Suryakumar a trailblazer, will bring about global revolution in T20 cricket

Legendary Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting has called India middleorder batter Suryakumar Yadav a trailblazer who could inspire a new breed of players to emulate his style of play and take T20 cricket to another level globallySuryakumar 32 was recently named the ICC Mens T20I Cricketer of the Year after he became only the second batter in the world to score 1000plus runs in a calendar year in the shortest format of the gameSurya scored two centuries and nine halftons on way to amassing 1164 runs in 2022 only second behind Pakistans Mohammad Rizwan who leads the charts with 1326 runs in 2021I think innovationwise skillwise I havent seen a better player than Suryakumar in the game Ponting told ICC on FridayWhat its going to do as well a lot of other players are going to try and do the things hes doing and its going to add another level of skill to the T20 game all around the worldSomeone said during the IPL this year 2022 there are going to be guys who are going to try and do exactly the same as what Suryas doing and thats going to be great for the game added the Australian greatSuryas 1100plus runs last year came in 31 T20Is at an astonishing strike rate of 18743 and an average of 4656 which also propelled him to the top of the ICC Mens T20I Batting RankingsPonting also called the India cricketer as the greatest innovator in the shortest version comparing his style of batting with South African whiteball specialist AB de Villiers and former Australian wicketkeeper Adam GilchristAlso readSuryakumar Yadav voted ICC Menrsquos T20 Cricketer of YearHes probably doing it better than anyones ever done it right now We talk about players that can score 360 degrees some of the shots hes hitting back behind the wicketkeeper and over fine leg are just remarkablePonting said he noticed Suryas innate talent a few years back in the IPL where he was making flicking the ball over deepbackward square look so easyThe former skipper added that the batter has taken his strokeplay to another level and is playing some really audacious shots like flicking short balls for sixes over the wicketkeepers headFive or six years ago he started doing that innovating a lot in the IPL He was very good at flicking the ball over deepbackward square and getting the ball over fineleg Ponting saidSuryas now been able to hit short balls on the way up and flick short balls over the keepers head and theyre going for six not just for fourPonting said that initially he thought Suryakumar would never touch such heights but his work ethics and strenuous regimen have resulted in his successThe cricketer scored the thirdmost runs at the T20 World Cup 239 in Australia which was only behind Virat Kohli 296 and the Dutchman Max ODowd 242He then continued the good work in the T20I series against New Zealand and Sri Lanka to climb to the secondhighest T20 batting rating ever recorded 908 pointsI didnt think hed get to the level hes got to to be quite honest Ponting saidHes worked as hard as he has you can probably tell by his body shape Hes probably fitter than hes ever been being around the Indian set up with the likes of Kohli and Shreyas Iyer and these guys who are exceptionally fit young guysThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever