Suryakumar Yadav of India’s cricket team had a bad return to the first-class game as he did not bat in the second innings against TNCA XI because of hand injury. This injury was sustained by the 33 years old during Mumbai’s first match of Buchi Babu tournament.
On Day 3, Mumbai’s TNCA XI batting line up had already suffered serious lead from which they needed to recover with Pradosh Ranjan Paul batting on the fourth day when Musheer Khan bowled a leg stump ball that got into Suryakumar’s territory at leg slip position.
In a bid attempt to grasp the ball that was coming towards him on his left-hand side, he ended up getting hit on some part of his hand instead. He fell down immediately as he was inconsolably pained and got treated by the physio team who rushed onto ground.
In the end, the player left the field after getting some treatment and he did not bat again as Mumbai lost the second innings for only 223 runs which meant that they lost by a whopping margin of 286 runs. The scoreboard had ‘absent hurt’ mentioned against Suryakumar Yadav’s name at the end of the match.
In the first innings, it was a quick 30 runs from him after all when Mumbai were bundled for a miserable 156 in reply to TNCA XI’s 379. So far, there has been no update on the intensity of Suryakumar’s injury by either MCA or BCCI.
Suryakumar Yadav has been selected for Team C in the 2024 Duleep Trophy
For Suryakumar Yadav, who was recently made part of the Ruturaj Gaikwad-headed Team C for the Duleep Trophy scheduled in 2024, this injury has come at a bad time. The domestic tournament that signals the start of India’s home season commences from September 5.
The right-handed batsman recently showed intentions to return to Team India’s red ball squad. He represented only once in Test match which was during 2023 Border-Gavaskar series but holds vast experience in first class cricket for Mumbai.
In early 2023 after he had sustained an ankle injury while on South African tour, he went through a long spell out of action. With his hernia problem too Suryakumar Yadav will only be able to come back when IPL starts in 2024.
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