The cricketer turned politician added that leaving him out of the third match of the series was detrimental to India’s plans for the 2021 World Cup as the batsman had not been assessed and opportunities were limited before the think-tank chose the squad for the mega tournament.
“It amazes me, seven months before the World Cup he starts preparing for the World Cup and probably after the World Cup he will start preparing for the next World Cup. It really doesn’t matter, the kind of form you are in matters. Imagine if there is an injury issue, what have you seen of Suryakumar Yadav, what have you seen of Suryakumar Yadav in international cricket. I hope nobody gets injured but if there is an injury case and somebody needs to bat at number 4 and number 5. For example there has to be a replacement for Shreyas Iyer, who are you gonna go for,” Gambhir said.
Suryakumar was one of the most prolific scorers of IPL 2020 with an aggregate of 480 runs in 15 innings at a strike rate of…