Hyderabad: Star India batter and skipper in the T20 format Suryakumar Yadav will miss the opening round of the Duleep Trophy starting on September 5 due to an injury to his hand which he sustained last week.
The development was confirmed to ETV Bharat by a source, close to the Mumbaikar. The right-handed Suryakumar, who played in the final outing for Mumbai in the Buchi Babu Invitational Tournament in Coimbatore against TNCA XI, had missed the last day's play of the contest due to the injury as he did not come out to bat.
Suryakumar was set to play for India C against India D at Ananthapur in the first-round clash from September 5-8. He has reported at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru. Simultaneously, India A and India B will clash at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru in the other match of the prestigious competition. The competition will serve as an opportunity for India players in contention for selection in the two-Test series at home against Bangladesh, starting on September 19 in Chennai.
For the record, the 33-year-old swashbuckling batter has played one Test, 37 ODIs and 71 T20s, scoring 773 and 2,432 runs respectively. He was part of the 2024 T20 World Cup-winning Indian team and his stunning catch in the final against South Africa, proved to be a match-winning moment.
Surya has also played 82 first-class matches and amassed 5,628 runs, with 14 hundreds and 29 half-centuries.
