How exploding stars have led Team India's impressive run in T20Is

Published On : 2024-11-17T09:01:42+0530 [ IST ] | Author : Mayur_Tembhare
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LEADING THE SMASH AND GRAB: Tilak Varma and Sanju Samson. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images/Getty Images)Backed by the team management an Indian team in transition is winning matches by playing a brand of T20 cricket that is exhilarating

Suryakumar Yadavand Co. is looking good heading into the next T20 World Cup hosted by India and Sri Lanka in just over a year. The team has finished the year by winning 24 of 26 T20Is played in 2024 a very impressive run.

Even after the exit of senior stalwarts Rohit Sharma Rohit Sharmaand Virat Kohli from the format and despite the absence of match-winners like Rishabh Pant and Jasprit Bumrah Jasprit Bumra

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The most refreshing aspect of the team's journey post the T20 World title is the freedom with which they expressed themselves especially with the bat.

Everybody has a different skill set and they also want to come out and express themselves. So freedom is very important when they get on the field which is what I try to give," Suryakumar said at the start of the series and his team has lived up to the philosophy.

The freedom the team management has given to the players has meant that the Indian team has posted 200-over-totals on six of the eight occasions they batted first post the T20 World Cup.

Two men who have immensely benefitted from the role clarity given to them are Sanju Samson Sanju Samsonand Tilak Varma. Asked to open the innings Samson now holds the record for scoring the most T20 international tons (3) in a calendar year.

Two of those hundreds resulted in India raking up their highest team totals in international cricket 297/6 against Bangladesh in October and 283/1 against South Africa in Johannesburg on Friday.

In between he scored consecutive ducks in both Sri Lanka and South Africa. The team management has backed him and he has repaid them with interest.

In the T20Is I never thought of consistency. If there is a ball to be hit it is necessary for me to capitalize on that. In the team even our captain Surya Gautam bhai and Laxman sir emphasise maximising runs in the first innings. Even if I'm in the 90s

After making a comeback from injury he scored 33 and 20 batting at No. 4. That's when the skipper offered the southpaw a chance to bat at No.3 and the Hyderabadi exploded with back-to-back hundreds.

The team backed us even when we flopped. They told us to play the brand of cricket the team is known for.

The big question now is how to fit in the likes of Samson and Varma when Jaiswal, Gill and Pant return. "I haven't thought that far ahead. When they come back we'll discuss it calmly. It will be tough but it's a good headache

Source : Reporters From Sunrise Chronicles

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