As Hardik Pandya was injured, the leadership of Team India was entrusted to Suryakumar Yadav. Won the series against Australia 4-0.
After that, they managed to tie the series 1-1 in the tour of South Africa. Meanwhile, Suryakumar Yadav will not play the T20 series against Afghanistan.
Suryakumar Yadav was injured in the ODI match against South Africa. He has a grade 2 injury and will be sidelined for 7 weeks. After returning to India, his knee was scanned and the severity of his injury was revealed.
Suryakumar Yadav will now be away from cricket for seven weeks and will be fit and fine in the first week of February. Therefore, he will miss the T20 series against Afghanistan from January 11.
He was injured in the third T20 match against South Africa. So he sat out of the field for some time. Also, vice-captain Ravindra Jadeja had to take responsibility.
Hardik Pandya is also injured and is expected to be fit for the series against Afghanistan. If that happens, Hardik Pandya will lead Team India in the series against Afghanistan.
The T20 World Cup 2024 tournament will be held in the month of June. On the other hand, the injury of key players in the IPL tournament is going to cost the franchises dearly. So the players have to pay attention to their fitness for six months.
