India captain Suryakumar Yadav provided a light-hearted moment at the toss during the Asia Cup group stage clash against Oman at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium. With qualification for the Super Four already secured, India used the match to rotate their squad. After winning the toss, Suryakumar elected to bat, explaining that the team wanted to try something different. “We haven’t batted first in this edition so far, so we want to test our depth in this game,” he said.
The comedy unfolded when he was asked to confirm the changes to the playing XI. Suryakumar confidently announced that Harshit Rana was coming in for Varun Chakaravarthy. However, when it came to naming the second replacement, the skipper suddenly went blank. Breaking into laughter, he admitted he had forgotten the other incoming player, a rare slip from the 35-year-old. The moment, captured on broadcast, quickly went viral on social media, with fans sharing clips of the exchange.Watch the hilarious blooper here“Harshit comes in, and, there’s one more guy. Oh my god, I’ve become like Rohit (Sharma),” laughed the skipper. The player Suryakumar struggled to recall was Arshdeep Singh, who replaced senior pacer Jasprit Bumrah for the match. The mix-up occurred as India had fielded unchanged sides in their opening two matches.
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While the incident caused amusement among teammates and spectators alike, it also highlighted the relaxed mood in the Indian camp ahead of the much-anticipated Super Four clash with Pakstan on Sunday.Playing XIsOman (Playing XI): Aamir Kaleem, Jatinder Singh(c), Hammad Mirza, Vinayak Shukla(w), Shah Faisal, Zikria Islam, Aryan Bisht, Mohammad Nadeem, Shakeel Ahmed, Samay Shrivastava, Jiten RamanandiIndia (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson(w), Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav
