Suryakumar Yadav on talk of India starting as T20 WC favourites, says ‘There’s never anything like all bases covered’.
Suryakumar Yadav: There’s never anything like all bases covered.
Since winning the 2024 T20 World Cup, India has now won every one of the seven T20I series they have participated in. During this time, their win-loss record is 26-4. In roughly three months, they will defend their title in two bilateral series at home. Given their capabilities, track record, and experience, they are undoubtedly the favourites, but Suryakumar Yadav, their captain, understands that you can never say all the bases are covered.
“I’m very lucky to have all these boys with different-different skills,” he said after the Brisbane washout when asked if India had all bases covered. “They bring very different-different things to the table. When we chat around about the bowling, batting, and fielding… You must have seen a lot of energy on the ground. People enjoy when they go together on the ground.
“But yeah, from a batting point of view, definitely what we’ve been doing in the last six to eight months, I think we’re sticking to that, not changing anything. These guys are doing it really well. The way they bat at the top of the order, it puts a smile on everyone’s face when they’re batting together.
“And also from a bowling point of view as well, people are taking responsibility. Having an experienced bowler like [Jasprit] Bumrah around in the team and everyone chatting with him, learning a lot of skills, tricks and trade of the game, I think that’s a good thing. So there’s good friendship building up in that as well.
“So we are trying to get there. There’s never anything like all bases covered. We always learn from this game, every game we play. Yeah, till now things look good, touch wood, let’s continue that.”