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India's T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav was full of praise for former India captain Rohit Sharma in regards to teaching him tricks and the art of leadership. While speaking at an event on Thursday, Suryakumar stated that the fear of failure in knockout matches has vanished from the side, as it has significantly contributed to the national team's remarkable achievements over the last 15 months.

Suryakumar's analogy stands true, as Team India, since 2024, clinched the T20 World Cup tournament, while also securing two ICC titles and the Asia Cup. Although the Champions Trophy victory in February was achieved in the ODI format, Suryakumar recently guided India to their second Asia Cup title in the T20 format last month.

The 35-year-old Cricketer stated that India is benefiting from their approach of playing an aggressive style of cricket.

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"I feel in the last year and a half, when we started winning the championships, we started playing this game in a little different way. In knockout situations, not to think about fear of failure, just go out and do what we do best and put our best foot forward and not think about the result," said Suryakumar at a 'Skyscanner' event as reported by PTI.

Suryakumar said a mental reset brought about the desired results.

"That's the attitude, that's the culture we created in the team environment. Cricket has been going on for a really long time, but since 2022, we thought, after we came back from Australia, after that T20 World Cup in Australia, we thought, we'll have to do something different.

"If we have to win a championship, we'll have to play in a different way," said the India skipper.

Suryakumar also gave due credit to Rohit Sharma for teaching him the tricks of the leadership trade.

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"I think it's more of a brother's bond which we share, we go a long way. I still remember when I made my first class debut for Bombay in 2010-2011. He was around in the domestic circuit and from there to the IPL franchise Mumbai Indians.

"Then I left, went to KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders). But when I came back (to Mumbai Indians) in 2018, he was the captain. That's when the journey started. I Learned a lot of tricks of the trade. Learned all the leadership qualities and how he used to handle everyone on the field, off the field.

"And then when he became captain of India in T20 and ODIs, that's when I could see the real Rohit Sharma with a lot of pressure," said Suryakumar.

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