Brian Lara is of the opinion that Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan are not showing as much determination for MI in IPL 2021 ever since they earned a spot in the squad for the T20 World Cup.??
"Maybe Indian selection. A lot of guys maybe are sitting back on their laurels now," he said while speaking to Star Sports.
"They remember the Indian team, something may be more important. But this is where your bread and butter is. Playing the IPL, is where you have done it. Looking at Suryakumar, looking at Ishan Kishan, looking at Tiwary, he looks hungrier than they are," he added.?
"For me, those guys have to be a little bit more professional now and try to help their team win the tournament," he went on to say.?
"Forget the World Cup, this is your job now to get MI back into the tournament," he continued.?
Ishan was dropped from MI's game vs PBKS after his scores of 11, 14, and 9 in his last 3 games. Suryakumar has not done much either with scores of 0, 8, 5, 3 in the 4 matches in the second leg.?
MI are currently in 5th place with 10 points from 11 games.?
The IPL ends on October 15 and the T20 World Cup begins on October 17. India's first game vs Pakistan is on October 24. ????