Former Indian team batsman Suresh Raina
Suresh Raina On Suryakumar Yadav: The squad of the Indian team for Champions Trophy 2025 has been announced. Rohit Sharma has got the responsibility of captaincy in Team India. The responsibility of vice-captain has been handed over to Shubman Gill. 6 players playing in ODI World Cup 2023 have not been included in Team India. These include Suryakumar Yadav, Mohammad Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur and Ishan Kishan. Whereas Ravichandran Ashwin has taken retirement from international cricket. Former Indian team batsman Suresh Raina believes that India will miss Suryakumar in the Champions Trophy and he could have proved to be the X factor for the team.
Suryakumar did not get place for Champions Trophy
Suresh Raina told Star Sports that Suryakumar was an integral part of the World Cup team. He is a player who can hit shots at any position on the field. He can score runs at the rate of nine runs per over at any stage of the game. He has the ability to dominate the opposing team with his special game. If Suryakumar had been in the team, he would have been the X factor. The team will miss him. Now the responsibility will be on the top three batsmen who are not in form right now. Suryakumar is a batsman who can bat in any kind of position.
Surya has played 37 ODI matches for India.
Suryakumar Yadav is known for his explosive batting. He has the ability to hit strokes in any corner of the field. He made his ODI debut for Team India in the year 2021. Since then, he has scored 773 runs in 37 ODI matches, which also includes four half-centuries.
Bumrah is recovering from injury
While Jasprit Bumrah is recovering from back spasms he suffered during the Test match against Australia in Sydney earlier this month, Shami has made a comeback into the ODI team for the first time after the World Cup 2023 after recovering from a heel injury. Has returned. Suresh Raina said that Siraj can still make a place in the team. Siraj bowled well in Australia but you can make changes in the team till 12th February. So I think if Bumrah is not fully fit then Siraj can come back to the team.
Harshit Rana has performed well. He has good pace, variation, yorkers. Both he and Arshdeep Singh can bowl in the death overs but I still think that if Bumrah is not there then Siraj is a better option.
(Input: PTI)
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