In the absence of Suryakumar, Mumbai Indians, captained by Hardik Pandya, have faced defeat in two consecutive matches and now today they will face Rajasthan Royals in the third match.
World number one T20 batsman Suryakumar Yadav has not been able to play the opening matches for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024 so far. Suryakumar is not currently part of the team due to injury and Mumbai is missing him badly. In the absence of Suryakumar, Mumbai Indians, captained by Hardik Pandya, have faced defeat in two consecutive matches and now today they will face Rajasthan Royals in the third match. When will Suryakumar return to the team has become a topic of discussion and the statement of Mumbai star spinner Piyush Chawla has also come out regarding his joining the team.
Mumbai will play its first match on home ground this season.
Mumbai Indians team will play the match on its home ground for the first time in the IPL 2024 season. This match between Rajasthan and Mumbai will be played at Wankhede Stadium. Victory in this match is necessary for Mumbai, which is at the bottom in the points table after losing two matches. If the team faces defeat even on its home ground, then the path ahead will be difficult for it.
Doubt on Suryakumar’s availability:
It seems unlikely that Suryakumar Yadav will appear in the match against Rajasthan. However, before the match, Piyush Chawla gave an update on Suryakumar’s fitness and said that the team is waiting to get information about this from NCA. When Piyush, who was the most successful bowler for Mumbai last year, was asked about Suryakumar’s fitness, he said, NCA is still monitoring him and the coach knows more about it than any player.
Suryakumar is out since December last year
Suryakumar Yadav, who scored more than 600 runs for Mumbai in IPL 2023, is out of the field since December 2023. He suffered the injury during the third T20 match on the South Africa tour. A few days ago, BCCI sources had confirmed that Suryakumar would not be able to play the first few matches for Mumbai. Suryakumar is an important player of Mumbai Indians. Mumbai had retained Suryakumar ahead of the 2022 mega auction. Suryakumar has scored 2641 runs in 85 matches for Mumbai.
Suryakumar’s fitness is important in view of the T20 World Cup.
After the current season of IPL 2024, the ICC T20 World Cup is to be jointly hosted by America and West Indies. It is expected that the Indian team for this will be selected by the last week of April. It was also being said that the Indian team will be selected on the basis of the performance of the players in the IPL. Obviously Suryakumar is part of India’s strategy for this global tournament, but the delay in his return to the field has made the situation worrying. It is expected that Suryakumar will return to the field soon because it is important for Suryakumar to be fit in view of the T20 World Cup.