India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav revealed that he caught up with legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni earlier than the T20 World Cup, in search of his steering on the mindset and strategy wanted for the match. It was underneath MS Dhoni’s captaincy that India gained the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007. With little expertise within the format, the underdog facet defied expectations and went all the way in which. For Suryakumar, nonetheless, the circumstances had been very totally different, with India coming into the match as favourites. His staff lived as much as the billing and added a 3rd star to India’s T20 jersey by defeating New Zealand within the remaining.
Talking a couple of transient interplay forward of the match, Suryakumar shared that Dhoni informed him to be brave, which might assist the staff go over the road, and that ultimately occurred.
“I had met him (MS Dhoni) earlier than the match and he informed me how you can strategy an ICC match. He informed me that we’ve got a very good staff, we simply should be brave and we will certainly win. His response after the win was wonderful,” stated the captain.
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Suryakumar has joined an elite listing of Indian captains to guide the facet to T20 World Cup glory, with MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma being the one others on that listing. Reacting to the milestone and the corporate he now retains in Indian cricket historical past, Surya expressed pleasure and gratitude whereas looking forward to constructing on the achievement, saying:
“It feels good to hitch that elite firm. I’m slowly feeling it. It’s a very particular feeling to be talked about amongst such nice folks. I’ll attempt to do the identical sooner or later and assist India win extra trophies,” he stated to PTI Movies.
“Subsequent goal is to win the Olympic gold in 2028”
Talking about back-to-back triumphs and the ambitions that lie forward, the Indian skipper highlighted the staff’s momentum, the enjoyment of profitable at residence, and the starvation to chase even greater milestones within the years to come back.
“It feels good to win 24 and 26 back-to-back. It’s a very particular feeling. Once we gained in 2024, we thought it will be so particular to do that once more at residence in 2026. The following goal is to win the Olympic gold in 2028. The staff has a very good momentum. If India wins the T20 World Cup in the identical 12 months, it is going to be nice,” he stated.
