File photograph of Suryakumar Yadav
Crew India’s newly promoted T20I skipper is not within the scheme of issues so far as ODI cricket is worried, and BCCI choice committee chief Ajit Agarkar had no hesitation in confirming that in a press convention on Monday. Agarkar, who held a joint press convention with the brand new head coach Gautam Gambhir, mentioned that Surya’s identify wasn’t even mentioned because the likes of KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, and Rishabh Pant returned to the ODI fold. Although Suryakumar was part of India’s workforce for the 2023 ODI World Cup, truthful to say that he’s approach down within the pecking order in the mean time.
Former India batter Aakash Chopra, in a video on his YouTube channel, made an enormous prediction, suggesting Surya will not be within the Indian workforce for the Champions Trophy subsequent yr too, contemplating he is not flying to Sri Lanka for the 3-match ODI sequence.
“Suryakumar Yadav was part of the workforce that reached the ultimate of the final (2023 ODI) World Cup. He was a part of this (2024 T20) World Cup as nicely, the (David Miller) catch he took however he’s no longer a part of the ODI workforce,” Chopra mentioned within the video.
“A query was requested about that and he mentioned that Suryakumar Yadav is an outstanding and particular participant however he shall be seen enjoying in T20Is solely and is at present not being thought of in ODIs. So if he’s not being thought of and the Champions Trophy is about to return, you possibly can assume that Suryakumar Yadav will not be seen there,” he additional mentioned.
So far as the next-gen is worried, Chopra feels Shubman Gill will certainly be part of the India’s Champions Trophy workforce, contemplating he has been made the vice-captain within the 50-over format.
“Nevertheless, Shubman Gill shall be seen there. He (Agarkar) mentioned that he (Gill) is a three-format participant and Gautam (Gambhir) believes it is not a nasty factor if he can get three-format gamers. They’ve additionally preferred his captaincy within the IPL and towards Zimbabwe, and that is why he has been made the ODI vice-captain,” he asserted.
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