Suryakumar Yadav feels proud as he looks at the bonding among his team members as he moves towards transforming himself from a captain to becoming a real true leader. Suryakumar led for the first time in a full-fledged T20I series and had bagged the 'Player of The Series' in his T20I captaincy debut series with his heroics in the first two games before finally sealing the match with two crucial wickets in Super Over.
Reflecting on his job, Suryakumar said at the post-match presentation, “Like I said before the series, I don't want to be the captain, I want to be the leader." He hailed his teammate's effort and intent in defending a low score of 137.
“The amount of skill they have, self-confidence, it makes my job easy. The positivity, the care for each other is unbelievable. After the last game, I told few boys will be rested and they were ready to sit out...They have made my job easy. I have little pressure when I bat,” he explained.
Suryakumar also noted that, just as high scores of 220 or 230 are celebrated, it’s equally important to appreciate low-scoring games, as they reflect a balance in life.
“More than the last over, I feel when we were around 30/4 and 48 for 5, how the boys showed character, 140 was a par score on that track. I told, if we put our heart in, we could pull it off,” he said.
For his part, Sri Lanka's captain Charith Asalanka couldn't put his finger on the problems that affected the middle-order right throughout the series.
“Definitely, really disappointed, especially the middle-order and lower-middle order. Very bad shot selection. The thinking was spinners were bowling and that's why Wanindu Hasaranga came up the order and we gave him the license to hit one or two boundaries,” Asalanka said.
“I think especially we played some wrong shots and when the ball gets old, the shot selection has to be spot on. We can't give excuses and we have to do more than this.
“I want to see good batting performance in ODIs and I think the boys will do better,”Read Also | New ads by Trump campaign refers to Kamala Harris as 'dangerously liberal'," he added.
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