Indias 360-degree player Suryakuamr Yadav is likely to feature in Indias playing XI against New Zealand in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on Sunday.Ahead of a highly anticipated clash against the Kiwis Suryakumar was hit on his wrist while facing a throwdown during the nets session. Surya faced discomfort and had to leave the practice session. As per the reports he is good to make his World Cup debut for India.Shami & Suryakumar Yadav likely to replace Hardik & Thakur for the New Zealand match. [PTI] pic.twitter.com/HVz0lePW6E— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) October 21, 2023SKY is fantastic player of spin, says Rahul DravidIn the pre-match press conference, India head coach Rahul Dravid was puzzled about the player who is likely to replace Hardik Pandya, who suffered an ankle injury against Bangladesh. Davide said, I mean, it is nice to have Ishan. And as you said, rightly, hes been playing well. Hes a left-hander. But again, Surya has also come into some great form against Australia, as we saw. Played a couple of fantastic innings. Absolutely fantastic player against spin, as we know. Left arm spin or off-spin, or any kind of spin, for that matter.X Factor of IndiaSuryakumar has featured in 14 ODIs, this year, scoring 283 runs in 13 innings with a strike rate of over 113 and an average of 23.58 with two fifties. SKY is considered to be the X factor for Men in Blue. The injury of Hardik Pandya has led open an opportunity to grab a finisher role in the lower middle-order.Suryakumar Yadav is practicing batting before the match.- Good news for India & fans…!!! pic.twitter.com/ON8lv8sXdH— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) October 22, 2023Squads:India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav.New Zealand squad: Kane Williamson (c), Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitch Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Will Young.
