‘Everytime I think I have not seen a better T20 innings, you show us something even better’: Rahul Dravid lauds Suryakumar Yadav

Suryakumar Yadav scored a blistering 51-ball 112 towards Sri Lanka within the sequence decider to assist India win the three-match T20I sequence 2-1.

The trendy right-hander hit 9 mammoth sixes and 7 boundaries in his match-winning innings. Chasing a big complete Sri Lanka crumbled for 137 runs. Arshdeep Singh who had a pasting within the second T20I at Pune was the choose of the bowlers with three wickets. Skipper Hardik Pandya, Umran Malik and Chahal picked up two wickets every and Axar Patel chipped in with a wicket.

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After the match, Team India head coach Rahul Dravid interviews centurion Suryakumar Yadav.

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Rahul Dravid: “It is lovely to have someone here with me who as a young kid growing up, did not watch me bat. And I hope you didn’t, I am sure you didn’t,” “Surya, exceptional. The form that you have been in – every time I think I have not seen a better T20 inning, you show us something even better. Of all these innings that you have played over the last year that I have had the privilege of watching and enjoying, can you pick one or two that is the best?”

Suryakumar Yadav: “I enjoyed batting in all the difficult situations. I can’t pick anyone inning. It is actually difficult to pick one, I just enjoyed myself. I am just doing the same things that I did last year. I have said before as well, I just try and enjoy when I go in to bat, and express myself as much as possible. In those difficult situations when other teams try and take the game off, I try and take them on. If it works well for me and the team, I am happy.”

Rahul Dravid: How many pictures from Sky’s bat are pre-determined

Suryakumar Yadav: I imply clearly this format it’s important to be a bit bit pre-determined on the identical time you bought to have one other stroke as properly. If the bowler is a step forward of you throughout that point, however sure I attempt to play the sector what fielders are in, what bowler can bowl at the moment and it really works out.

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Rahul Dravid: It’s unimaginable on the market simply the blokes who watch you follow as properly simply to observe you practice. Obviously, I don’t suppose you might be enjoying a few of these pictures in coaching however even in coaching once we are throwing the ball to you once we watch you practice one of many issues which might be actually noticeable is how clearly when you find yourself coaching for this format is how a lot artistic you might be with the pictures that your enjoying. You usually are not simply trying to play defence or hit the ball again its not essentially in regards to the discipline it’s about utilizing your wrists and discovering angles even once we are throwing balls to you is there one thing you consciously work on?

Suryakumar Yadav: Absolutely I imply in the course of the web classes I attempt to hear the sound of the bat. If I’m assembly the ball rather well or I imply I attempt to set the sector for myself each time any left-arm spinner or leg-spinner or quick bowler is bowling and simply attempt to time the ball as a lot as doable. And listening to the sound of the bat I’m blissful on that day even when it occurs for 10 minutes I’m blissful once I come out of it.

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— Surya Kumar Yadav (@surya_14kumar) January 7, 2023

Rahul Dravid: And somebody such as you you’ve gotten been round a very long time you’ve gotten performed a number of home cricket. I bear in mind at the same time as a younger participant you had been one of many rising stars as an 18 and 19-year-old in Mumbai cricket and it took you a very long time to get into the Indian workforce. In phrases of that journey how difficult has it been and perhaps need to battle that a lot and work that tough has it helped you in the present day do you worth the success lot extra or did it make you even hungrier?

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Suryakumar Yadav: It does make me, much more, hungrier now. I imply the quantity of home cricket I’ve performed I’ve all the time loved enjoying that for my state aspect Mumbai and wherever I performed I all the time attempt to put up a present. Enjoyed batting even there as properly sure it was a bit difficult in the previous couple of years however stored telling myself for this reason you play this sport take pleasure in it the eagerness for this sport stored me driving so I simply stored going

Rahul Dravid: And there was your loved ones I do know that your spouse and your loved ones had been there. Your beautiful household was there in Dubai and your spouse travels with you a large number I do know she pushed you a large number on the health aspect of issues so perhaps a phrase on them. Just on the health work and weight loss program work you’ve gotten executed one thing that’s actually noticeable for me as a coach is simply the life-style having seen you in India-A a bit bit after which coming to the NCA and doing the yo-yo take a look at two years in the past and dived to get throughout the road now you’re a lot fitter and dealing arduous how is that being?

No surprises there as @surya_14kumar is adjudged Player of the Match for his scintillating unbeaten century within the third T20I. 👏🏾🫡⭐️

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Suryakumar Yadav: I imply the position of the household has been most vital in my cricketing journey until now once I began enjoying cricket. I nonetheless know they had been those who helped me out of the field as a result of my dad is an engineer so in my household there isn’t a historical past of sports activities. I needed to be a bit totally different for him to see a spark in me and push me they’ve sacrificed rather a lot and clearly my spouse after we bought married she’s been pushing me actually arduous when it comes to vitamin and when it comes to staying match and clearly. The identical factor to the health take a look at which I gave in Banglore I nonetheless bear in mind by I imply that was truly the turning level at the moment I actually loved that as properly we now have been taking cricket rather a lot once I return dwelling and we talk about how we are able to higher how we may be one step forward at this degree and we actually take pleasure in doing that

Rahul Dravid: All we are able to say is Surya it’s a pleasure working with you simply your persona and what you carry to the workforce you might be all the time smiling and retaining everybody’s spirits up I feel that’s an amazing factor to have in a workforce we admire that and lengthy might it proceed and hopefully we get to see much more innings like this sooner or later