Home
Former Zimbabwe captain and coach Andy Flower feels that a batter like Suryakumar Yadav, who is in scintillating form with the bat in 2022, can destroy any bowling attack. Speaking to Sports Tak in an exclusive interview, the 54-year-old cricket savant lavished immense praise on the Indian middle-ordered batter, who swaggered his way to over 1,000 runs in the shortest format of the game in 2022.
"Surya is a wonderful talent I must say. He and Jos Buttler can destroy any bowling lineup. It's wonderful for the game and I love watching them and we are gonna see lots of young batters copying their style. Thus, he is the catalyst behind uplifting the standard of the sport which is brilliant for cricket," Flower opined.
"His strike rate, courage, technique, decision-making and sheer imagination to smack the ball into all parts of the ground are really wonderful to see," he added.
Flower is currently the coach of Delhi Bulls in the Abu Dhabi T10 league. Over the years, the Zimbabwean veteran has had successful coaching stints with multiple teams, including England's senior national men's team. The 54-year-old also spoke fondly about Team India head coach Rahul Dravid.
"I know Rahul Dravid as I have played against him quite a lot and I know some of his philosophy of the game. I think he is a superb coach and the players are in really good hands. There is a bunch of incredibly talented players, who have been through IPL and have enjoyed a lot of success there but I don't think it's my place to make a judgment on why India didn't make the finals of the 2022 T20 World Cup. There is lots of factors that impact success during the later stages of the competition but again I will say that Indians can feel secure that they are in good leadership hand," Flower said.
Speaking about the evolution of England cricket, Flower said "England cricket has incredible resources which is the foundation of them always being in the upper tier of international cricket in any format but the biggest catalyst was Eoin Morgan and Trevor Bayliss coming together and demanding more aggressive cricket form the players. I think they should take more pride and satisfaction and we should give them credit for bringing about a change in white-ball cricket. They not only set new standards for English cricket but also for the international white-ball game."
