After Asia Cup heist, Suryakumar Yadav shifts focus to T20 World Cup

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Asia Cup 2025, IND vs PAK: After beating Pakistan by five wickets on Sunday to claim the title, Suryakumar Yadav said that India would now shift their focus to the T20 World Cup to be held next year.

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00:0010-12 support staff. That's the real trophy.

00:03Okay, tell me one thing.

00:04That's a good answer to me.

00:06But tell me one thing.

00:08When all of these things were happening with the trophy,

00:10what did you do in your mind?

00:12The players were very relaxed.

00:14The players were relaxed.

00:16Because we were playing cricket.

00:18We were playing cricket.

00:20We were playing cricket.

00:22We focused on the whole tournament on cricket.

00:24If you look at the first game we played in front of them.

00:28We didn't focus on any other things.

00:32We focused only on cricket.

00:34We played cricket and won the tournament.

00:36You said that you didn't have any tips for them.

00:38But would you like to play against the players in the next match?

00:44How do you think?

00:46In the game, everything is up and down.

00:48Aggression comes from the players.

00:50Everyone wants to win the game.

00:52But you should never cross line in those things.

00:54I've told many of the players,

00:56many of the players,

00:58many of the players in the three matches.

01:00I can't share it.

01:02But there was a lot of things.

01:04The players were telling me,

01:06but I told them one thing.

01:08After the first game, after the second game,

01:10that if we focus on cricket,

01:12the occasion is good.

01:14If we win here,

01:16I can't answer any more.

01:18You will also tweet.

01:20You will see it.

01:22Because this performance was due to you,

01:24so you felt that the Prime Minister also wrote something like that?

01:28You were also watching it.

01:30The honourable PM Sir has tweeted.

01:32You were watching the match.

01:34You were watching it.

01:36You were watching it on the front foot.

01:38But if a country leader is standing in front of you,

01:42then you play and relax.

01:44You don't have to think much.

01:46You played well.

01:48It was very good.

01:49The best wishes came from everyone.

01:51And the congratulatory messages came from everyone.

01:53It was very good.

01:54Tell me about the tension in the match.

01:56I had a lot of tension.

01:58When you are batting,

02:00your attention is staying in the game.

02:04But when you are inside,

02:05you feel like

02:06I am also batting

02:08and I am also thinking about what I am thinking about.

02:10So the pressure situation is still there.

02:12But I feel like

02:14our players are well equipped for pressure situations.

02:18They have played in different situations in their state.

02:20As you can see,

02:22our domestic circuit is so strong.

02:24There are players from there.

02:26There are players from there.

02:28There are players from there.

02:29So for me,

02:30we were well equipped.

02:31And we have absorbed the pressure better.

02:32You played a lot of tournaments.

02:35You played a lot of tournaments.

02:36You also played a lot of World Cup winning team.

02:37This is not an ICC tournament.

02:39But the pressure of the tournament

02:40is so important in your career.

02:42What is the trophy in your career?

02:44It was not an ICC tournament.

02:46I think it was not an ICC.

02:47But it was an ICC.

02:48It was an ICC.

02:49It was an alphabet.

02:50And there are similar pressure situations

02:52like in an ICC tournament.

02:54So we were thinking about it.

02:56Like in Super 4,

02:57we will try to see it

02:59as a knockout.

03:01Pre-quarter, quarter-final, semi-final, final.

03:03We were looking at it.

03:04We played a lot of games.

03:05We played a lot of games.

03:06We played a lot of games.

03:07We played a lot of games.

03:08And this was a good tournament.

03:12It was a good tournament.

03:13It was time for World Cup.

03:15But it was a good series.

03:16I mean,

03:17it was a good series.

03:18I mean,

03:19it was a good game.

03:20I think it was a good game.

03:21As a captain,

03:22it is a good game.

03:23How do you feel?

03:24How do you feel?

03:25It's a bit nervous.

