Palekal. After the ICC T20 World Cup, the Indian team’s streak of winning trophies in this format continues. In Zimbabwe, India won the trophy by defeating Sri Lanka under the captaincy of Shubman Gill and now Suryakumar Yadav. All-rounder Washington Sundar described Suryakumar Yadav as a ‘big-hearted’ captain. He said that it was because of his amazing ability to take risks that India managed to defeat Sri Lanka in the third and final T20.
Suryakumar made some interesting changes in the last moments of Sri Lanka’s innings in the match played on Tuesday. When Sri Lanka needed 12 runs in the last two overs in front of the target of 138 runs, he handed the ball to Rinku Singh. He took two wickets for three runs. After this, Suryakumar himself came to bowl the last over and tied the match by taking two wickets.
In the super over, Sri Lanka lost two wickets in just four balls. India achieved the target of three runs with the help of Suryakumar’s four on the very first ball and clean swept the series. Sundar said after the match, “Honestly, this is his amazing. This is the amazing ability of his leadership because when 12 runs were needed from 12 balls to win, he handed the ball to Rinku Singh and that too when Kusal Perera was batting. Rinku dismissed him and Surya himself came to bowl the last over. He made us win the match. “
He said, “We all know that when Suryakumar goes to bat, he is not afraid to take risks. He is also a big-hearted captain in terms of leadership. All the credit for this victory goes to him and (it) was his wonderful performance.”
FIRST PUBLISHED : July 31, 2024, 11:24 IST
