Suryakumar Yadav says he didn’t count on to be named India’s vice-captain for the T20I collection towards Sri Lanka however believes it was a reward for his arduous work up to now.
“I wasn’t expecting that but the way last year went, I can only say it’s like a reward for me. It feels great and I’m really looking forward to it.”
“My father forwarded me the staff, he’s all the time on social media and retains forwarding me issues. After seeing the message, I spoke to him. In that message he had a small message for me that do not take strain and luxuriate in batting.
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He says his first response was to marvel if it was all a dream.
“I closed my eyes and thought, ‘Is this a dream? But it felt actually good. It nonetheless seems like a dream however it’s the arduous work of a few years. It was like a seed sown years in the past and now the tree has grown. Now I’m consuming its fruit. I’ll attempt to unfold it so long as I can,” he stated.
Yadav can be assisted by his former team-mate Hardik Pandya for Mumbai Indians and India.
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“Relations with him (Hardik) have all the time been good. Be it for Mumbai Indians or for India. We bat in the identical order, we praise one another. He has been an exquisite captain and everybody has seen it in IPL and in India and I actually take pleasure in enjoying underneath him.
There can be no load on the center order batsman and he’ll proceed to take pleasure in his recreation. India will play three T20Is and three ODIs towards Sri Lanka in Mumbai from January 3.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
