My Confidence High While Playing Scoop Shot: Suryakumar Yadav

India’s middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav, who has had a successful outing in the ongoing T20 World Cup, scoring 225 runs in five matches at a strike rate of 193.96 opened up about his batting approach in a conversation with Ravichandran Ashwin.

“I’ve been enjoying batting right now, doing all those things, what I do in practice sessions and what I practice in the last two years. So really happy with that. I only see the gaps, when I go to bat. And, I’ve just been enjoying batting whenever I go inside, (I am) just in a completely different zone altogether,” said Suryakumar to Ashwin on BCCI.TV.

The 32-year-old spoke about going onto the field and expressing himself.

“I’ve succeeded a lot of times than failing while playing this shot (scoop). So, the confidence is really high when playing those strokes. And I’ve been just going out and just exploding that’s it. It’s all about with what intent you go into bat and as I rightly said before, also, I just try and get runs off every ball. And if there’s an opportunity, then why not? Even if it’s the first ball, just grab it.”

When asked about playing in Australia for the first time, the right-hand batter said the bounce at the Wankhede Stadium helped him prepare better for the T20 World Cup.

“Everyone asked me only one question. You have never been to Australia. Bouncy fast tracks, big grounds. I’ve never played there. What is your preparation gonna be like? But I said the same thing. When I practice back home, I play at The Wankhede. The bounce is really good. So, the ground is not that quick, but the bounce is the same. They prepare good fast tracks for me over there. So, I have practiced a lot over there. And coming here I’ve always enjoyed batting on big grounds because I see those big, big pockets, I see the gap. I hit the gap and run hard if I’m under pressure or something like that. So, I’ve always enjoyed batting on big grounds and on bouncy tracks. So, it hasn’t been a problem for me,” added Surya.