Swashbuckling Indian batter Suryakumar Yadav is currently focusing on the pace and bounce of the wicket during the practice sessions in Australia ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022, adding that Team India will need to be aware of the bigger grounds in Australia and make the right game plans.

India have already arrived in Perth and commenced their practice sessions at the WACA Stadium. India will play two practice matches against Western Australia XI on October 10 and 13 respectively.

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They will then travel to Brisbane and play another two warm-up matches against defending champions Australia on October 17 and the runners-up from last year New Zealand on October 19. The Men in Blue will then begin their Super 12 campaign against Pakistan on October 23 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

“During practice, I only concentrate on the bounce of the wicket and the pace. The ground dimensions, there are bigger grounds here… so one has to have a game plan ready. How you will score runs here, all these things are very important,” said Suryakumar in a video posted by BCCI.

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Suryakumar stressed on his ambition to to improve his play with the training session in Perth. “I was really looking forward to come here (Perth) and attend the practice sessions, go around the ground have a walk and feel how it’s like here. The first nets session was really amazing, just wanted to see how the pace and bounce of the wicket is.

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“Obviously, there were some butterflies and there was a lot of excitement too but at the same time one has to also see how you mould yourself according to the atmosphere, and how you peak at the right time. I am also looking forward to that (peaking at the right time),” ‘SKY’ went on to say.