Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav praised Oman for playing some good brands of cricket and said that India wanted to bat some players after missing the opportunity during the first two matches. He also cited ‘Jeet’ as the main mantra and sidelined his batting goals.
India played their final Asia Cup group match against Oman. Since they had already made it on the Super -4 stage, India opted for some of its players to rest, including Premier Pesar Jasprit Bumrah and current number 1 T20 Ey bowler Varun Chakraborty.
However, ICT fans were surprised by India’s uninterrupted performance, especially from Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav, who did not bat despite falling 8 wickets. India won the match by a close margin of only 21 runs.
Suryakumar Yadav revealed the real reason behind India’s batting order.
Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav appeared in a press conference before his first Super -4 match, which will be played between India and Pakistan on Sunday. He provided his insight on the chaotic Indian batting order against Oman.
The reporter asked, “Was you exposed to all the players or were you surprised by Oman’s enthusiastic show?”
Suryakumar Yadav said, “From our batting point of view, our batsmen did not get much time. Sanju, Hardik, Exer and even started from Dubey. Tilak was not found to bat for a long time against Pakistan.”
“As for Arshdeep and Harshit, you can know that there is someone who can bat, so we wanted to see how he could bat in the last 3-4 overs,” Surya clearly explained the importance of batting depth for India. When 1 or 2 overs were left, Arshdeep said he wanted to go to bat, and I said that there is no problem, you can definitely go in, it’s completely fine. ,
Indian captain praises Oman’s good brand of cricket
When the reporter questioned him about Oman’s dominance against the World Champion, which was clear for the entire cricket fraternity yesterday, Suryakumar made a very respectable and bizarre statement on his sleeve.
The Indian captain said, “I think he felt that he played some good brands of cricket.
“I bat or I do not bat, winning the game is more important” – Suryakumar Yadav
Although he received immense criticism from many Indian fans and did not come out to bat against the opposition, Suryakumar Yadav has given a great message to the captains, through his statements.
He gave many of his players batting opportunities and also put the word Pacer Arsep Singh to keep them inspired. A true captain is one who moves forward from the front and supports his players, and just like MS Dhoni, Sky has shown the same feeling.
Suryakumar said, “I don’t bat or I do not bat, winning the game is more important, it’s fine.”
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