Suryakumar Yadav has done reasonably well in 1st ODI match against West Indies. The right-handed batter scored an unbeaten 34 off 36 balls in the first ODI. He ompleted the job in some style as India hunted down the target in only 28 overs, with 6 wickets in hand
After the match, Suryakumar revealed that there was a bit of a chat between him and West Indies captain Kieron Pollard when the former was batting in the middle. Although both are teammates at Mumbai Indians in the IPL and were retained by the franchise ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction. During the second innings. West Indies caotain Pollard chirped some words at the middle-order batsman Suryakumar Yadav.
“Pollard told me a few things. ‘Midwicket was open, why are you not flicking as you do in IPL’ but it was different here… I wanted to stay there till the end,” Suryakumar said in a chat with the official broadcasters.
Earlier Indian bowling came to the party in the 1000th ODI match as they bundle West Indies out for 176 in the first ODI in Ahmedabad. Although the whole unit bowled well as a whole, but it was the spinners who made it turn right from the word go. Skipper Rohit Sharma must be credited for introducing Washington Sundar as early as the seventh over . India took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series and will take on the West Indies in the second game on Wednesday.