It would be easy to think Suryakumar Yadav was using humour as a prop to survive the ordeal of carrying the weight of all those expectations.
After all, he is leading the defending champions, odds-on favourites, and world’s No 1 side in a T20 World Cup final on home soil at the sport’s biggest stadium. All with the burden of world sport’s biggest fanbase to keep happy.
Given his performance in front of the media ahead of Sunday’s finale against New Zealand, it could be assumed he was using jokes to deflect from the stress of it all.
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