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The world's top-rated Twenty20 batter, India's Suryakumar Yadav, suffered his third consecutive golden duck on Wednesday in a thrilling third and final one-day international against Australia. The explosive Yadav is known as a 360-degree player for his ability to play all around the ground in the shortest white-ball format but he is yet to establish himself in the 50-over game.
He is more than happy with the takeaways from the nine home ODIs that Indian team has played and has already narrowed his World Cup core team to 17-18 players, head coach Rahul Dravid said on the eve of the series decider against Australia. India are going into the decider having already played eight home games - three versus Sri Lanka, three versus New Zealand and three against Australia finishing on Wednesday.
India captain Rohit Sharma on Sunday said right-handed batter Suryakumar Yadav, who has struggled to find his mojo in one-day cricket after a dazzling run in T20 format, knows that he has to perform well, and the team management will give him a longer run. Suryakumar was dismissed in identical manner in the first two ODIs against Australia -- trapped leg-before off in-swinging deliveries from Mitchell Starc on first balls he faced -- with his barren run in the format now stretching further.
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar hung his boots from the sport in 2013 but will always remain a big name in the sport because of his numerous records. Making his debut in 1989 against Pakistan, Sachin went on to become the highest run-scorer in the history of Test cricket with a total 15921 runs. He also ended his career as the highest run-scorer in the ODI format with 18426 runs. Apart from his achievements on the field, Sachin is also known for being active on social media. Recently, the former batter took the internet by storm after he posted a picture with Anil Kumble and Yuvraj Singh in Goa.
Batting sensation Azam Khan continues to hog limelight with his attacking game play. The right-handed power-hitter struck an imposing 42-ball 97 in his side Islamabad United's Pakistan Super League game against Quetta Gladiators on Friday. His innings was laced with eight sixes and nine fours. While being compared to another T20 star Suryakumar Yadav, Azam Khan said that not the India star, but Australian cricketer Tim David is his inspiration. The Pakistani star reasoned that he relates his game more to David as the two come out to bat at similar positions in franchise cricket.
Former Indian cricket team skipper Sourav Ganguly picked five young cricketers to watch out for in the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a special mention for Suryakumar Yadav. During a recent interaction, the former BCCI President was asked to pick players who he thinks will become huge names in the competition. Ganguly was quick to name Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Ruturaj Gaikwad and fast bowler Umran Malik before adding Gujarat Titans' Shubman Gill to the mix. However, big names like Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer was notably missing from his answer.
Mumal Mehr, a 14-year-old girl from a small village near Barmer, Rajasthan, has taken social media by storm. A video of the teenager batting fabulously with a wide range of shots has been widely shared on social media. Even the great Sachin Tendulkar impressed and shared the video from his Twitter account with a special caption: "Kal hi toh auction hua.. aur aaj match bhi shuru? Kya baat hai. (Yesterday there was the Women's Premier League auction and match has already started. Impressive) Really enjoyed your batting. #CricketTwitter #WPL @wplt20," he tweeted.
Iyer had gone to Nagpur with the Indian team, but then left for the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore for his recovery."While he will travel with the side to Delhi, it's unlikely that he will be available for the second Test," said a source. The second Test will be played from February 17-21 at Delhi.