Suryakumar Yadav, first Indian player in all three formats of international cricket at the age of more than 30 years

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Nagpur: The first match of the 4-match Test series between India and Australia is being played in Nagpur. By the end of the first day’s play, Australia scored 177 runs for 10 wickets in the first innings, and after that Team India came out to chase this target, scoring 77 runs in 24 overs at the loss of 1 wicket in their first innings batting. Are. KL Rahul was dismissed with a personal score of 20 runs. At the moment, team captain Rohit Sharma Captain of Team India, and Ravichandran Ashwin remain at the crease. Rohit Sharma is playing on 56 runs in 69 balls with the help of 9 fours and 1 six. Ashwin has not opened his account yet. On Friday morning, the pair of these two players will take the field for the second day’s match.

In this match, 2 players made their debut in Test cricket – Suryakumar Yadav and KS Bharat. In this first match of the series (AUS vs IND Test Series Nagpur Test, 2023) being played in Nagpur, Suryakumar Yadav was given the test cap by the former head coach of Team India, Ravi Shastri (Ravi Shastri Former Head Coach of Team India).

Significantly, Suryakumar Yadav made his international debut on 14 March 2021 from T20I. After that, he made his ODI debut on 18 July 2021. And now, he has made his debut in Test cricket as well.

surya kumar Yadav test debut

Suryakumar Yadav is the first Indian player in the history of Indian cricket to have played all three formats of international cricket after the age of 30. Though he made a late debut in international cricket, he has touched great heights in a very short span of time.

Let us tell you that Suryakumar Yadav made his T20I debut at the age of 30 years and 181 days. The day he made his ODI debut, he was 30 years 307 days old. Now on 9 February 2023, at the age of 32 years 148 days, he has made his Test debut.

Significantly, at the age of more than 30 years, no Indian player has made his debut before in all three formats of international cricket. In this context, Suryakumar Yadav is a great inspiration for the players.

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