Mumbai Indians are set to play their opening sport of IPL 2024 towards Gujarat Titans on Sunday (March 24) on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Hardik Pandya shall be main the workforce this season however the all-rounder might need to be with no few of his clutch gamers in the beginning of the season. Gerald Coetzee and Dilshan Madhushanka are already unlikely a minimum of for the primary match. Now Suryakumar Yadav too is but to hitch the MI camp with solely six days to go for the opening sport.
He final performed on South Africa tour within the T20I sequence when he was additionally the captain of the Indian workforce. Since then, Surya has been away from the game as a result of damage and likewise underwent surgical procedure for sports activities hernia in January 2024 in Germany. Expectedly, a query on his availability was additionally requested on the pre-season convention of Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya and head coach Mark Boucher.
Responding to the query, the latter confirmed that the workforce administration is awaiting an replace from the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) relating to Surya’s damage. This, for now, places Suryakumar Yadav in severe doubt a minimum of for the opening sport on Sunday. With no cricket behind him for 3 months now and the truth that he’s but to hitch the workforce, it stays to be seen if he’ll have the ability to play in the beginning of the season.
“We’re awaiting updates on Suryakumar from the BCCI. We now have all the time been below a cloud of health points however we’ve got a world-class medical workforce. We might lose one or two when it comes to health however we’ve got to maneuver on as is sport,” Boucher stated. Surya was one of the best participant for MI in IPL 2023 amassing 605 runs in 16 innings at a mean of 43.21 and a strike-rate of 181.13 with 5 fifties and a century to his identify.
