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South Africa vs India, 1st T20I at Durban, Dec 10, 2023,
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Printed on: Dec 09, 2023
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Suryakumar Yadav, India’s captain for the T20I collection in South Africa, is assured of his younger aspect placing up a great present towards the Proteas. The three-match collection will kick off with the primary match at Kingsmead in Durban on Sunday, December 10.
Talking on the eve of the collection, Suryakumar opined that India’s batters ought to be capable of adapt to the quick and bouncy wickets of South Africa. “I believe the important thing to success on such wickets can be to be your self. The boys have ready effectively. We’re coming from a great T20I collection win and have performed on all quick tracks and all batters have performed on such wickets. They’ll take pleasure in taking part in right here in South Africa,” he asserted.
The Men in the Blue can be going into the South Africa collection on the again of a 4-1 thumping of Australia at residence albeit towards a second-string aspect. Nonetheless, the Indian captain expects his gamers to take the boldness of the win towards the Aussies into the matches towards South Africa.
“The gamers put their palms up towards Australia and got here up with fearless cricket, and we have to play the identical towards South Africa. I simply informed them to do precisely what they do in franchise cricket,” the 33-year-old asserted.
Suryakumar additionally brushed apart considerations of Group India taking part in solely six T20Is within the run-up to the 2024 T20 World Cup in June. In line with 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 taking part in in these T20 internationals… they’ve performed plenty of video games, they usually have plenty of expertise beneath their belt. So, we do not suppose there can be a difficulty or any drawback in choosing the squad as a result of everybody is aware of their roles rather well and duties rather well,” the Indian captain acknowledged.
Aside from three T20Is, India may even play three ODIs in South Africa. This can be adopted by two Checks. KL Rahul will lead the workforce within the one-day collection, whereas Rohit Sharma will return to captain the Indian aspect within the Take a look at matches.
–By A Cricket Correspondent
