India, Sept. 29 -- Team India skipper Suryakumar Yadav on Monday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Operation Sindoor' post on the Asia Cup victory and said it feels good that the nation's leader himself "bats on the front foot".

India defeated arch-rival Pakistan by five wickets in the Asia Cup final at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. PM Modi had compared the team's win to Operation Sindoor. In a post on X, he said, "#OperationSindoor on the games field. Outcome is the same - India wins! Congrats to our cricketers."

Suryakumar reacted to PM Modi's post and told news agency ANI, "It feels good when the country's leader himself bats on the front foot; it felt like he took the strike and scored runs. It was great to see, an...