'Great Sunday': Suryakumar Yadav promises win to Indians; skips naming opponents

TimesofIndia.com successful Abu Dhabi: In Suryakumar Yadav's 12-minute property conference, six questions were asked astir the India-Pakistan lucifer scheduled to beryllium played astatine the Dubai International Stadium connected Sunday.

Interestingly, passim the presser, the Indian skipper didn’t instrumentality the sanction of the opponents.

But helium did committedness the 1.4 cardinal Indians that they would person a large Sunday.This volition beryllium India’s 2nd lucifer against Pakistan successful a week. In their past outing, connected September 14, India registered a thumping seven-wicket win.

However, that lucifer won’t beryllium remembered for Kuldeep Yadav’s exceptional bowling show oregon skipper Suryakumar Yadav’s sumptuous knock, but for the “handshake drama.”Surya, precocious connected nationalistic fervour, credited the team’s exceptional mentation for the broad triumph implicit Pakistan."I consciousness our preparations person been truly bully starring into this tournament. We had 3 bully games. We are really focusing connected what we tin bash to get the champion imaginable result. We privation to travel each the bully habits which we person been doing successful the past two-three games. And we volition instrumentality 1 crippled astatine a time," a beaming Surya told reporters.

"It doesn’t springiness america an borderline that we person played them once, we had a bully game. We volition person to commencement from scratch and whoever plays good volition triumph the game," helium added.

The Indian skipper erstwhile again urged his players to chopped retired the extracurricular sound earlier the large lucifer against Pakistan, and this clip helium went a measurement further and suggested however they tin bash it. "Go to your room. Shut your telephone and sleep," helium said."Hum log itna kuch sochte nahi hai teen crippled khele hum abhi teeno crippled jeetne mein utna hullo maza aaya.

Aaj bhi utna hullo maza aaya jitna iske pehle waale crippled (Pakistan) mein maza aaya tha (We don’t deliberation that much. We’ve played 3 games now, and winning each 3 has been arsenic enjoyable. This 1 [vs Oman] was conscionable arsenic overmuch amusive arsenic the erstwhile crippled against Pakistan)," helium said.The Indian captain, without mentioning the handshake play that unfolded past Sunday, explained wherefore helium loves playing against arch-rivals Pakistan."Bat aur shot ka acha contention tha pichle lucifer mein (It was a bully contention betwixt bat and shot successful the past match)," helium laughed."Pura stadium bhara hota hai, champion assemblage hota hai (The stadium is ever full, the assemblage is the best)," helium said connected playing Pakistan.The Indian skipper besides addressed the societal media trolling earlier the past lucifer against Pakistan. However, the trolling connected societal media soon turned into happiness.

"Jeete na isiliye khushi manaya (We won, that’s wherefore everyone was happy)," helium said."I consciousness we ever get our country’s support.

We get enactment successful each crippled we play."Surya past promised the 1.4 cardinal Indians backmost location that they would person a "fantastic Sunday.""It is Sunday, much radical volition ticker the match. They should conscionable beryllium and bask the game. We volition spell to the ground, we volition play with the aforesaid intensity, aforesaid energy. We effort to bring our A crippled arsenic always," helium said.

When asked whether the lucifer against Pakistan was the champion lucifer helium has been portion of, the Indian skipper replied: "The champion lucifer for maine was erstwhile I played for India."All the matches I person played for India person ever been a arrogant infinitesimal for me. Every clip I measurement retired wearing the team’s jersey, I americium ever excited. I americium ever arrogant to beryllium portion of this team."Aapne dekha hoga ki nationalist anthem mein main apni aankh set kar leta hoon (You indispensable person noticed that I adjacent my eyes during the nationalist anthem). I support reasoning astir the lucifer and I americium ever grateful to God for giving maine this accidental to play for my state arsenic agelong arsenic I can," helium said.