"He's Been Around For Last 10 Years...": Rahul Dravid's Huge Take On Suryakumar Yadav's Cricket World Cup 2023 Show

Indian cricket team Rahul Dravid seemed happy that Suryakumar Yadav is showing a different side to his batting with a gritty 49 on a tough track against England. "You've got to keep evolving. You've got to keep getting better. And the more kinds of situations he (Surya) finds himself in and he comes out of it, like he did really well against England, the better he's going to get at it," Dravid said about 'Mr 360' at the pre-match press conference ahead of the encounter against South Africa. What has impressed Dravid the most is the areas of scoring which Surya has improved upon, and he is not just looking to play his T20 game. "Yes, I mean, there are just in terms of just the areas in which he scores in T20 cricket and how quickly he has to go in T20 cricket. He's obviously been exceptional at that."

"And it's good to see that in one-day cricket, he's also realising that maybe at times you can give yourself a little bit more time to settle in. And then you know how dangerous he can be at the death."

Nearly 10 years of quality domestic cricket and 82 first-class games have really helped Surya, feels Dravid. "I think he has that experience because he's played so much of domestic cricket. He's been around for the last 10 years. So, I think, we're sort of relying a lot also on his experience to be able to read a situation really well."

"Like against England, when we have wickets down, then probably you need him to play a slightly different kind of role for a while and then look to go hard at the end." Surya and Jadeja are two players, who are expected to be the X-factors at the back-end in Hardik Pandya's absence.

"It's nice to have that experience of people like him and Jadeja at the back-end just to be able to read that