Suryakumar Yadav statement on Washington Sundar: Team India captain Suryakumar Yadav said that Washington Sundar will join Team India in Delhi.

New Delhi: In its first match of ICC T20 World Cup 2026, Team India defeated America by 29 runs. Captain Suryakumar Yadav was the biggest hero in Team India’s victory. This is the reason why he has also been chosen Player of the Match. After the match, along with the victory of top team India, he also gave a big update regarding the injured player Washington Sundar. Captain Suryakumar Yadav made it clear that Washington Sundar will join Team India in the match against Namibia in Delhi. Earlier it was being said that Sundar might be out of the tournament, but he is getting fit fast, which is a good news for the Indian team.

Apart from this, he also expressed his views regarding the failure of the top order in the match against America and the pitch of Mumbai. He said, “Only I know how much pressure I was under. Although I have played a lot of cricket here and I believed in myself that if I play till the end, we can reach a better position. I have played a lot of cricket here, on the cross ground, on the Azad ground, so I knew how to bat here. The curator and the ground staff tried but many things were not in their control, but we could have batted better than this. We learned today that we need to build partnerships. Have to pay attention.”

What did Surya say on the team’s batting

On Indian team’s batting, Suryakumar Yadav said, “We knew that someday this day would come. I felt that it is necessary for a batsman to stay till the end, because it seemed a wicket of 140 instead of 180-190 and during the break after the 14th over, Gauti Bhai had advised me to stay till the end, saying that he knew that I would cover later. I have experience of playing in such conditions and surface.”

Surya broke Virat Kohli’s record

Along with the victory over America, Suryakumar Yadav also broke a big record of Virat Kohli. In fact, Surya has left Virat Kohli behind in terms of most player of the match awards for Team India in the T20 format. In T20, Surya won the title of Player of the Match for India for the 17th time, whereas Virat Kohli has got it 16 times, but now he has lagged behind.