Michael Clarke lavished reward on Sai Sudharsan after the Gujarat Titans’ (GT) opener completed because the main run-getter within the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025), profitable the Orange Cap with 759 runs from 15 innings at a median of 54.21.
Sudharsan obtained his maiden Take a look at call-up final month as he was picked in India’s facet for the approaching five-match Take a look at collection in opposition to England in the UK. The southpaw has performed 29 first-class video games for Tamil Nadu and scored 1957 runs at a median of 39.93.
Clarke opined that the 23-year-old has the method to bat at No. 3 for India within the red-ball format and has all of the photographs wanted to excel within the position. The previous Australian captain additionally said that Sudharsan is mentally prepared for the position.
“To me, this child is a celebrity, Sai Sudharsan. I believe he’s a quantity three in Take a look at cricket. I believe he’s in all probability going to open the batting in time in India’s T20I and ODI staff. He’s of their Take a look at squad. He will get his first alternative in England,” Clarke stated on the Beyond23 Cricket Podcast.
“I believe he can stroll in straight to bat at quantity three. I believe technically he is superb, he is bought all of the photographs, and mentally, he is prepared. He actually impressed me and he is wanting participant as properly,” he additional added.
Michael Clarke charges Kuldeep Yadav as the very best bowler of the event
Kuldeep Yadav completed IPL 2025 with 15 wickets from 14 matches. As many as 16 bowlers took extra wickets than him within the cash-rich league. Nevertheless, Clarke rated him as the very best bowler of the event, highlighting his means to learn the batters and toss the ball as much as search for wickets as a substitute of solely making an attempt to place the brakes on the scoring. The 44-year-old feels that Yadav ought to begin as India’s first-choice spinner in opposition to England.
“He wasn’t the main wicket-taker, however to me Kuldeep Yadav. He must be India’s primary decide spinner. In England, he’s my first decide spinner. He’s taking part in he’s a wicket-taker, he’s an X issue,” the previous Australia captain continued.
He was my bowler of the event. I believe his studying of batters has improved out of sight. His courageousness to nonetheless the toss the ball as much as assault to take the wickets. I beloved watching him bowl and he bowled on the hardest instances,” Clarke concluded.
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