Mumbai Indians batter Suryakumar Yadav has been ruled out of the IPL 2022 owing to a left forearm muscle injury. Yadav sustained the injury during the team’s fixture against Gujarat Titans on 6th May.
The two teams head into the game at the DY Patil Stadium on the back of contrasting starts to the 15th edition of the tournament.
Suryakumar Yadav had undergone rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore after suffering from a finger injury during India vs West Indies series last month.
The Indian middle-order duo of Suryakumar and Venkatesh Iyer climbed to 21st and 115th spots respectively in the batter's rankings.
In-form India batter Suryakumar Yadav was on Wednesday ruled out of the three-match T20 International series against Sri Lanka owing to a hairline fracture on his hand.
In the opening T20 against the West Indies here on Wednesday, India suffered a few hiccups after a flying start given by skipper Rohit Sharma (40) but Yadav revived their 158-run chase with an unbeaten 18-ball 34.
India and West Indies will lock horns in the second ODI on Wednesday at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Rohit and boys sealed a comfortable six-wicket win in the first ODI and the Men in Blue did not have to break a sweat.
Suryakumar also spoke about his chat with West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard during the first ODI.
India opener KL Rahul gained a slot to occupy the fifth spot while middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav galloped 24 places to the 59th position in the ICC men's T20I player rankings.
India batter KL Rahul was ruled out of first Test against New Zealand due to injury, said BCCI sources on Tuesday.
Suryakumar Yadav (62) and Rohit Sharma (48) starred with the bat as India chased down 165 to defeat New Zealand by five wickets in the first T20I of the three-match series at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
The Man of the match, who scored a 40-ball 62 in India's five-wicket win, said dew allowed to score run easily at the beginning of India's innings but the wicket slowed towards the end.
Middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav was on Sunday rested from India's important T20 World Cup game against New Zealand after he "complained of back-spasm", leading to a forced change in the playing eleven.
In the first half of IPL 2021, Yadav scored 173 runs in seven matches at an average of 24.71 and strike rate of 144.16.
The trio, who will play the remainder of the Indian Premier League that starts on September 19, was part of the Indian Test squad in England.
India lost the third Test by an innings and 76 runs but skipper Virat Kohli despite the consistent failures of the middle-order is bullish about playing five specialist bowlers.
Suryakumar had got the player of the series award in the ODI series against Sri Lanka, which India won 2-1 in Colombo.
The two were expected to leave immediately after the culmination of the white ball series in Sri Lanka. The series ends after Thursday night's third T20I.
Meanwhile, wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has recovered from COVID-19 and has got clearance from the BCCI medical team.
Surya scored 50 off 34 balls, his second half-century in his fourth T20 International and was involved in a 62-run stand for the third wicket with Dhawan.
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