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Suryakumar: 'Mayank has the X factor, important to manage him well'

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Saturday, 05 October 2024 08:17
India's T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav is aware of the impact Mayank Yadav can create with his express pace but he says it is important to "manage him well".

Mayank took everyone by storm with his 155kph pace during IPL 2024. Playing for Lucknow Super Giants, he picked up the Player-of-the-Match award in his first two games but was ruled out of the tournament soon after with an abdominal injury. He has not played any cricket since then but Suryakumar said he was back to full fitness.

"He definitely has the X factor - it was evident when he played franchise cricket," Suryakumar said ahead of the first T20I against Bangladesh in Gwalior. "He has that extra pace. I didn't face him in the nets; our net plan was such that someone else faced him. But I have seen what potential he has and what difference he can make for the team. From that point of view, I feel he is a good addition to the Indian team and I am hoping he will do well.

"It's important to manage him well because of the amount of cricket being played. Everyone is playing for their state too. There was the Duleep Trophy recently. So it is important to pay proper attention and the BCCI is doing that."

Sunday's match will be the first international at the Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium. In fact, the venue has not hosted any domestic cricket either. So there is an element of surprise about the conditions.

While Bangladesh batter Towhid Hridoy expected the pitch to be "slow and low" with not much chances of a high-scoring game, Suryakumar Yadav had different views.

"The pitch looks good," he said. "We practised on the centre wicket, just two pitches away. We didn't find it that low and slow - we practised all three days. So it [the match pitch] should not be much different.

"For T20 cricket, these are good wickets. There will be good competition [between the bat and ball] but at the same time it looks good [for run-scoring]. The rest we will get to know tomorrow.

"Yes, it's a new ground but having practised here for three days, we know what the conditions are, how the pitch is, how the outfield is, what the wind factor is like, whether the dew settles in or not. We will like to play the way we did in the last T20I series. And if everyone does their job, you will get the desired results."

Until recently, India had the problem of their batters not chipping in with the ball in white-ball cricket. But that seems to be changing now, with India's T20I squad including a plethora of allrounders and part-time bowling options.

"It's good if your batters can bowl an over or two," Suryakumar said. "I think there is hardly anyone in this squad who doesn't bowl. That gives you more bowling options on the ground. As you saw in Sri Lanka, Riyan [Parag] bowled four overs. If someone says he can bowl in the pressure situation, then why not."

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