New Delhi. India’s World Cup-winning captain Suryakumar Yadav has said that he wants to play Test cricket, he does not like ODI cricket much, but T20 is his strength because he has set his hand in it. Suryakumar, in an exclusive podcast interview with PTI, used Mumbai’s Hindi as ‘hath set jaaye hai’, which has no correct translation in English. This means that he has now become an expert player in T20 and he finds it very easy to play in this format. During the one-hour conversation, Suryakumar looked quite relaxed and was very happy after leading India to a spectacular victory in the World Cup. He spoke openly about his disappointment of not playing Test cricket. Suryakumar reminded with a smile that he had played a test match against Australia in which he could play only one innings. Suryakumar said, you get only what is written in your destiny. I also started playing red ball cricket and played Ranji Trophy for 10-12 years. A lot of cricket has been played with the red ball in Mumbai, because if you grow up in Mumbai, you start with the red ball, so everything revolves around the red ball. He said, but gradually when we started playing cricket with the white ball, I got inclined towards it. After this I started taking interest in T20. I tried to play well in ODIs too but could not do anything special. The Indian captain said, the way things were going on in T20 cricket, I can say that my hand is set in it. Suryakumar was asked whether he would like to play Test cricket if given a chance? He clearly replied, I would be very happy, because as I told, I have played a lot of red ball cricket from 2010-11 to 2020. Playing with the red ball for ten years is a very long time. I was very fond of this format. Who wouldn’t want to play Test cricket if given a chance? But at the age of 35, it is almost impossible for Suryakumar to make a place in the Test team. His only experience in Test was the match played against Australia in Nagpur in 2023, in which he scored eight runs in an innings. In the same year, he took part in the final of the ODI World Cup against Australia, in which he scored 18 runs in 28 balls. India lost the final and Suryakumar could never play in this format after that. Suryakumar was asked that when T20 gives more thrill to the fans in less time and Test cricket gives them traditional satisfaction, then does ODI have any future? In a diplomatic manner, he respected this format without completely rejecting it. The number of bilateral series in ODI is continuously decreasing, which is a sign of the decline of this format and if this continues, ODI cricket may end. Suryakumar said, I think as closely as I have watched ODI cricket, it is a format where you have to bat in three different ways. Sometimes if you go to bat early, if wickets fall early then you have to bat like Test cricket. He said, then you have to bat with a good strike rate like in ODI and bat in the last overs of the innings like in T20. So it’s a format that I could never understand. I tried my best to play it but it is a challenging format. India’s legendary spinner Ravichandran Ashwin believes that ODI cricket is slowly dying. Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram had once advised ICC to abolish it completely. England’s Kevin Pietersen believes that due to the continuous growth of T20 cricket, 50 over cricket is in the most danger. Suryakumar also remembered the preparations and atmosphere made during the ODI World Cup 2023. He said, when I was with the team for the 2023 ODI World Cup and played in it, the atmosphere of that format, the preparations before the final, all that was completely different from the matches played in the 2026 and 2024 T20 World Cups. He said, hence its attraction is different. ODI cricket also has its own charm, T20 is even more different.