- The performance of the Indian team led by Suryakumar Yadav was excellent in the first T20 match played against England on 22 January. In this clash between the two teams on the Kolkata ground, Abhishek Sharma and Varun Chakraborty made their…
In the first T20 match played against England on 22 January, the performance of the Indian team led by Suryakumar Yadav was excellent. In this clash between the two teams on the Kolkata ground, Abhishek Sharma and Varun Chakraborty played an important role in getting the team victory by spreading their flair. Both of them proved to be a nightmare for the opposing team. Despite this, after the match, captain Suryakumar Yadav did not give credit for the team’s victory to either Varun Chakraborty or Abhishek Sharma.
Suryakumar Yadav gave the credit of victory to this player!
Source: BCCI
Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav surprised everyone by including three spinners in the playing XI for the first T20 match against England. Giving three spinners a chance on the extra bounce pitch of Eden Gardens was his bold decision, which led to the team’s victory. Varun Chakraborty took the maximum of three wickets, while Axar Patel took two wickets. Ravi Bishnoi may not have achieved any success, but he proved to be economical for the team. At the same time, revealing the reason behind this, Suryakumar Yadav said that he could do this due to the presence of Hardik Pandya.
“It’s because of them that we could do this.”
In fact, during the post-match ceremony, Suryakumar Yadav said that Hardik Pandya had done a good job bowling for us in South Africa too, so we were able to go with an extra spinner. On India’s victory, he said,
“It was good for us to win the toss and then the bowlers also bowled well and were able to live up to their plans. The players looked full of energy and then the performance of the batsmen was like icing on the cake. Hardik had done a good job bowling for us in South Africa as well, so we were able to go with an extra spinner. The fielding coach also discussed the same that we have to convert the half chances on the fielder.”
Praise for Arshdeep Singh
Suryakumar Yadav took the matter forward and praised Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakraborty. About these two players, he said,
“Varun Chakravarthy keeps things very simple. Everything is clear in his mind and most importantly his preparation is right. That is what makes him different from others. (About Arshdeep) With experience, he is learning a lot, taking extra responsibility. He knew he was the only bowler to bowl with the new ball today and then there was Hardik. He took that responsibility and he is doing it regularly. Gauti bhai has given a lot of freedom.”
