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Follow UsSuryakumar Yadav says India ticked all the boxes in the first One-Day International (ODI) against West Indies on Sunday (February 6). He further adds that the challenge is to repeat their good show in the upcoming matches.
Chasing 177, India won the match by six wickets with 22 overs to spare and Suryakumar says that they will look to continue doing the same.
"We almost ticked all the boxes, we will try and repeat the same and that is always a challenge to repeat what we do in the first game everywhere, so let's see, really looking forward," Suryakumar said ahead of the second ODI.
"We have kept things really simple, we are going to bat the same way, we did in the last game, it is just that when we bat first, we need to try and bat till the end to have that defendable score, but the way we batted in the second innings in the last game, I think it was perfect."
According to Surya, he also does a lot of net sessions at home and the motivation to play for the county comes from inside.
Talking about his wide range of strokes, he said, "It all came from practice, I mean it was not that difficult, I knew I just had to work on few strokes, where I can get runs... so I was focussing on that and slowly kept working in the nets, did lot of match simulations when I was back home and with a lot of perfect practice it came automatically," he added
Surya refused to divulge any detail on team combination with K L Rahul back in the side after missing the first game.
"This is a wrong department; you have asked a question to the wrong person," Surya said.
"They (KL Rahul and Mayank) were seen in training and I am sure they coming back into the squad after quarantine, it makes our unit stronger and at the end of the day, it is all team management's call, who is going to play and who is not going to play, so but yeah really happy to have them back.
Surya, who has 36 wickets in the domestic circuit, says he is always ready to bowl if given a chance. "Yes (I can contribute with the ball), whenever I will get an opportunity, I will bowl and I have been regularly bowling in the nets, whenever they feel they (team management) feel, they can use me, always available, the Mumbaikar added.
He also did not read much into comparisons with former Australia batter Michael Bevan. "Let me be Suryakumar Yadav with difficulty have played 5-7 games for India but yes I am trying, whichever number I get to bat, and can win the team from any situation, so that will be my effort," the middle-order batter said.
"Even if I bat first, I will do the same things, I will try to express (myself) and be fearless as I always am."
(With inputs from PTI)