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Sanju Samson will open the innings for India along with Abhishek Sharma in the first T20I of the five-match series.

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00:00Suresh is coming back into the set-up, T20 set-up after a long time and you have had your best success as No. 3.
00:13So now with Tilak being injured, do you have your record or you are still happy with batting at No. 4?
00:20If you like the batting at No. 4, have you given a thought that Tilak is not there from time being?
00:26See, I have batted at both the positions for India, No. 3 and No. 4.
00:30No. 4 is better than No. 3.
00:34But then we are flexible with that. We will see what the situation is when we play a game.
00:40If there is a situation, if we have to send our right-hander, then I will walk in.
00:44Otherwise, Tilak has been doing really well at No. 3.
00:47So yeah, in terms of this series and this is the final leg of preparations before the T20 World Cup.
00:56Personally and also from the team's perspective, how important is this series for you?
01:01As like you have been batting very well at the Nets, but somehow there is run brought out there in the middle.
01:07So do you need to do anything differently to get back to that?
01:11I think all the series which we have played have been very important.
01:14Every game we play in a series is very important. We try and get something out of it.
01:18But yeah, as you rightly said, I have been batting really well.
01:21And also, talking about the runs, it will definitely come.
01:26But at the same time, I can't do things differently.
01:28I don't want to change my identity.
01:30What has given me success in the past 3-4 years, I would like to bat the same way.
01:35And then, if performance comes, I will take it.
01:38If it doesn't come, then I will go back to the drawing board, practice again, work hard and come back stronger.
01:43So how do you stay focused? How do you shut off the outside noise?
01:57You always stay calm, confident and you always have a smile on the face, no matter what the situation is.
02:02Look, sir, if it's a single sport, if I play table tennis, lawn tennis or a single sport,
02:08then I definitely think about it.
02:10But here, it's a team sport.
02:11In the team sport, my first responsibility is that how are you doing?
02:15How are you doing? How are you doing? How are you doing? How are you doing? How are you doing? How are you doing?
02:17How are you doing? How are you doing? How are you doing? How are you doing? How are you doing?
02:19And if I'm doing my performance, then it's okay.
02:21If it doesn't happen, there's no problem. It's never happening.
02:23But at the same time, I have to look after all the other 14 players also.
02:27Then there are support staff as well.
02:28So I have been appointed as leader of everyone.
02:31So if I have to take responsibility for everyone, then I have to think about the best of the team.
02:36I think there's no room in personal milestones.
02:40It's a team sport. Everyone has to step up.
02:43Everyone has to step up.
02:44Everyone has to be happy for everyone.
02:46I think that is the most important thing in a team atmosphere.
02:48And that's what I like to do.
02:51Hi, Surya. Welcome to Naapur.
02:53It's a good thing that this new season is coming from Naapur.
02:56How is it?
02:57I don't like to do a team sport.
02:59That's right.
03:00Ready.
03:01I don't like to do a team sport, and then I didn't quite appreciate it.
03:02I think that's my team sport.
03:03I was just like, moving into the tournament.
03:04That's where I was talking about,
03:05the team sport has to get at home.
03:10After this, I was just like the team sport.
03:11We are not playing the spinner in New Zealand and South Africa.
03:17We have not played the spinners so we can play the spinners.
03:21What is the reason for this?
03:23We are playing the spinner and playing the spinner.
03:27I have seen the series as far as I can play.
03:30I have played the spinners and played the bowling.
03:34If you can see the against, our numbers are better for the last years.
03:40I don't have to think about it.
03:43This is the best team in this format.
03:45You know how we play cricket.
03:47We will play cricket and enjoy it.
03:50Surya, two questions.
03:53In the last month, we came to talk about what areas you need to pour.
03:58Can you tell us about what matters you have in terms of your batting?
04:02I didn't go to the batting.
04:03I had to open the ground.
04:05I had to batting there.
04:07I had to think about what I had to give my identity in T20 cricket.
04:12I have been working on all of those things.
04:15When I was in the first batting, in 2020-21,
04:18I had to think about how I had batting the Indian team in the last 3-4 years.
04:21I thought I had to understand the game.
04:23What is the game?
04:24I had to understand the template of this team.
04:26If we are going forward, how do we play T20 cricket?
04:28In this case, I have practiced the same way.
04:30I have practiced the same way.
04:31And now, I am going to batting the same way in the net.
04:33I was obviously going to play the same way.
04:35And I will try that in the game.
04:37Just one other quick question.
04:39Tilak and Vashi Lapsen, how much has that disrupted your plans for the ball?
04:43Injury is a part of a sportsman in life.
04:47So, we cannot do anything in that.
04:49It is not in anyone's control.
04:51But at the same time, it is like,
04:52we will get the opportunity for another person to play.
04:55I mean, obviously, we will miss Tilak and Vashi also.
04:58You will know how much they did for the Indian team
05:01whenever they have played this format.
05:03But at the same time,
05:04we will have to play with anyone.
05:06We will not know about nine people.
05:08But someone will get an opportunity.
05:09And I wish them all the best.
05:13I wish them all the best.
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