Virender Sehwag has said Kolkata Knight Riders batsman Suryakumar Yadav has the talent to play for India in the future.
"More than the batsmen, it's the bowlers," Sehwag told iplt20.com,
when asked which players have impressed him during this IPL season.
"Sandeep Sharma and Mohit Sharma are the two guys who have impressed me
the most. As far as batsmen are concerned, I really like the look of
Suryakumar Yadav. He seems like a very good talent and if he continues
to focus, he has the ability to score a lot of runs in the future and
also maybe play for India one day.
"I like the fact that Sandeep can swing the ball in as well as take it
away. Also, he has tremendous control over his bowling. For us, he has
been very vital because he gives us early breakthroughs, in the first or
second over, which is very important in this format."
'Opening is my bread and butter' - Uthappa
Since moving up to the top of the order, Robin Uthappa
has been in roaring form, his three innings as opener bringing him
scores of 47, 65 and 47 at a strike rate of 128.23. Uthappa says he told
the Kolkata Knight Riders team management he was at his most
comfortable while opening the batting, and they gave him the opportunity
to do so.
"I am loving it!" he told iplt20.com, when asked about the move
up the order. "It is where I feel at home; that is my bread and butter.
So, I just love opening the batting. I think that's where I do the best
and that is something I was telling the support staff and Gautam, and I
had a conversation with them about it. I am glad that they gave me an
opportunity and that I have been able to utilise that opportunity in a
way that has been meaningful for the team."
'Bowlers should work on outwitting batsmen' - Srinath
Javagal Srinath
says bowlers are becoming too dependent on batsmen's mistakes to get
their wickets, and aren't able to outwit them on their own.
"What concerns me is the fact that the wicket-taking ability of a bowler
is now directly linked to batsmen making mistakes in their desire to
look for big scores," he writes, in his column for the Hindustan Times.
"I think it is about time the bowlers started to think harder on what
they can do not only to restrict the scoring, but also pick up wickets.
"So where do the bowlers go from here? That is the challenge ahead of
the specialist coaches and the sports psychologist who travel with most
teams. It's time for them to focus on giving bowlers confidence and in
coming up with something that will help their discipline. Unlike
batsmen, bowlers are a lot more apprehensive about what the day holds.
Agreed that at the end of the day, it's the wickets that matter, but
there is a huge difference between a batsman getting himself out and a
bowler outwitting a batsman."
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