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India T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav lavished praise on head coach Gautam Gambhir after the team's dominating seven-wicket win against England in the first T20I at Eden Gardens Kolkata. India's T20I team are currently on a winning streak as they won all their four T20I series since T20 World Cup 2024 final.
Sky also believes that India set the benchmark after they won the toss. The India captain went on to appreciate the bowlers by saying that they executed the plans well, adding that the way the batters went was the icing on the cake.
“The energy after we won the toss set the benchmark. Bowlers had plans, executed, and the way we batted was icing on the cake. We did the same in South Africa, Hardik had responsibility to bowl new ball so cushion to play the extra spinner. Varun’s preparations are on point, and Arshdeep is taking the extra responsibility," said Suryakumar Yadav after India's win.
India head coach Gambhir who faced a lot of criticism after India's 1-3 loss in Australia during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 has been backed by the T20I captain for giving freedom to the team.
“There’s a lot of freedom being given by Gauti bhai, we want to play a bit different. The fielding is one area we’ve been working really hard. Let’s take those half chances and make a difference," he added.
Coming back to the match, Abhishek Sharma's hard-hitting 79 off 34 balls knock followed by Varun Chakravarty's three-wicket haul helped India to register a dominating win in Kolkata. On the other hand, England skipper Jos Buttler was the lone warrior for the visitors as he scored 68 off 44. Apart from him, no other batter managed to score more than 17 runs. Team India are currently leading 1-0 in the five-match series. The second match between India and England will take place at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on January 25.
