'Pehle Rohit bhai, phir Dhoni bhai ... ': Surya reveals story behind iconic pic

NEW DELHI: Just up of the IPL 2026 clash betwixt Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians astatine the MA Chidambaram Stadium successful Chepauk, Suryakumar Yadav shared a representation connected societal media with

Rohit Sharma

and

MS Dhoni

. He captioned it, "Group DP mil gaya; bas radical sanction suggest karo (I person got the cleanable show representation for the group; conscionable suggest immoderate beardown radical names)," inviting fans to travel up with a sanction for the trio’s group.Fans were thrilled to spot 3 T20 World Cup-winning captains successful 1 framework and flooded societal media with their suggestions. Among the galore responses, the Board of Control for Cricket successful India grabbed attraction by quoting Surya’s station and suggesting a unsocial name: "The CUP-TAANS."After CSK won the match, Surya was invited by the broadcasters and spoke astir the moment."Iconic representation humne dekha aapne poocha bola bhi ki aapko radical ka DP to mil gaya hai lekin naam nahi mila kuch proposition aaye kaisa tha wo infinitesimal dekhiye specified liye to imagination travel existent tha kyunki jab main maine socha tha ki main India ke liye cupful cricket khelunga, kab matches jitaunga but aap ye bhi nahi sochte ho ki aapko 1 accidental milegi kabhi India ko pb karne ki but wo bhi 1 accidental mujhe India, India ko pb karne mili aur bhagwan ki daya se aur dua se accidental mili India mein pb karne ki.

[We saw that iconic picture—you adjacent asked and said that you got the radical DP but not the name, and determination were immoderate suggestions. What was that infinitesimal like? For me, it was a imagination travel existent due to the fact that erstwhile I had thought that I would play cupful cricket for India and triumph matches, you don’t adjacent deliberation that you volition ever get an accidental to pb India. But I got that 1 accidental to pb India, and by God’s grace and blessings, I got the accidental to pb India]," Surya said.

India defeated New Zealand nationalist cricket squad successful the 2026 T20 World Cup last astatine the Narendra Modi Stadium connected March 8, 2026. India posted 255/5 and past bowled New Zealand retired for 159 to clinch the title.Surya became the 3rd Indian skipper to triumph the T20 World Cup, aft MS Dhoni successful 2007 and Rohit Sharma successful 2024.

"Hum log jeete, wo wo tourney India mein, Ahmedabad mein Narendra Modi Stadium mein jeete, jahan pe hum 20 twenty 3 mein nahi jeet paaye the to I deliberation specified liye, wo hamesha saath mein rahegi, wo representation bahut precious infinitesimal tha specified liye I americium definite poore poore India ke liye aur each Indians crossed the satellite sabke liye raha hoga to it was peculiar infinitesimal [We won that tourney successful India, successful Ahmedabad astatine the Narendra Modi Stadium, wherever we couldn’t triumph successful 2023.

So I deliberation for me, that volition ever enactment with me—that representation was a precise precious infinitesimal for me. I americium definite it indispensable person been the aforesaid for each of India and for Indians crossed the world, truthful it was a peculiar moment]," helium said."Aur phir uske baad hum log jab archetypal crippled khel rahe the Chennai ke saath, tab specified dimaag mein aaya ki agar ye representation agar ho sakti hai ki jo pehle World Cup jeete hain India ko T20 aur jo abhi 20 twenty 4 mein jeete hain wo skipper bhi wahan hai aur hum 20 twenty six mein jeete, main bhi wahin tha to maine socha agar wo hum log photograph make kar sakte hai to I deliberation it volition beryllium peculiar representation specified liye bhi beingness aur evidently for everyone [After that, erstwhile we were playing the archetypal crippled against Chennai connected Kede, it came to my caput that if this representation could happen—with the captains who had earlier won the T20 World Cup for India, the 1 who won successful 2024 besides being there, and if we triumph successful 2026 and I americium determination too—then I thought if we could make that photo, it would beryllium a peculiar representation for maine for a beingness and evidently for everyone]," Surya added.

"To maine socha kal yahan pe aake ki Chennai mein anticipation hai mujhe wo 1 percent accidental mila to maine ja ke pehle Rohit bhai ko poocha, phir Rohit bhai ne bola, phir Mahi bhai ko poocha to unse bhi pooch ke achha laga unhone dono ne haan bola to phir maine koi infinitesimal hold nahi kiya maine bola ki chalo jaldi se wo photograph le lete hain subah it’s precise very. [So I thought erstwhile I came present yesterday successful Chennai, determination was a possibility—I got that 1 percent chance.

I archetypal went and asked Rohit bhai, past Rohit bhai spoke, past I asked Mahi bhai arsenic well. It felt bully to inquire them, and some of them said yes. So I didn’t hold for a moment—I said let’s rapidly instrumentality that photograph successful the morning. It’s very, precise special]," helium added.