03:26Jaspreet Bumra

03:27has also been celebrating.

03:28They are doing a great job.

03:29After I saw Arshiti,

03:30etc.

03:31What was your message

03:33to the final?

03:34To the final,

03:35my message was

03:37that if you are doing

03:38a limit,

03:39it will be fine.

03:41If you are in the water,

03:43and if the water goes above your head,

03:45you will have to beat your hands.

03:47If you cross the line

03:49and you have to say more,

03:50then it will not be fine.

03:52You are playing games.

03:54At the end of the day,

03:55there is a game.

03:56You need to play the intensity.

03:57You need to have aggression.

03:58But if you cross the line

04:00and you have to talk about

04:02something else,

04:03then it will not be fine.

04:04You have given a comment

04:05that it was viral.

04:06It is not a rivalry.

04:08So,

04:09what was the surprise

04:10that you said

04:11first?

04:12What did you think?

04:13Did you put a gamemanship

04:14on the other team

04:15or pressure on the other team?

04:16Or is it a fact?

04:17I've seen many years

04:19before cricket

04:20I've seen it.

04:21I've seen it.

04:22When we played in the 90s

04:23and 2000s,

04:24there was a good rivalry.

04:25It was a good rivalry.

04:26I feel like

04:27post-2007

04:29and after that,

04:31the Indian team

04:32had to play better cricket

04:33against them.

04:34I feel like

04:35we played tournaments

04:37like ICC

04:38and then

04:39Asia Cup

04:40where we played

04:41and all the places

04:42are good.

04:43So,

04:44I had to back my players

04:45and think about

04:47all the skills

04:48and players

04:49I said

04:50that there is no rivalry

04:51because

04:52the pressure

04:53and tight situations

04:54in those situations

04:55that our players

04:56will have better cricket

04:57if you can see

04:58this tournament

04:59against them.

05:00There are moments

05:01that catch

05:02where the team

05:03could grab

05:04but not.

05:05But

05:06the game

05:07pulled

05:08when we played

05:09in pressure

05:10and played a good

05:11match

05:12and played

05:13a better team

05:14from other teams.

05:15The last question

05:16is

05:17you gave your

05:18full match fee

05:19to the armed forces

05:20and when did

05:21you think

05:22and what is behind it?

05:23When we went to the dressing room

05:24and we went outside

05:25and went inside

05:26and went inside

05:27and went inside

05:28and went inside

05:29and I also talked

05:30about it

05:31about it.

05:32Although

05:33he didn't say

05:34but

05:35when we played

05:36the first game

05:37we played

05:38so

05:39I thought

05:40that

05:41the best

05:42moment

05:43to at least

05:44dedicate

05:45the match fees

05:46to me

05:47through the

05:48armed forces

05:49and also

05:50the victims

05:51of pilgrim.

05:52If you can do

05:53small things

05:54you can do

05:55small things

05:56you can do

05:57small things

05:58for your country

05:59but

06:00if

06:01you

06:02do

06:03like it

06:04I think

06:05there are

06:06more

06:07than

06:08two

06:09and

06:10we will

06:11play World Cup

06:12so

06:13that

06:14was a good

06:15moment

06:16and timing

06:17to do

06:18that

06:19to do

06:20that

06:21to do

06:22that

06:23to do

06:24that

06:25thing

06:26I don't

06:27know

06:28what

06:29is

06:30the

06:31moment

06:32that

06:33the

06:34game

06:35is

06:36going to

06:37Mumbai

06:38but

06:39there are

06:40a lot of time

06:41for the game

06:42and there are

06:43two

06:44three

06:45teams

06:46that

06:47will

06:48think

06:49thank you

06:50so much

06:51for taking

06:52our time

06:53I will say

06:54he is the captain

06:55of the best T20 team

06:56in the world

06:57and

06:58I am not saying

06:59that

07:00the record

07:01you will know

07:02that

07:03you will know

07:04thank you

07:05thank you

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