{"id":17623,"date":"2025-10-05T05:46:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T05:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/05\/i-always-wanted-to-play-under-dhoni-but-suryakumar-yadav-opens-up-on-missed-opportunity-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T05:46:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T05:46:32","slug":"i-always-wanted-to-play-under-dhoni-but-suryakumar-yadav-opens-up-on-missed-opportunity-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/05\/i-always-wanted-to-play-under-dhoni-but-suryakumar-yadav-opens-up-on-missed-opportunity-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I Always Wanted to Play Under Dhoni But\u2026&#8217;: Suryakumar Yadav Opens Up On Missed Opportunity | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9615152\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">October 05, 2025, 10:55 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9615152\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-1470284115 asubttl-schema\">Suryakumar Yadav shares lessons from MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma, reflecting on leadership and pressure.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b artsharwrp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news18.co\/gnps-en-btn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"jsx-91f4da8d48c13a79 gglebtn bgsky\"\/><\/p>\n<div id=\"artshare\" class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b artshare\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b stickdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b deskwrapstkdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b fontchange\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/english\/font.svg\" height=\"30px\" width=\"30px\" alt=\"font\" title=\"font\" class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b lazyload\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-1470284115 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MS Dhoni (PTI Photo, representative)\" title=\"MS Dhoni (PTI Photo, representative)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-1470284115\"\/><\/p>\n<p>MS Dhoni (PTI Photo, representative)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\">T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav has revealed that he always wanted to play for India when former India captain MS Dhoni was leading the team, adding that one thing that he always learnt from the latter was how to stay relaxed in all pressure situations and how he analyses a match.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">By the time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/photogallery\/cricket\/suryakumar-yadav-looks-to-take-asia-cup-momentum-into-indias-t20i-tour-of-australia-9614179.html\">Suryakumar<\/a> made his debut for the national side, Dhoni had already retired from international cricket.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">The only instance Suryakumar and Dhoni were part of the same setup was during the 2021 T20 World Cup, where the latter served as India\u2019s mentor and the former was a team member.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\">\u201cFirstly, I always wanted to get an opportunity when he was the captain of India. But I never got it. I saw him behind the stumps whenever I played against him. He has been very cool,&#8221; Suryakumar said while speaking at the<em> JITO Connect 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\">\u201cOne thing that I have learned from him when I played against him is to stay relaxed in all pressure situations. He looks around the game, sees what is happening and then takes a call,&#8221; Suryakumar added.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\">The T20I captain also spoke about Rohit Sharma, whose international leadership career came to a close.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\">\u201cThen Rohit <em>bhai<\/em>, under whom I played a lot of cricket for the IPL franchise and India. He is someone who gets everyone comfortable around them, an inspiration to all youngsters,&#8221; Suryakumar said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\">\u201cHis (Rohit\u2019s) door was open 24\/7 for everyone. That is a different quality which I learnt from him and also from the other captains,&#8221; Suryakumar added.<\/p>\n<p id=\"8\" class=\"story_para_8\">Recently, the T20I captain has been in focus, with the India-Pakistan rivalry going beyond the field.<\/p>\n<p id=\"9\" class=\"story_para_9\">Suryakumar reacted to India not receiving the Asia Cup trophy, saying that it is the winning team that is remembered, not the trophy, after they refused to accept it from Asian Cricket Council chief and Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-1470284115 atbtlink fp\"><span>First Published:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rs\">\n<p>October 05, 2025, 10:53 IST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-1470284115 brdcrmb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/\">News<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/cricket\/\">cricket<\/a>  <span class=\"brdout\"> &#8216;I Always Wanted to Play Under Dhoni But\u2026&#8217;: Suryakumar Yadav Opens Up On Missed Opportunity<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"coral-wrap\" class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f \">\n<div class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f coral-cont\">\n<div class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f coltoptxt\">Disclaimer: Comments reflect users\u2019 views, not News18\u2019s. 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