The Indian cricket team is all set to take on New Zealand in the final and 3rd T20I match at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. As of now, the ongoing T20I series is tied at 1-1 with India and New Zealand having victory each and tonight’s game will decide the winner of the series.
Meanwhile, Suryakumar Yadav, who was the chief architect of the victory and who held his nerves and helped team India cross the finishing line in the 2nd T20I match, has credited former India captain MS Dhoni for his calm temperament.
Suryakumar Yadav is currently the No.1 ranked T20I batter in the world for a reason. And he proved his worth yet again during India’s narrow six-wicket win on a tricky Lucknow track against New Zealand in the second T20I match. While the wickets kept on tumbling at the other end and the run rate kept piling gradually, SKY tackled the spinners and played an unbeaten knock of 26 runs off 31 balls, which was the highest score by a batter in that match.
He scored at the strike rate of 83.87 and hit only one boundary. SKY impressed everyone with his calm temperament as he dealt with the spinners but not in his naturally aggressive batting style.
Later after the match, SKY was questioned about his calm temperament and how he kept control of his aggressive batting style. Responding to the question, SKY credited MS Dhoni and said:
“T20 Ranchi me chalu huya tha toh calm attitude udhar se hi aaya (T20 series started in Ranchi so maybe that calm attitude came from there). But I guess a lot of domestic cricket which I played before making my international debut, that has helped me a lot. Because the grind that we have there, we play on difficult conditions, challenging tracks and you have to apply yourselves, so whatever I have learned there I have carried it here. Rest whatever I have learned is by watching the senior players and talking to them about how they tackle various difficult situations,”
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