IND vs SA 5th T20I: Suryakumar Yadav was backed by his fellow teammate Tilak Varma, who revealed that the out-of-form India T20I skipper just needs one innings to regain his lost form. “I was just telling him to middle a few balls, remain calm, and take his time. If the team needs, I can accelerate from the other side while he stays at the crease and gets a feel for the bat’s sweet spot," Tilak told reporters in the post-match press conference.
Tilak scored a match-winning knock of 73 runs off 42 balls, and along with Hardik Pandya helped the team post a mammoth target of 231. While chasing, the visitors scored 201 during the last T20I.
The other Indian batters too made significant contributions from batters like Abhishek Sharma (34) and Sanju Samson (37), but Suryakumar yet again registered a low score of 5 runs off 7 balls.
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Tilak said, “If Surya gains that confidence, we all know how dangerous he can be. I advised him to focus on finding gaps rather than clearing fielders. Once he feels the ball coming off the bat well, the big shots will follow. Everyone is waiting for that one crucial innings from him."
Suryakumar has been going through a lean patch, where in 16 consecutive innings has scored 25 runs for MI in IPL. But his performance in this format this year has been disappointing as he has scored 218 runs after playing in 19 matches at an average of 13.62 and no fifties.
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Tilak also lauded Jasprit Bumrah and Varun Chakravarthy for their brilliant performance, which helped them to win the match by 30 runs and also the series by 3-1.
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“Compared to other fast bowlers, everyone knows Jasprit Bumrah has that extra sting in his bowling. Similarly, Varun Chakravarthy has something special with which he can take wickets at crucial times. These two are the bowlers we rely on whenever we need a wicket, and Varun demonstrated that today by taking two wickets in an over while we were under pressure," he concluded.