Suryakumar Yadav kept the India selectors in check with a majestic double hundred in a club game on Thursday ahead of the ODI series against South Africa in January. Playing for Parsee Gymkhana, the right-hander blasted 249 off 152 balls in the Police Shield final that included whooping 37 boundaries and five sixes.
Riding on Suryakumar바카라s knock, Parsee Gymkhana are in a strong position having piled up 524/9 at the end of Day 1 of the three-day game against Payyade SC at the Police Gymkhana on Marine Drive. Known as a white-ball specialist, Suryakumar didn바카라t have a good Vijay Hazare trophy scoring just 76 runs in four matches.
The Mumbai batsman tonked the opposition bowlers at will making most of his runs between lunch and tea. 바카라When I came to bat after lunch, I looked to attack, play my natural game. Since the ground is small, I was getting boundaries a bit easily once I found the gaps,바카라 Suryakumar was quoted as saying.
바카라Scoring big runs in a final gives any batsman confidence going into a series,바카라 he added. Besides Suryakumar, his former Mumbai Indians teammate Aditya Tare also contributed with 73.
Explaining his rough patch in the Vijay Hazare trophy, Suryakumar said, 바카라In Vijay Hazare, I was batting in my natural, positive aggressive style, which has always reaped so much success for me, there too.
바카라I was out while playing my shots, but they weren바카라t rash, lazy shots. This is how I will continue to bat, because if I바카라m doing well in 7-8 innings out of 10, then why should I think so deeply about the two times I got out while playing an attacking shot?
바카라This is the approach at the crease which has helped me play for club, Mumbai and India,바카라 he said. Normally, India players don바카라t feature in a club game. Playing for Parsee Gymkhana came naturally for Suryakumar as it is the same club that made him what he is today.
바카라I바카라m very emotionally attached to the Parsee Gymkhana. This is where my cricketing journey started. My commitment towards my club is 200 per cent. This is the first time that we were playing in the Police Shield final after 1957, so it바카라s a big game for our club.
"I바카라ve played only for this club in my life. It바카라s due to playing for Parsee Gymkhana that I played for Mumbai and then eventually India,바카라 he added.
India will be playing three Tests against South Africa starting on Boxing day before playing the same number of ODIs. The first two ODIs will be played at Paarl on January 19 and 21 while the third game is in Cape Town on January 23.
