India's Asia Cup campaign will be underway tonight and all eyes are on captain Suryakumar Yadav, who will lead the Men in Blue to their first major tournament since taking charge of the national team in the shortest format.
Yadav was appointed as India's T20 captain after Rohit Sharma, along with Virat Kohli, stepped down from the format after the 2024 T20 World Cup win.
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Since then, SKY has successfully led India to several bilateral series, the most recent one being against England in January this year, however, this will be the first time that the Mumbai Indians star will captain the team in a major tournament.
Ahead of India's tournament opener against hosts UAE at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday, the captain was asked if he felt any extra pressure of leading the team in a big competition and if there was any difference he felt in captaincy.
Yadav's hilarious response left everybody in the press conference room in splits.
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Suryakumar Yadav's hilarious response to captaincy concerns
Answering the media question, SKY said: "Till now everything is going alright sir, toh kyu bina matlab ka ungli karna hai? (Why unnecessarily meddle?) We will continue to do and follow the same things we have done in all of the bilaterals so far. If some things are working, that means we are moving in the right direction."
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