Premier India T20 batter Suryakumar Yadav left fans in excitement and jubilation at a private airport in Bengaluru before joining the Mumbai Indians camp for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024.
The Mumbai Indians batter was approached by young fans for a selfie to which he obliged. He was heard asking the young fans, “Laao phone do na. Kaise loge photo?”, following which, they took a selfie and left the airport in sheer excitement.
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Yadav joined the five-time champions after being declared fit by the National Cricket Academy to join the franchise on April 5.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the NCA physio were in no hurry to risk the prolific Indian T20 batter in the T20 World Cup 2024 year. He was declared fit to return to action after undergoing three fitness tests.
“He is fit now. The NCA made him play a few practice games and he looked good. He can join the Mumbai Indians team. We wanted to be sure that when Surya goes back to MI, he is 100 percent fit and ready to play games. He wasn’t feeling 100% during his first fitness Test before the IPL, so we waited to see if there was any pain while he was batting,” a source in the BCCI told the Indian Express.
Yadav had suffered a grade II ankle tear during the T20 series against South Africa and was ruled out for seven weeks initially. Later, he had to undergo an operation for a hernia, which saw him miss out on action to date.
Mumbai Indians will be hopeful that their fortune changes with Yadav’s inclusion as the franchise are currently sitting with a wooden spoon at the bottom of the table with three consecutive losses.