Suryakumar Yadav PC For IND vs SA Super-8: In the T20 World Cup 2026, Team India, captained by Suryakumar Yadav, will play the first match of Super-8 against South Africa on Sunday (22 February). Before this match, Suryakumar Yadav held a press conference, in which he answered all the questions starting from playing eleven. Apart from this, Surya also raised questions on a rule.

What did you say about Abhishek Sharma?

While talking about Abhishek Sharma who is in poor form, Surya said that I am worried about those people who are worried about Abhishek. I am more worried about the teams that will face him later. He did everything last year, now it’s time for us to favor him.

Question raised on pre-seeding

Let us tell you that in the group stage, the top teams came into one group, while the second-ranked teams came into the other group. This decision was taken on the basis of ranking. Surya raised questions on this pre-seeding. Apart from this, Australian spinner MD Zampa had also criticized this rule.

Surya said that I do not know who takes this decision. But if I go there someday, I will definitely try to fix it.

What did you say on the pitch?

Talking on the pitch, Surya said that we are ready to accept any wicket. We have played on difficult pitches till now, we know what is required on those pitches. The toss is overrated. If you bat well in the first innings. Even if dew comes, you will still be able to defend.

Suryakumar Yadav said on playing 11

Answering a question asked about Sanju Samson, Surya said, do you want me to play him (Sanju) instead of Abhishek Sharma? Or should I feed Tilak instead of number three? It’s going well. Scoring 40-50 runs in powerplay, it is normal cricket. We have played better in bilaterals. It became clear somewhere from Surya’s statement that Abhishek will remain in the playing 11.