One thing he will have to learn...: Ravi Shastri highlights major challenge for Suryakumar as India's T20I captain
Ravi Shastri backed newly-appointed T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav to do well for the team and pointed out one major area that he must work on to earn success as a skipper.
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India's tour of Sri Lanka begins with the first T20I on Saturday and consists of three T20Is and three ODIs. Following Rohit Sharma's retirement from the shorter format after a triumphant ICC T20 World Cup campaign, Suryakumar was announced as the next T20I skipper for India.
Shastri believes Suryakumar can prosper as India's T20I captain, but has warned the 33-year-old that he will need to quickly work out how to juggle India's bevy of bowling options.
Speaking on the latest episode of The ICC Review, Shastri suggested that working out the strengths and limitations of his bowlers and how to set the field for each individual will be the most difficult task for the new skipper.
«One thing that he (Suryakumar) will have to learn from his side, is what are the strengths of his bowlers and what are their limitations,» Shastri said as quoted by ICC.
«I never say a bowler has a weakness, I say a limitation, and then there are strengths. And then focus on the right things and set fields accordingly. I think that is what he will have to learn,» the former head coac said.
Suryakumar has previous experience as captain, having led India in T20I series against Australia at home and South Africa away
