File photo of Suryakumar Yadav.© BCCI
The world’s number one T20 batsman Suryakumar Yadav will miss a few more IPL matches as he continues to recover from sports hernia surgery, with the National Cricket Academy (NCA) monitoring his progress. Yadav, who plays for Mumbai Indians, has been missing from action in the league and his team has lost both their matches so far. “Surya is making very good progress and very soon he will play for MI again. However, he may have to sit out a few more matches as he missed the first two,” a BCCI source said.
While MI are missing Yadav, the BCCI does not want to take any chances with the big hitter’s fitness as he is expected to play a big role in the upcoming T20 World Cup in the US and West Indies in June.
“For BCCI, the main concern is whether he is on course for the T20 World Cup, which he is. Obviously he will play for MI, but after a sports hernia surgery, he cannot be rushed,” the source said.
The 33-year-old often draws comparisons to retired South African superstar AB de Villiers due to his range. He has an excellent strike rate of 171.55 in the format.
Yadav has appeared in 60 T20 Internationals for India and has 2141 runs, including four hundreds.
MI will take on Rajasthan Royals in their third match, the first at home in Mumbai, on Monday.
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