India’s newly-crowned T20I captain, Suryakumar Yadav, was given the crew’s management duty on Thursday. Although it regarded like Hardik Pandya would get the function, having been Group India’s vice-captain beneath Rohit Sharma for a very long time, the all-rounder’s repeated health points prompted the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) choice committee to search for an alternate. After Surya was named the crew’s skipper within the shortest format, an outdated video of his emerged on social media wherein the brand new ‘captain’ may very well be seen speaking about his mindset as a frontrunner.
Star Sports activities shared the clip on social media, wherein Suryakumar spoke about his captaincy Matra. The video is from 2023 when Surya had led the Indian crew 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’m actually having fun with this new function, having fun with spending time with everyone and all of us have performed collectively lots both in franchise cricket or in state cricket, so it is not that obscure their strengths and weaknesses. And off the sphere we additionally spend a lot time so the rapport now we have on the sphere turn out to be excellent,” he mentioned within the video.
“It is necessary for me to maintain issues easy, I’m a process-oriented man, I wish to maintain issues easy and that is what I attempt to inform everyone that attempt to maintain issues actually easy, do not attempt to be a unique model of your self,” he added.
.@surya_14kumar is the brand new T20 captain for #TeamIndia!
Watch him speak about main the crew and the robust bond he shares together with his teammates! #MenInBlue #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/BHILBqp5k3
— Star Sports activities (@StarSportsIndia) July 18, 2024
Shubman Gill who led the Males in Blue within the not too long ago concluded T20I collection in opposition to Zimbabwe, will probably be Suryakumar Yadav’s deputy within the forthcoming three-match 20-over collection in opposition to Sri Lanka.
In the meantime, star India all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who final led the crew was not given the duty to guide the facet.
Pacers Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, and wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant had been additionally known as within the T20I squad after they got relaxation for India’s tour of Zimbabwe.
The India’s tour of Sri Lanka will probably be ranging from July 27 onwards. The tour will kick-start with a three-match T20I collection, adopted by a three-match ODI collection, which is able to begin from August 1.
With ANI Inputs
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