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What Suryakumar Is To Captaincy, Fish Is To Water: R Sridhar On Mr.360° Ahead Of IND vs SL

India's new T20I skipper, Suryakumar Yadav (X.com)India's new T20I skipper, Suryakumar Yadav (X.com)

The end of Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma's era marked an excellent journey; the newly appointed T20I skipper, Suryakumar Yadav, faces a significant challenge on Saturday when India begins its multi-format series against Sri Lanka in Pallekele.

In a recent interview, India's former fielding coach, R Sridhar, shared his insights on Suryakumar Yadav's growth. 

He highlighted Surya's transition from an aggressive player to a more mature leader with a calm and composed approach. Sridhar also praised Surya's limited captaincy experience, noting his excellent performance in those eight games.

“Surya has matured a lot from what I know of him from the earlier days, when I was at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), where he used to come as a young athlete, who was very aggressive and very upbeat. But now, if you see, he’s much more mature. He’s got a much more mellowed head on his shoulders, and he’s an astute thinker of the game.”

“I mean, he might not have led many matches over franchise cricket, or even for India – he’s led about eight games. I remember doing commentary in one of the India-Australia series, where he did a tremendous job. He also did a fabulous job in South Africa in the very short rain-curtailed series which he captained.


R Sridhar Talks About Suryakumar Yadav's Captaincy:

“Mind you, captaincy is not only about leading the team on the field. Captaincy is all about keeping your players in good space, even off the field, having those right conversations with them, and making sure that each and every player, who’s not just only in the squad, but also outside the squad, on the fringe of making it to the eleven, they’re also in good space, and they’re also well taken care of.

“So captaincy brings a lot more onto the table for Surya. It is going to be challenging initially, but I think Surya is someone who’ll take to it like fish to water,” he told IANS, facilitated by Sony Sports Network.


As India prepares to meet Charith Asalanka and Co let's take a look at the 15-man squad for the series:

Suryakumar Yadav (C), Ꮪhubman Gill (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohd. Siraj