World Champion Suryakumar Yadav Targets Olympic Gold Next
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World Champion Suryakumar Yadav targets Olympic Gold, T20 WC in 2028
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News18•09-03-2026, 02:14
World Champion Suryakumar Yadav targets Olympic Gold, T20 WC in 2028
•After leading India to T20 World Cup 2026 victory, Captain Suryakumar Yadav declared his next goal is Olympic gold and another T20 World Cup in 2028.
•Cricket will return to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, and Yadav aims to see the tricolor on the Olympic podium, not just a hat-trick of World Cups.
•Yadav praised Jasprit Bumrah as a 'national treasure' for his match-winning 4/15 spell in the final, calling him a 'once-in-a-generation bowler'.
•Team India became the first men's team to win consecutive T20 World Cup titles and the first to win on home soil with a 96-run victory over New Zealand.
•He credited Jay Shah and Rohit Sharma for giving him the leadership opportunity after the 2024 World Cup and lauded players like Sanju Samson (89) and Abhishek Sharma (52) for their crucial partnership.
