SKY talks about the versatility and depth of his side after a comfortable series win against Bangladesh in Hyderabad.
SKY has spoken about building a selfless team, and is complementary about the depth in his side.
For Suryakumar and coach Gautam Gambhir, this was their second consecutive series sweep since they assumed leadership of the squad in the shortest format.
Sanju Samson was the player on Saturday who most embodied India’s brave and altruistic style of play at bat. In the tenth over, wristspinner Rishad Hossain bowled him a sequence of 6,6,6,6,6 that consequently took him from 62 off 29 balls to 92 off 35 balls. Then, with 96 runs on the board, he hit offspinner Mahedi Hasan over his head for the second-fastest 40-ball century by an Indian in Twenty20 Internationals. India consequently scored 297 for 6, the second-highest total in men’s T20Is, with to Samson’s offensive.
“I think we have achieved a lot as a team,” Suryakumar told the host broadcaster during the post-series presentation. “Most importantly as I said at the start of the series, I want to have selfless cricketers in my team. We want to be a selfless team. As Hardik [Pandya] said, we want to just enjoy each others’ performance on the field and off the field. Spend as much time as possible and that camaraderie is carrying on the field and we’re having some fun.
“The chat around the team has been like that. Gauti bhai said the same thing at the start of the series and in Sri Lanka as well. ‘No one is bigger than the team’. If you’re at 99 or 49 or anything, if you feel you’ve to hit the ball out of the park for the team, you have to hit it and Sanju did the same thing. Really happy for him.”