India’s 2026 World Cup-winning captain Suryakumar Yadav , who is currently out of the team, came up with an honest admission regarding his poor performance in ODI cricket. The right-handed batter went on to play 37 matches in the format and scored 773 runs at an average of 25.76 and a strike rate of 105.02. Suryakumar’s highest score in ODIs is 72 not out. In a recent interview, the star T20 player spoke his heart out and revealed what went wrong for him in the 50-over format.
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Suryakumar Yadav has acknowledged that he fell short in the effort required to excel in One Day Internationals (ODIs). His last appearance in this format for India occurred in November 2023 during the Cricket World Cup final against Australia.
You play with a strike rate of 50, then increase it to 75 and then to 100, and then you take it to 130-140. 5 or 6, I did not work hard enough to understand this format. By the time I blinked, 20-25 matches had passed by,” he said.
“Definitely, I am disappointed with myself regarding my performance in one-day cricket. I feel I didn’t work that much on my ODI game, which was required. I feel it is the most difficult format to play as a batter. In ODIs, you have to bat a bit like in Tests. You see off the bowlers slowly. You give them respect. You build the innings gradually. I could not crack it. Though I knew I was going to bat at No.
I don’t want to talk about ODI cricket, maine bohot try kiya (I tried that a lot), but I didn’t understand it,” said Suryakumar in an interview with former India player Aakash Chopra . ODI cricket is the most difficult format from a batter’s perspective, according to Suryakumar Yadav. “I am preparing with the mindset that I want to play cricket, and I know how to play this (T20) format.
