Suryakumar Yadav is the sort of player that can win you a World Cup: Ricky Ponting

New Delhi, April 7 : Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting feels India should back Suryakumar Yadav ahead of the ODI World Cup to be held at home in October-November, saying the right-handed batter is a kind of a player who can win the side a major event like the World Cup.In Indias last ODI assignment in March before IPL 2023 began, Suryakumar was dismissed for a hat-trick of golden ducks as Australia won the three-game series 2-1.

He has scored 172 ODI runs at an average of just 12.28 since his last ODI half-century in February 2022."Everyone in their career goes through something like that.

I mean, Im not sure I have seen it before where someones got three first-ball ducks in a row in an entire series.But look, weve all been there.

Suryakumar Yadav Is The Sort Of Player That Can Win You A World Cup: Ricky Ponti

You have your ups and downs as international players.""His previous 12 or 18 months have been absolutely outstanding.

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And everyone around the world knows what Surya can do in white-ball cricket.I feel they should stick with him because hes the sort of player that can win you a World Cup.""He might be a little bit inconsistent but hes the sort of guy that, in big moments, can win you games.A bit like the late great Andrew Symonds did for Australia.

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So thats definitely the way that Id look at it for India.I wouldnt be playing safe.

Id be going with match-winning players and I think hes a match-winner," said Ponting in the latest episode of The ICC Review show.Ponting believes that Suryakumar could be best utilised at the number five spot for India in ODIs.

"I think he was only batting at five, wasnt he? I dont think they want him much lower than that, especially when theyve got Hardik (Pandya), (Ravindra) Jadeja and Axar (Patel), theyve got plenty of batting.""Im a big believer in giving your best batter as much time as you can in all formats of the game.

Because if you keep them down the order, quite often you dont get to use your best players and thats the last thing you want.So I think the No.5 slots perfect for him and hes just got to grow into that role there."Ponting opined India will have to stick with left-handed wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan though K.L Rahul is the frontrunner to keep wickets for the Rohit Sharma-led side, especially with Rishabh Pant out of action for several months due to injuries suffered in a serious car accident last year."Look, I do think theyll stick with him.I think in their World Cup squad, K.L.will definitely be there.I think Ishan Kishan should definitely be there as well to give another left-handed batting option because if you look back to game three, they promoted Axar and Jadeja ahead of Surya because of Ashton Agar and the balls spinning away from the right-handers.""With Rishabh not being there now, they might think of maybe wanting to play a specialist left-handed batter in the middle order which I think would have to be Ishan Kishan in some role, whether thats at No.4 or No.5.""Just to negate teams that have got left-arm off-spin because when you look at the spinners around the world now, there are very few right-arm off-spinners in ODIs and T20Is.You need to have left-handers through your middle order.

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""Most sides will have left-arm off-spin and right-arm leg spin and if youve only got right-handers through the middle order, its a lot harder for those guys to play it.So I think theyll go into that World Cup with the two keepers in their squad and theyll make the decision on what they need as far as their batting is concerned," he concluded.nr/bsk #Suryakumar #Yadav #sort #Ricky #Delhi #Cricket #BCCI #ICC #IPL #Sports #IPL2023 # Surya #Surya #Delhi #New Delhi #Review.

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