Suryakumar Yadav is a uncertain starter for the Mumbai Indians’ first two games of the Indian Premier League (IPL), beginning March 22.
The batter continues to be recuperating from sports activities hernia and but to be a part of the Mumbai Indians squad.
While Mark Boucher, the Mumbai Indians head coach, remained non-committal about Suryakumar’s availability, The Hindu understands that Suryakumar continues to be present process his rehabilitation on the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru.
Mumbai Indians will start its marketing campaign with away games towards Gujarat Titans (March 24) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (March 27). While the franchise is optimistic about Suryakumar becoming a member of the squad forward of its first house sport on April 1, there is no such thing as a readability about his health clearance.
“Surya at the moment is on the guidance of the Indian cricket team as well. Just waiting for updates on that. I don’t like to micromanage.
“We have got a world class medical team that’s in control of all of that,” Boucher stated on Monday throughout the franchisee’s pre-season media convention.
“We have had a few fitness issues. We are always going to be in that sort of domain of having fitness issues as other teams are as well. We trust our medical team that they are doing the right things. If we lose one or two from fitness perspective, it is what it is. We just have to keep on the right track and sharp on replacements.”
It is known that neither Suryakumar, who has been on the sidelines since final December, nor the BCCI medical staff needs to rush his comeback contemplating his significance for India’s T20 World Cup marketing campaign in June.
