Buttler says a Suryakumar wicket can change the game

TIL Desk Sports/ A free mindset has helped Suryakumar Yadav emerge as the “batter of the tournament” but it takes “one chance to create a wicket”, said England captain Jos Buttler, ahead of their T20 World Cup semifinal against India on Thursday.

Suryakumar has already scored three fifties in five games in the tournament and popular belief is that he has outshone the great Virat Kohli on certain occasions. “He’s been great to watch, hasn’t he? I think he’s someone who has probably been the batter of the tournament so far in terms of the way you want to watch someone go about it,” Buttler told reporters on Wednesday.

“But as with any batsman in the world, it takes one chance to create a wicket. We desperately need to find a way to do that,” he added. Buttler, who has seen Suryakumar from close quarters in the IPL, thinks that his biggest asset is the freedom with which he expresses himself.