India’s newly-crowned T20I captain, Suryakumar Yadav, was given the group’s management accountability on Thursday. Though it appeared like Hardik Pandya would get the position, having been Team India’s vice-captain below Rohit Sharma for a very long time, the all-rounder’s repeated health points prompted the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) choice committee to search for an alternate. After Surya was named the group’s skipper within the shortest format, an previous video of his emerged on social media wherein the brand new ‘captain’ could possibly be seen speaking about his mindset as a frontrunner.
Star Sports shared the clip on social media, wherein Suryakumar spoke about his captaincy Matra. The video is from 2023 when Surya had led the Indian group to a 4-1 triumph in opposition to Australia after which a 1-1 draw in opposition to South Africa within the shortest format.
“I am really enjoying this new role, enjoying spending time with everybody and we all have played together a lot either in franchise cricket or in state cricket, so it’s not that difficult to understand their strengths and weaknesses. And off the field we also spend so much time so the rapport we have on the field become very good,” he stated within the video.
“It’s important for me to keep things simple, I am a process-oriented man, I like to keep things simple and that’s what I try and tell everybody that try and keep things really simple, don’t try and be a different version of yourself,” he added.
.@surya_14kumar is the brand new T20 captain for #TeamIndia!
Watch him discuss main the group and the robust bond he shares together with his teammates! #MenInBlue #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/BHILBqp5k3
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) July 18, 2024
Shubman Gill who led the Men in Blue within the not too long ago concluded T20I sequence in opposition to Zimbabwe, might be Suryakumar Yadav’s deputy within the forthcoming three-match 20-over sequence in opposition to Sri Lanka.
Meanwhile, star India all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who final led the group was not given the accountability to steer the facet.
Pacers Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, and wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant had been additionally referred to as within the T20I squad after they got relaxation for India’s tour of Zimbabwe.
The India’s tour of Sri Lanka might be ranging from July 27 onwards. The tour will kick-start with a three-match T20I sequence, adopted by a three-match ODI sequence, which is able to begin from August 1.
With ANI Inputs
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