India vs England: Camaraderie has been really good: Suryakumar Yadav on his rapport with skipper Rohit Sharma

Talking
during
the
pre-match
press
conference,
Yadav
said
the
Indian
captain
has
helped
him
a
lot
with
his
batting
during
his
domestic
cricket
playing
days.
Not
only
do
the
duo
share
the
Indian
dressing
room,
Yadav
and
Rohit
have
both
played
together
for
Mumbai
in
domestic
cricket
as
well
as
IPL
franchise
Mumbai
Indians.

On
the
eve
of
the
third
ODI
against
England,
Yadav
said,
“Camaraderie
has
been
really
good.
He’s
been
watching
me
and
talking
about
my
cricket
since
I
played
domestic
cricket.

“Coming
into
IPL
in
2018-19
we
used
to
talk
about
how
I
can
improve
my
game,
handle
pressure
situations
and
move
forward.
We
have
had
a
lot
of
chats
about
my
game
and
I
have
literally
felt
him
on
the
ground
whenever
he’s
leading
I
have
learnt
from
him,”
said
Yadav.

Talking
about
his
mindset
about
how
he
approaches
ODI
cricket
as
opposed
to
T20
cricket,
Suryakumar
said,
“My
mind
set
is
the
same
in
ODI.
I
try
to
bat
similar
to
how
I
do
in
T20.
Playing
the
natural
game
is
important
and
there
is
an
advantage
in
one
days
that
five
fielders
are
inside
the
circle
so
the
intent
is
always
to
score
runs.
Even
if
the
wickets
are
falling
I
try
to
keep
the
scoreboard
ticking.”

Meanwhile,
talking
about
his
game,
the
31-year-old
Mumbai
batsman
added
that
he
has
worked
on
improving
his
game
to
keep
up
with
modern
day
cricket.
“He
(Sunil
Gavaskar)
is
our
first
inspiration
but
cricket
has
evolved
and
bowlers
also
make
their
plans.
So,
I
have
worked
on
how
I
can
improve
my
game
in
the
last
three
years,
how
I
can
make
runs
and
that
is
what
I
practice.
I
have
just
added
a
few
shots
of
my
own.”

Before
signing
off,
Suryakumar
said
his
century
in
the
third
T20
against
England
serves
as
a
motivation.
“It
is
a
good
motivation,
obviously
I
was
happy
and
there
was
an
opportunity
to
make
the
team
win.
It
feels
nice
that
people
expect
from
me.
I
got
motication
from
that
to
perform
for
the
team,
win
the
match,”
he
signed
off.

India
is
set
to
take
on
England
in
the
third
ODI
in
Manchester
on
Sunday
(July
17).
The
ODI
series
is
levelled
1-1,
after
England
bounced
back
to
clinch
a
100-run
win
over
the
visitors.

Meanwhile,
talking
about
the
final
ODI,
SKY
said,
“We
are
not
thinking
too
much
about
the
game.
The
T20I
series
concluded
and
we
won.
We
are
excited
for
the
3rd
ODI.
It’s
a
beautiful
ground
and
wicket
as
well.
We
will
play
our
best.”

Suryakumar
further
add
that
the
morale
is
high
in
both
teams
ahead
of
the
decider.
“At
this
time
morale
is
high
in
both
teams
because
both
are
playing
very
good
cricket.
As
you
saw
in
the
T20,
England
played
good
cricket
there
and
we
also
played
some
fine
games.
An
even
in
ODIs,
we
played
a
good
game
in
the
first
match,
they
(England)
also
did
well.

“Now
in
the
series
decider,
the
morale
of
both
teams
will
be
high.
And
the
energy
from
both
sides
will
be
good
in
the
match.
So
we
are
waiting
for
tomorrow’s
match,”
signed
off
Yadav.