Team India's flamboyant batter Suryakumar Yadav hilariously trolled his teammate Yashasvi Jaiswal over his Instagram post after the Men in Blue's T20 World Cup 2024 triumph by defeating South Africa in the Final at the Kensington Oval in Barbados' Bridgetown on Saturday, June 29.
With the T20 World Cup win, Rohit Sharma and his boys finally ended India's 11-year ICC as well as 13-year ICC titles drought. This was also Team India's T20 World Cup win after 17 years, with their previous title victory coming in the inaugural edition of the tournament under the dynamic leadership of MS Dhoni in 2007.
Indian cricketers were ecstatic as they finally got hold of the coveted trophy and Yashasvi Jaiswal wasn't left behind in sharing his excitement. Jaiswal took his Instagram and posted a couple of pictures with the trophy and captioned, "Can't explain in words.'
However, Surkyakumar Yadav, who is known for his witty comments, couldn't resist himself from trolling Yashasvi Jaiswal. In the comment section of Jaiswal's Instagram post, Suryakumar wrote, "Mat kar SOJA (Don't do, sleep)"
Yashasvi Jaiswal was part of the India's 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup but didn't get a single match throughout the tournament as team management went with the opening combination of skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Though there were calls to play Jasiwal as an opener and demoting Kohli to his usual batting position at no.3, India management still stuck with the same playing XI combination throughout the tournament.
Jaiswal was picked in the squad based on his performances in IPL 2024, where he amassed 435 runs, including a century and a fifty, at an average of 31.07 in 16 matches. In T20Is, the youngster has a good record, aggregating 501 runs, including a century and 4 fifties, at an average of 33.46 and a strike rate of 161.93 in 17 matches.
Though Jasiwal didn't get a match to play in the T20 World Cup 2024, he is likely to play in the upcoming T20I series against Zimbabwe, starting on July 6. With Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli from the shortest format for Team India, Jaiswal is likely to one of the first-choice openers for the Men in Blue in T20Is.
