I knew that if I bat till the end, I can make a difference – Suryakumar Yadav

India captain Suryakumar Yadav came in clutch with a very special performance that saw the Men in Blue survive an early scare against USA in the T20 World Cup 2026. He was also the Player of the Match for his scintillating performance. Talking at the post-match presentation, SKY opened up on India’s overall performance while underlining his familiarity with the surfaces in Mumbai.

Shedding light on his thought process when India wobbled at 77/6, SKY said, “Only I can tell actually at the position which we were in, 77 for 6, how much pressure I was feeling. But then at the same time, I had that belief that I have batted in similar situations. And also when I have played my lot of cricket here in Maidans of Mumbai cricket, Azad Maidan, Cross Maidan. So I knew that if I bat till the end, I can make a difference.”

Highlighting the pitch conditions, SKY added, “It was a little different wicket from what it is always at Wankhede. But at the same time, we knew when we woke up in the morning, we saw outside there wasn't a lot of sun outside. I think the curator and the groundsmen, they tried their best to prepare the best pitch. But I think a few things are not in their control. So there wasn't enough sunlight to have that pitch rolled, watered. Maybe because of that, but we can't be brushing everything under the carpet. We could have batted a little better.”

Adding further on the areas that India will be looking forward to working upon, SKY stated, “I think after winning also, you get to learn a lot of things. And today we learned that we could have batted a little better or maybe a little smarter. Those small, small partnerships could have got us to 160 rather than one batter or two batter trying to play it till the end. But at the same time, it's okay. We sit around aaram se [sit relaxed], we have a lot of time, five days for the next game and we'll come back stronger.”

He concluded by sharing an important update about Washington Sundar and Jasprit Bumrah, saying, “Washi is joining us in Delhi. He's good. Everything is fine. Bumrah, he was having high fever due to because of weather, like how Abhishek was under the weather. But rest, everything is good.”