India T20I Captain Suryakumar Yadav will be back in action for Mumbai’s next Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) game against Andhra on Tuesday, December 3 after taking a two-week break to attend a family event. He is expected to play the rest of the tournament and also take part in the Over-50 Vijay Hazare Trophy from December 21.
Suryakumar is unlikely to lead Mumbai in SMAT with Shreyas Iyer in command until now and is expected to continue in that position. It is understood that Suryakumar agrees with Iyer continuing as captain and is ready to bat in any position that the team management deems suitable for him.
Suryakumar, who recently led India to an emphatic 3-1 victory over South Africa, will join the Mumbai squad in Hyderabad on Monday and is expected to turn up for the next game. Placed fourth in Group E, Mumbai have won two of their three games so far and have two league games left after Sunday when they face Nagaland.
The ongoing SMAT saw the participation of several prominent names after the T20I tour of South Africa such as Hardik Pandya, Shreyas, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Varun Chakravarthy and others. Suryakumar also played one round of the Ranji Trophy in October before leaving for South Africa.
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