MUMBAI: In a piece of news which will bring delight to the Mumbai Indians fans, star batsman
Suryakumar Yadav
, who joined the MI squad on Thursday, batted for close to two hours in the nets at the
Wankhede Stadium
on Friday.
Arriving much earlier than the rest of the players, SKY practised his shots against throwdowns and MI left-arm spinner Kumar Kartikeya, and should be return to competitive cricket after almost three months for the team's next match, against the Delhi Capitals at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Having recovered from ankle and sports hernia injuries (which required a surgery) which kept him out of action since the start of this year,
Surya
was recently deemed fit by the
National Cricket Academy
in Bengaluru. Having lost all their three matches so far, MI have badly been missing Yadav.
The swashbuckling Mumbaikar's return is also good news for Team India, as he's expected to play a huge role in the upcoming
T20 World Cup
in the USA and the West Indies in June.
Suryakumar last played a competitive match in December, scoring a 56-ball 100 in the third T20I against South Africa Johannesburg. He picked up the ankle injury during that match. Subsequently, he was afflicted by sports hernia. He underwent surgery for the latter in Munich, Germany on January 17.
The 33-year-old has scored 2141 runs in 60 T20Is at a superb strike rate of 171.55, including four hundreds, for India.
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