India, March 10 -- When Suryakumar Yadav called Ishan Kishan to confirm his place in India's T20 World Cup squad, the captain had just one question to ask the swashbuckling batter - "World Cup jeetaeyga?"

Never the one to shy away from making a statement, Kishan answered Suryakumar with a question of his own, "Bharosa karoge? (Will you have faith in me?)".

The brief conversation ended with Suryakumar replying in the affirmative and Kishan delivered with 241 runs in the tournament, including a blazing half-century in the all-important final here on Sunday.

"Surya bhai called me when the team was about to meet. I even took a screenshot because I had a feeling he had called about the World Cup team. He asked me directly, 'World Cup jeetay...