India captain Suryakumar Yadav reaffirmed the stance that nobody is “bigger than the team” and having a “selfless” method after the hosts handed Bangladesh a shellacking within the closing T20I. On the ultimate evening of the tour, India dished out a thumping 133-run defeat to the guests, however this one will probably be remembered for ages. On Saturday, a selfless method that has been a relentless theme for the reason that inception of head coach Gautam Gambhir’s period. Sanju Samson epitomised the selfless and fearless method with a dashing efficiency.
From 62 off 29 balls, Samson raced to 92 off 35 balls with 5 consecutive towering maximums within the tenth over bowled by wrist-spinner Rishad Hossain.
With 4 runs away, Samson drilled the ball over Mahedi Hasan Miraz to have a good time his 40-ball hundred. His heroics laid the inspiration for India to slam 297/6, the second-highest complete in T20I historical past.
“I think we have achieved a lot as a team. Most importantly, as I said at the start of the series, I want to have selfless cricketers in my team. We want to be a selfless team, and as Hardik [Pandya] said, we want to just enjoy each others’ performance on the field and off the field and spend as much time as possible, and that camaraderie is carrying on the field, and we’re having some fun,” Suryakumar mentioned within the post-series presentation.
“The chat around the team has been like that. Gauti bhai (Gautam Gambhir) said the same thing at the start of the series and when we went to Sri Lanka as well: ‘No one is bigger than the team’. If you’re at 99 or 49 or anything, if you feel you’ve to hit the ball out of the park for the team, you have to hit it, and Sanju did the same thing. Happy for him,” he added.
With a few of India’s mainstays, together with Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant and others, getting ready for the T20I sequence for the three Tests towards New Zealand, India needed to reorganise its squad.
India’s squad consisted closely of all-rounders, with Suryakumar utilizing seven bowling choices within the second and third T20Is. A few modifications within the batting order had been additionally seen, with younger all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy being promoted to the quantity 4 spot throughout the second T20I in New Delhi.
Suryakumar emphasised the should be versatile with each batters and bowlers and mentioned, “We’ve to be very flexible when it comes to batting and bowling as well.
“Everyone has to chip in with few overs who can, and batters should be very versatile. The manner they confirmed it within the sequence was very commendable. Just [have to] preserve the great habits and proceed that on the sphere and simply be the identical,” he added.
India’s subsequent T20I task will start on November 8, with India touring South Africa for a four-match sequence.
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