SL vs IND: Skipper Suryakumar Yadav praises team mentality after Super Over win, says 'boys showed character'
Suryakumar Yadav gets injured in domestic competition ahead of key Bangladesh series
It was an evening filled with drama in the final T20I between India and Sri Lanka on Tuesday (Jul30) as the hosts lost a tight contest in the Super Over. The win for India also saw them register a 3-0 win over Sri Lanka in what was Gautam Gambhir and Surykaumar Yadav’s (as captain) first series. After the win, Sky was full of praise for the Indian team players for the character they showcased with Sri Lanka needing eight runs to win from two overs and six wickets in hand at one stage.
Suryakumar Yadav applauds Indian team
"More than the last over, I feel when we were around 30 for 4 and 48 for 5, how the boys showed character in the middle and took the game away from them, I felt 140 was par score on that track and the way they batted. When we were going in during our fielding sessions, I told them I had seen such kinds of games. I think if we put our heart in for one, one-and-a-half hours we can pull it off,” Suryakumar said after India beat Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
Needing eight runs to win in the last two overs, Sri Lanka collapsed against a bowling attack led by Riyan Parag and Suryakumar Yadav. The hosts were unable to chase the target in the 20 overs and could only tie the contest leading to a Super Over. But things went downhill for Sri Lanka, who could manage to score only two runs in the Eliminator before Sky rocked the hosts with a four on the only ball faced by India.
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The win also saw India start on a winning note in the Gautam Gambhir-Suryakumar era having bagged whitewash wins in the process. The team will next take the field in the ODI series which starts on Friday with top players like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma back in the team. Rohit will lead the side with the likes of Hardik Pandya and Sky set to return home having been dropped for the ODI series.
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