Suryakumar Yadav, India’s T20I skipper, had an amusing conversation on social media with Rinku Singh that left their fans in stitches, where they referenced a trending Indian Premier League video from earlier this year in which Rinku had requested Virat Kohli for a bat.
India is presently touring Sri Lanka starting from 27th July when the first T20I will be played. On his Instagram story which went viral, Surya posted a picture of him and Rinku having a chat. Below it he wrote: “Theek hai bat le lena.”
Rinku however took the banter forward by re-posting and saying; “De do bhaiya bat”.
Surya was preferred over Hardik Pandya to captain the national side in T20Is by BCCI.
Surya has captained India twice before in T20 format of cricket so he will lead the team in three-match T20 series on the island nation.
Afterwards Rohit Sharma will continue as skipper for the one-day international series where Virat Kohli is also included.
This tour marks Gautam Gambhir’s first assignment since taking over Rahul Dravid as India’s chief coach after last month’s World Cup T20.
