"Nothing Changes": Suryakumar Yadav's Brutally Honest Confession On His Captaincy Style

26.07.2024 - 15:37 sports.ndtv.com

Suryakumar Yadav, the newly-appointed T20I captain, on Friday asserted that India will continue to play the aggressive brand of cricket which hallmarked the regime of his predecessor Rohit Sharma.

Under Rohit, who retired from T20Is after the World Cup triumph in the Americas, India played a template-changing attacking game from last year's ODI showpiece at home. “The same train will go ahead; only the engine has changed and the bogies remain unchanged,” Suryakumar said on the eve of the first of the three T20Is against Sri Lanka. “Nothing changes; the brand of cricket remains the same.

It (the captaincy role) doesn't change anything. It has given me an added responsibility. It is good that now I can do a 'walk the talk',” he added.

For that, Suryakumar said he wanted to tread the path that Rohit had set during his captaincy stint. "What I have learnt from Rohit is that he was always a leader on the ground and off it,” he said. “He was not just a captain — there is a lot of difference between the two.

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