'This sky has no limit'- Fans laud Suryakumar Yadav as he gets his debut Test cap in the first Test against Australia

The first Test of much-awaited India vs Australia Test series finally got underway on Thursday in Nagpur. The Australian captain called it correctly at the toss and elected to bat first. The Indian team handed the debut caps to two players Suryakumar Yadav and KS Bharat. Suryakumar was handed his debut cap by the former head coach Ravi Shastri while Bharat was given his cap by Cheteshwar Pujara.

Suryakumar took T20Is by storm with his breathtaking strokeplay as he notched up over 1000 runs in 2022. His marvellous numbers saw him rise to the top of the Men’s T20I Player’s Rankings. He was rewarded for his T20I performance and got selected in the Indian team for the first two Tests against Australia.

The Mumbai-batter has played 79 First Class matches scoring 5549 runs at an average of 44.75 with the help of 14 hundreds and 28 fifties. Other than the two debutants, there was one surprise inclusion in the playing eleven which was of KL Rahul. Rahul has failed to reach the fifty-run mark in the last seven innings in Tests. The team management decided to bench the in-form Shubman Gill to make way for Rahul.

Gill recently scored a hundred in the previous Test series against Bangladesh and has carried his form in limited-overs cricket.

Australia handed the debut cap to Todd Murphy

On the other hand, Australia handed the debut cap to Todd Murphy. "We are going to bat. Looks like a pretty even wicket towards the middle. 2017 was a big series. Can't wait to get this started. We have had good preparation. We feel we are really well placed. Two changes Todd Murphy in. Handscomb in for Travis Head," Pat Cummins said at the toss.

After electing to bat first, Australia lost their openers Mohammed Shami and David Warner early and were 40/2 after 17 overs.

Teams:

Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Matt Renshaw, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Scott Boland

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Srikar Bharat(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj

Meanwhile, Twitter was abuzz with reactions on Suryakumar Yadav’s Test Debut. Here are some of the Tweets:

Nice to see the family members of Surya & Bharat in the venue during the cap presentation.#SuryakumarYadav #KsBharat #BorderGavaskarTrophy2023 #IndVsAus2023 pic.twitter.com/gqD0xeDy8f

— Joshef (@saurabh92273146) February 9, 2023

moments 🤗
sky has no limits#SuryakumarYadav #BGT2023#indvsaustestpic.twitter.com/10PCTQYifx

— professor!!! (@_hamidonfire) February 9, 2023

The debutants 👏#INDvsAUS #SuryakumarYadav #KSBharat #BorderGavaskarTrophy pic.twitter.com/8sGMPXPCdW

— Dindayal Yadav (@ImDindayalYadav) February 9, 2023

That is why they have replaced a middle order batsman (Shreyas Iyer) with a middle order batsman (Suryakumar Yadav).

While it is really commendable to have this kind of clarity within the team, keeping Gill away from the action is simply indigestible.

— Shivendu Chandwadkar (@shiv__chan) February 9, 2023

Feeling terribly shocked as Shubhman Gill has been left out of the playing 11 for Suryakumar Yadav.

Gill is in prolific form. It is evident that Indian Team Management looks at him as a third opener.

— Shivendu Chandwadkar (@shiv__chan) February 9, 2023

Suryakumar Yadav is making his Test debut for India in the first Test against Australia👏#SuryakumarYadav #India #INDvsAUS #Cricket #BorderGavaskarTrophy pic.twitter.com/pMWXMTPndb

— Pranshu Yadav 🇮🇳 (@itsmePranshu) February 9, 2023

What a dream moment for Suryakumar Yadav - he always wanted to play Test cricket and today he's getting his cap from Ravi Shastri.#SuryakumarYadav pic.twitter.com/561W9mjHOF

— आशीष सिंह (@AshishS_45) February 9, 2023

Players who have made their Test debut in Nagpur have done fairly well in their Test careers.

M Vijay (2008)
Joe Root (2012)
Ravindra Jadeja (2012)

Hope #SuryakumarYadav continues the trend.#INDvsAUS

— Dillip Mohanty (@dkmohanty) February 9, 2023

In the Border Gavaskar Trophy, hosts India will take on Australia in the opening Test match of the series at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur. Team India has handed over its T20 batting debut to Suryakumar Yadav. #1sttestaustraliahttps://t.co/GVCo7E8TiN pic.twitter.com/96dPB4DVeV

— cricket live guru (@cricketliveguru) February 9, 2023

What a disgrace to the performers in the ranji trophy. Suryakumar yadav gets to play ahead of sarfaraz Khan . #INDvsAUS #sarfarazkhan #BorderGavaskarTrophy #BGT2023

— Piyush Sancheti (@piyushsancheti) February 9, 2023