‘Not to thing about fear…’: Suryakumar Yadav reveals India’s secret behind the trophy-winning streak

The Champions Trophy victory in February was in the ODI format, and last month Suryakumar led India to their second Asia Cup title in the T20 format. The big-hitting batter said India are reaping the rewards of playing an attacking brand of cricket.

“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.

Until the trophy in Barbados in June 2024, India had not won an ICC event for more than 10 years, but fate turned towards them under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma- who also announced his retirement from the format after the victory. 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.