India head coach Rahul Dravid defended the selection of Suryakumar Yadav in the squad, despite his middling returns in this format. The Mumbai batsman only 24.40 after 27 ODIs, but Dravid insisted that the team management has complete faith in him, the highest-ranked batsman in T20Is.
“I don’t think Surya needs to worry about September 27 (the day the final World Cup squad will be announced). We back him because he has the quality and ability that we have seen,” said Dravid.
He then elaborated on the impact he could make. “Yes, we know we have at the moment seen it in T20 cricket, ...