Everyone knows their combination – Suryakumar Yadav on India’s upcoming challenges

India missed out on putting up a strong show against South Africa as their batters crumbled in a high-octane chase. There were shards of resistance knitted together but they weren’t converted into something massive or of consequence. Indian captain, Suryakumar Yadav, opened up on the overall game and what went wrong for the Men in Blue despite a strong start.

Talking about the overall contest in the post-match presentation, SKY said, “I feel we were always in the game when we started. I think we bowled really well in the beginning, 21 for 3, and the way they batted after that from 7 to 15, I think they batted really well, and then we came back again in the game later on. Overall, if we see, we bowled really well, but we could have batted a little better.”

Highlighting India’s troubles in the powerplay, SKY said, “My thing is sometimes you’ve got to think, if you’re chasing 180-185, you can’t win the game in the powerplay, but you might lose the game in the powerplay. We lost too many wickets in the powerplay and then we couldn’t have small, small partnerships which we wanted for chasing 180-185, but that’s part of the game. We learn from it, we’ll sit back and then come back stronger. I think everyone knows their combination.”

Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh were phenomenal with the ball, sharing five wickets. SKY praise both the bowlers, stating, “(Bumrah-Arshdeep) has been very lethal. Both of them have played together. If you see today also, both of them bowled eight overs, picked around five wickets and gave around 45-50 runs. If I’m not wrong, I’m not good with numbers. But they bowled really well in partnership and that’s what we want from them. Both are experienced and it’s good to have both of them in our side.”

He concluded by talking about India’s plans for the Zimbabwe game, adding, “Hopefully bat well, bowl well and field well. That’s it. We’ll try and keep it simple, play the same brand of cricket which we want to play and nothing changes. I think we’ll come back strong.”