Mumbai, Feb. 7 -- Following his side's win over the USA in a hard-fought ICC T20 World Cup campaign opener, Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav said that he knew that he could make a difference by batting till the end and added the team could have batted "better and smarter".

Fans who gathered at Wankhede Stadium waiting for a collective 'SKYBall' exhibition of T20 batting were treated to a 'SKY' rescue effort as he single-handedly took a struggling India to 161/9, which the Men in Blue managed to defend with fine spells from Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh and Axar Patel, restricting the USA to 132/8.

Speaking during the post-match presentation, Suryakumar said, "Only I can tell how much pressure I was feeling (smiles), but I had the belief...