Suryakumar Yadav (C) with PM Narendra Modi© X (previously Twitter)
Suryakumar Yadav’s catch within the remaining over of the T20 World Cup remaining will go down the annals of Indian cricketing historical past as one of many seminal moments of the triumphant journey. Throughout an interplay with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the staff’s triumphant return dwelling, Suryakumar Yadav (SKY) revealed what had helped him hold calm in that state of affairs. “At that second I didn’t suppose that I might catch it, I used to be pondering I would push the ball in and save the boundary as a result of the wind was additionally in opposition to me. As soon as I had the ball in my hand I believed I would throw it the opposite aspect however Rohit bhai was too far at the moment so I threw it within the air and caught it,” he stated. “Now we have practised lots for such conditions as I feel that I already do batting however the place else can I contribute to the staff,” stated Yadav to the Hon’ble Prime Minister.
India wanted to defend 16 runs within the final over due to a superb remaining few overs by Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh, who restricted the opposition to 2 and 4 runs of their respective overs. Hardik Pandya’s first ball may not have been precisely the place he meant to throw it however a superb effort by Suryakumar at lengthy off noticed the departure of David Miller and helped India carry the trophy.
#WATCH | Throughout his interplay with PM Narendra Modi, Suryakumar Yadav stated, “…At that second I didn’t suppose whether or not I might be capable of catch the ball or not and as soon as the ball got here in my hand, I needed to choose it up and cross it to the opposite aspect… Now we have practised this factor a… pic.twitter.com/1dJ3G4taEd
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PM Modi additionally went on to ask if the staff practices for catches so near the boundary ropes ‘the place you’ll have to throw the ball within the air’, to which Rahul Dravid revealed that Surya has taken ‘150-160 such catches within the apply.’
“Ever since I got here from the IPL, I had taken many such catches however didn’t know God would give me the chance at such a time. The apply helped me in maintaining calm at that time. The one distinction was often nobody was sitting within the stands however there have been fairly lots of people at the moment,” joked SKY.
PM Modi stated that he couldn’t assist however admire the hassle from Suryakumar Yadav in such a giant match and even known as him fortunate that such a giant event is now linked to SKY’s life.
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