Blazing his way to 120 runs off just 47 deliveries, Tilak became only the fifth batter to achieve consecutive centuries in T20I cricket and earned the Player of the Series award.
The win meant India took the series 3-0 after winning the two-match Test series 2-0 earlier.
"We just tried to back our skills and what we decided in the team meeting, we just walked the talk," said Suryakumar.
Wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma makes a return to the squad, which also has Sanju Samson as the other wicketkeeping option. The spin department has Ravi Bishnoi and Washington Sundar with Varun Chakravarthy making a return to the squad after three years. In Riyan Parag and Abhishek Sharma, there are also part-time spin options in the squad. India’s squad for Bangladesh T20Is: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Riyan Parag, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, JItesh Sharma (wk), Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav
India's Twenty20 captain Suryakumar Yadav hopes a stint in first-class cricket will improve his chances of reclaiming a spot in the Test squad.
Not only did Suryakumar finish the series as his side's leading run-scorer and claim the Player of the Series award, the 33-year-old also created an instant impression in the role of captain, bringing his own leadership style to the job made vacant following the T20I retirement of Rohit Sharma.
Skipper Suryakumar Yadav turned an unlikely hero with the ball as India beat Sri Lanka in a T20 thriller decided by a Super Over to sweep the series 3-0 on Tuesday.
New head coach Gautam Gambhir and T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav enjoyed a winning start as India secured a 43-run victory over hosts Sri Lanka to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match Twenty20 series on Saturday.
The retirement of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Ravindra Jadeja from T20 internationals has left India in a transition phase, but newly-appointed T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav on Friday said he has faith that the youngsters in the squad will step up.
Blazing his way to 120 runs off just 47 deliveries, Tilak became only the fifth batter to achieve consecutive centuries in T20I cricket and earned the Player of the Series award.
The win meant India took the series 3-0 after winning the two-match Test series 2-0 earlier.
"We just tried to back our skills and what we decided in the team meeting, we just walked the talk," said Suryakumar.
Wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma makes a return to the squad, which also has Sanju Samson as the other wicketkeeping option. The spin department has Ravi Bishnoi and Washington Sundar with Varun Chakravarthy making a return to the squad after three years. In Riyan Parag and Abhishek Sharma, there are also part-time spin options in the squad. India’s squad for Bangladesh T20Is: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Riyan Parag, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, JItesh Sharma (wk), Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav
India's Twenty20 captain Suryakumar Yadav hopes a stint in first-class cricket will improve his chances of reclaiming a spot in the Test squad.
Not only did Suryakumar finish the series as his side's leading run-scorer and claim the Player of the Series award, the 33-year-old also created an instant impression in the role of captain, bringing his own leadership style to the job made vacant following the T20I retirement of Rohit Sharma.
Skipper Suryakumar Yadav turned an unlikely hero with the ball as India beat Sri Lanka in a T20 thriller decided by a Super Over to sweep the series 3-0 on Tuesday.
New head coach Gautam Gambhir and T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav enjoyed a winning start as India secured a 43-run victory over hosts Sri Lanka to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match Twenty20 series on Saturday.
The retirement of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Ravindra Jadeja from T20 internationals has left India in a transition phase, but newly-appointed T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav on Friday said he has faith that the youngsters in the squad will step up.
Skipper Suryakumar Yadav spoke of his equation with new India head coach Gautam Gambhir ahead of the Sri Lanka series.
