Poor media turnout at Suryakumar Yadav's first press conference as India T20 captain

Suryakumar Yadav was on Monday named as India captain for the five-match T20 series against Australia, which begins on Thursday in Visakhapatnam. On the eve of the first match, Yadav addressed his first press conference as India skipper at the YS Rajasekhara Reddy Stadium in the city. The event saw  a poor media turnout, with a senior journalist saying that there were just two journalists at the press conference.

India is facing Australia just four days after the heartbreak in the one-day World Cup final match against Australia.

“From 200 odd media people (during World Cup) to just two in press conference in India is staggering! SKY wouldn’t have imagined this in his first PC as captain. Is this a record with fewest attendance in a press conference in India? I would imagine so,” sports journalist Vimal Kumar wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

There were four mics seen placed before Yadav, including those of news agencies ANI and PTI.

“Who is going to turn up three days after the biggest match of the last four years. Shameless scheduling,” X user Bhavik wrote.