I don't want to be captain, I want to be the leader: Suryakumar Yadav

Suryakumar Yadav's heart is beating with joy watching his teammates care for each other, as he starts his journey to become a leader of men rather than a mere captain of a cricket team.

In his first series as full-time T20I captain, Suryakumar won the 'Player of The Series' award after two brilliant knocks in the first two games, but getting two wickets with his off-breaks in a thrilling Super Over win was an icing on the cake.

Like I said before the series, I don't want to be the captain, I want to be the leader, Suryakumar said at the post-match presentation ceremony.

He couldn't stop praising his teammates, who showed a lot of heart in defending a modest 137.

The amount of skill they have, self-confidence, it makes my job easy. The positivity, the care for each other is unbelievable. After the last game, I told few boys will be rested and they were ready to sit out.

They have made my job easy. I have little pressure when I bat, he said.

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