USA captain Rishi Ramesh previews ICC u19 Cricket world
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00:00 How are you feeling ahead of this first game?
00:05 Very excited, also very nervous.
00:07 I mean it's obviously going to be a huge game for us as USA, so can't wait to play them.
00:13 What does it mean to you to be captain of this side?
00:17 It's honestly a huge responsibility and a huge opportunity as well.
00:21 I mean there can only be one captain and it shows the respect and authority that your
00:29 teammates have given you and it's a great honor to be able to represent my country.
00:34 What can we expect from you as a player?
00:38 Hopefully a few big scores and a couple wickets here and there, maybe a couple diving catches
00:44 around the field.
00:45 What would you say from a leadership style point of view, what is yours?
00:52 Leadership I like to be calm, cool and friendly with my teammates but when a wicket falls
00:57 in the opposition team it kind of gets rowdy.
01:01 I like to celebrate with quite some ferocity, kind of like Virat Kohli, so can expect to
01:07 see some of that.
01:08 And as a team what are your main strengths?
01:14 I'd say our strengths are our deep batting lineup.
01:17 I think whatever combination we take on that given day, I think we always bat deep to around
01:23 number 7, number 8.
01:24 And this tournament, what are you hoping to achieve?
01:28 We're here to win, obviously USA is going to be seen as an underdog but we're here to
01:33 prove to everyone that we are competitive and we're here to showcase our talent.
01:37 For those who do not know, what is the cricketing landscape like back home?
01:44 Obviously in USA there aren't many great facilities or great resources.
01:50 We've come here to South Africa and we've seen an amazing ground which was just a uni
01:54 ground but obviously over the last few years the development has been great and we've gotten
02:01 a lot more resources so you can see our talents and our skills are starting to grow as well.
02:06 What do you think it will mean to people if you do really well in this tournament?
02:10 I think it's just showing the support back to everyone that gave it to us.
02:15 Our journey here could not have been done without our fans and everyone that supported
02:18 us on the way, so we'll be doing this for them mainly.