Suryakumar Yadav revealed that he had worked hard on both his fitness and mental health, even taking time during the Covid break to work and prepare really well for that season. So, the right-handed batter was expecting to be in the T20I squad but got the shocker at the end.
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Everyone around me, including teammates from other countries, thought I’d be flying to Australia. I was already on that flight, mentally. But when I wasn’t selected, it hit me hard. I couldn’t understand what went wrong.”
Suryakumar Yadav had to take a break to heal
Suryakumar added, “I started thinking in a reverse way; I thought about what and where it went wrong. For the next 2-3 days, I didn’t speak to anyone. I took a break and didn’t even practice. I knew my mind and heart were not in the right place, so I decided to relax instead. When I returned to the ground, people noticed I was off, and Mahela Jayawardene and Zaheer Khan could see it too.”
But Suryakumar eventually turned the pain into motivation. Just days after the snub, he played a fiery knock of 79 runs off 43 balls for the Mumbai Indians against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Suryakumar Yadav reveals how he rewrote his journey
Suryakumar signed off by saying, “From 2021 to 2024, I focused on exploiting specific areas, finding scoring options where I could also minimize the risk. Everything I do in matches now, I’ve already practiced. I try to replicate those sessions exactly.”
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