - Ravi Shastri on Suryakumar Yadav

Now, regarding the same, the former team India coach, Ravi Shastri opened up and said that Suryakumar Yadav can play an attacking role if he gets an opportunity in Nagpur. Speaking at a press conference organised by Star Sports, Shastri said: “Suryakumar Yadav might get the opportunity in that Test match. And he’s going to play his natural game. I think he’s one player who will be proactive. Especially with Nathan Lyon or the other spinners, he will be looking to score all the time, looking to rotate the strike. If you want to do well in India, you have got to rotate the strike.” 

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“You can’t have bowlers bowling maidens at you. You have got to find a way where you want to score, not think of just blocking, because that can create real problems for you. So I think he will be very useful in that position. He might come and play a little cameo on a track that is spinning a lot, where a 30 or 40 could decide the fate of a game. And he can get it quickly and disrupt the opposition. So India will be thinking in that fashion there,” Ravi Shastri concluded. Speaking about Suryakumar Yadav, he made a great comeback in this Ranji Trophy season for Mumbai. He scored 223 runs in three innings, at an average of 74.33.

Here are some tweets that were shared by fans after Ravi Shastri's comments on Suryakumar Yadav’s potential debut

 

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