I left the luggage of captaincy in the dressing room – Suryakumar Yadav

It was another five-star showdown from Team India as they scripted history at Visakhapatnam in the first T20I of the five match series against Australia, thanks to Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan, who provided a showdown of fireworks before Rinku Singh administered the coup de grace.

The Indian bowlers had their fair shares of struggle with inexperience being a major factor in the ranks. However, that didn’t deter the Indian batting spirits as they got the memo early on and Yashasvi Jaiswal stepped on the gas initially before departing inside the powerplay. However, the Indian captain ensured the fact that despite the early blows, Team India stayed steady and eventually won the fixture.

Talking at the post-match presentation, Suryakumar Yadav spoke at length about the fixture and how India managed to circumnavigate the Australian cross-currents to go up 1-0 in the series. Talking at the post-match conference, SKY said, “Very happy with the way the boys played.”

He further added, “Was very happy with their energy, we were put under pressure but the way everyone showed up was amazing. It’s a proud moment, very proud moment, everytime you play, you think about representing India but coming out here and captaining India is a big moment.”

Talking about the circumstances, SKY said, “Thought there would be a little bit of dew but there wasn’t. It isn’t a big ground and I knew batting will get easier. Thought they might get 230-235 but the bowlers did really well. Just enjoy and express yourself. We’ve been in such situations many times in franchise cricket, just told Ishan to enjoy himself. We knew what was going to happen.”

SKY continued, “I left the luggage of captaincy in the dressing room. I try to enjoy my batting. The atmosphere was amazing, thanks to the crowd. Was great to see how the boys kept their nerves.”

He concluded by heaping praises on Rinku Singh, adding, “Was great to see Rinku, the situation was tailor-made for him. He was calm and collected, calming me down a little bit. Incredible achievement from the bowlers to restrict them to this total after the 16th over.”