India’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav on Tuesday stated thriller spinner Varun Chakravarthy has been a different participant since his comeback to international cricket, for he has grow to be mentally more durable and performs with a smile on his face.
Chakravarthy returned glorious figures of 5/42 in India’s convincing victory over New Zealand in Dubai on Sunday, which helped the workforce to high their group on method to the semifinals of the event.
“The way he left in 2021 and the way he has come back, there are two different Varun Chakravarthys,” Suryakumar, the model ambassador of Moha, informed the media right here at an occasion.
“He has become a little tough mentally, yet he is smiling a lot and taking everything in his stride irrespective of what happens on the field which is very good from a cricketer’s point of view.” The collection of Chakravarthy, who didn’t function within the first two group matches, proved to be a masterstroke.
“I am really happy for him. He deserves everything (for) what he has been doing and all the recognition for what has been happening with him,” Suryakumar added.
“He has been a really hard working athlete since 2021; I have been watching him and have spoken with him a lot of times since he made his comeback to international cricket.”
Suryakumar stated it will be significant for groups to decide gamers with particular ability set despite the fact that the main target has primarily been on all-rounders within the shortest format.
“At the end of the day it’s all about your skill and what skills you offer to the team. If it’s in the best interest of the team, then you have to pick those bowlers.”
Suryakumar additionally stated that Mumbai Indians is not going to face any management conundrum within the IPL provided that they’ve every of the present Indian captains of their aspect.
“As soon as we go to our house, it’s like a family, so we don’t think about that, that we have three captains or we have four captains. We think that we are one team,” he stated.
“It’s as good as an institution where we have learned a lot, grown over there, and gone on to play for India. We work as a unit when we get into that dressing room,” he added.
While Hardik Pandya is Mumbai Indians’ captain, the five-time winners additionally boast of India’s Test chief Rohit Sharma, T20I skipper Suryakumar and likewise Jasprit Bumrah, who had led India in two Tests on the Australia tour.
“Yes, there are a lot of captains in the team, but (when) we sit together, (be it) five people, seven, (or) ten, we take a call… how do we want to take the ship forward?”
The 34-year-old Suryakumar stated he desires to proceed specializing in all codecs for now.
“When I started playing my cricket, it was all red ball. Slowly, I came into white ball formats and then I was introduced to ODIs and then T20Is,” he stated.
“It’s important, that’s why I play all the formats because I enjoy the sport. I love playing this sport with a lot of passion and I take one format at a time,” he stated.
Published – March 05, 2025 01:44 am IST
