He was in the India squad for the 2023 World Cup, but there was a time when his career wasn’t progressing. In this chat, Surya Kumar Yadav recalls the tough times. 🏏 Oaktree Sports
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00:00People keep talking on the side, that you'll be there, you'll be there.
00:03And if he doesn't come, then you're thinking, how did this happen?
00:07I said, is this really real?
00:10He looked at me and said, you'll play today.
00:14I said, okay, why are you scaring me?
00:24We know the quality of him. He's got shots all over the ground.
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00:36Not just you, me, all your fans, everybody was saying,
00:39boss, give him the India cap.
00:42What are you doing?
00:43I mean, now he's giving it to me.
00:45It's justified that he's going ahead. Now give him the cap.
00:48I can imagine you'd be a little disappointed, right?
00:51Because all the runs are coming in.
00:54You're seeing shots of different places.
00:55Everyone is saying that it should be done.
00:57Still you haven't got it yet.
00:58As soon as the IPL started and as soon as I was going to the IPL,
01:01then a tour came.
01:03Two or three spots were announced and I was not there.
01:06I mean, I was hearing this from the rest of the people.
01:09People kept talking on the side, that you'll be there, you'll be there.
01:12And if I didn't come, then you're thinking,
01:15how did it happen?
01:17It was going well for the last two years.
01:20It feels like, what do I do now?
01:22And then, they also asked me,
01:26I'm disappointed.
01:27I said, what do I say now?
01:28You can understand it by looking at it.
01:30You must be feeling it too.
01:32Then the match came.
01:34At the time of the match, Zaheer Khan and Mahila Jayawardhan
01:38explained it to me, I said, I think this is the perfect opportunity for you.
01:42Here, show everyone what you have got.
01:46I said, okay.
01:47But still, I was thinking,
01:51you keep thinking about the human tendency, how to do it.
01:53But, it was good that I got the feeling first.
01:56So, gradually, the rush of blood was reduced.
01:59The adrenaline was very low.
02:02I wasn't thinking much.
02:03Everything was going on its own, in motion, as it should be.
02:06The target came, the situation came.
02:08I said, boss, this is the time.
02:11If I run it here, then everything will fall in place.
02:15It happened as it was, and then we won the match.
02:18And everything was like...
02:19We roamed around the dressing room.
02:21And the family members were sitting upstairs.
02:24I looked at them and said, boss, it's me.
02:28Don't worry.
02:29Nice.
02:30It was very instinctive.
02:31I didn't think that I would win or do this or that.
02:35I roamed around the dressing room.
02:37I wasn't too sure or anything.
02:39Whatever came to my mind at that time.
02:41The last breath I took after the match,
02:44that was proper satisfaction.
02:46So, then, after such a long wait,
02:48when you got the India cap, when the name was announced,
02:51what was the...
02:52Can you describe what the feeling was at that time?
02:55Actually, I closed the door and sat alone in the room for 5-10 minutes.
02:59I pinched myself.
03:01I even gave myself a slap.
03:03I asked, is this really happening?
03:06I called everyone at home,
03:09my mom, dad, sister and wife, to talk.
03:12They were obviously crying.
03:14I said, okay, it's an emotional moment,
03:17but please sing a little.
03:19But that 5-10 minute moment,
03:23after I closed my eyes, I remembered everything.
03:25What I did in the last 4-5 years.
03:29I mean, the places where I had to show my discipline.
03:33I remembered all those places.
03:35And when you got the cap, who gave it to you?
03:37Actually, Ravi sir gave me the cap.
03:39He called me in the afternoon.
03:42He called me in the afternoon and sat by the poolside.
03:45When he called me, I felt that something was happening today.
03:49Come down. Come to the pool.
03:51He called me and said, come to the pool.
03:53I said, okay, sir. Coming.
03:54After going down, I looked at him and said,
03:58you will play today.
04:00I said, okay, sir. Why are you scaring me?