Washington Sundar Reveals Surykaumar Yadav’s Master Plan To Choke Sri Lanka: India won the third T20I against Sri Lanka and inflicted a 3-0 whitewash against Sri Lanka. Captain Suryakumar Yadav was very happy with the effort with which his team came back after being 48-5 and posted a competitive total on the pitch.
The new T20I captain attracted a lot of praise for his captaincy decisions and the manner with which his team defends the low score when Sri Lanka were 108/1. Sri Lanka needed 30 runs in 30 balls, but SKY and his bowlers made sure that Sri Lanka had to work hard for their runs and took the match to the Super Over.
Indian fans had a flashback of the T20 World Cup 2024 final of last month when Team India defended the runs with the help of Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya. In this game, it was an unpredictable Rinku Singh and the captain Suryakumar Yadav himself, who defended the total with their brilliant bowling in the final two overs.
Sri Lanka needed 9 runs to win of the last two overs. Rinku bowled the penultimate over and gave away just runs by picking up two wickets. With six needed to win in the final over, Yadav picked up two wickets and gave away just five runs to take the match to the Super over.
Washington Sundar Reveals Surykaumar Yadav’s Master Plan To Choke Sri Lanka
Washington Sundar bowled the Super Over and gave away just two runs by picking up all the two wickets. He talked about how Yadav trusted on him and how he brought the game back to India’s grasp by bowling the spinners more.
Sundar also stated that he did not now that he will be given the opportunity to bowl in the Super Over. He got to know it after the two batters worked out in the middle. He felt the trust from his captain and got the opportunity to step up on tough moments.
“It was amazing from Surya and his leadership skills. I think he felt given the situation if he bowled more spinners we’d have a good chance to win the game. Given the wicket and the situation, he took one or two options, and it did wonders for us. There were only 12 balls to go and Kusal Perera was batting. Rinku got him out and Surya himself came on in the last over and almost won the game for us. We all know he has a big heart when he goes out there to bat, but he also has a big heart in leadership as well,” said Sundar as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.
“Honestly, I had no idea I was going to bowl. It was after the batsmen walked out that Surya turned behind and said: ‘Washy, you’re on.’ I was very happy, to be honest. When the captain wants you to bowl especially in tough situations, in a Super Over. I thought it was a great opportunity for me to step up and win games for my country. Thank God it went well,” he added.
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