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South Africa vs India, 1st T20I at Durban, Dec 10, 2023,
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Revealed on: Dec 09, 2023
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Suryakumar Yadav, India’s captain for the T20I sequence in South Africa, is assured of his younger facet placing up a great present in opposition to the Proteas. The three-match sequence will kick off with the primary match at Kingsmead in Durban on Sunday, December 10.
Talking on the eve of the sequence, Suryakumar opined that India’s batters ought to have the ability to adapt to the quick and bouncy wickets of South Africa. “I believe the important thing to success on such wickets might be to be your self. The boys have ready effectively. We’re coming from a great T20I sequence win and have performed on all quick tracks and all batters have performed on such wickets. They are going to get pleasure from enjoying right here in South Africa,” he asserted.
The Males within the Blue might be going into the South Africa sequence on the again of a 4-1 thumping of Australia at dwelling albeit in opposition to a second-string facet. Nevertheless, the Indian captain expects his gamers to take the arrogance of the win in opposition to the Aussies into the matches in opposition to South Africa.
“The gamers put their palms up in opposition to Australia and got here up with fearless cricket, and we have to play the identical in opposition to South Africa. I simply instructed them to do precisely what they do in franchise cricket,” the 33-year-old asserted.
Suryakumar additionally brushed apart issues of Staff India enjoying solely six T20Is within the run-up to the 2024 T20 World Cup in June. Based on the right-handed batter, the Indian Premier League (IPL) ought to function a great preparation for the ICC occasion.
“I really feel there are restricted T20s going ahead, earlier than the T20 World Cup, however then we play 14 league video games within the IPL as effectively. And gamers who’ve been enjoying in these T20 internationals… they’ve performed a variety of video games, and so they have a variety of expertise below their belt. So, we do not assume there might be a difficulty or any drawback in choosing the squad as a result of everybody is aware of their roles rather well and tasks rather well,” the Indian captain acknowledged.
Other than three T20Is, India will even play three ODIs in South Africa. This might be adopted by two Assessments. KL Rahul will lead the group within the one-day sequence, whereas Rohit Sharma will return to captain the Indian facet within the Check matches.
–By A Cricket Correspondent
