USA captain Rishi Ramesh previews ICC u19 Cricket world

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00:00 How are you feeling ahead of this first game?

00:05 Very excited, also very nervous.

00:07 I mean it's obviously going to be a huge game for us as USA, so can't wait to play them.

00:13 What does it mean to you to be captain of this side?

00:17 It's honestly a huge responsibility and a huge opportunity as well.

00:21 I mean there can only be one captain and it shows the respect and authority that your

00:29 teammates have given you and it's a great honor to be able to represent my country.

00:34 What can we expect from you as a player?

00:38 Hopefully a few big scores and a couple wickets here and there, maybe a couple diving catches

00:44 around the field.

00:45 What would you say from a leadership style point of view, what is yours?

00:52 Leadership I like to be calm, cool and friendly with my teammates but when a wicket falls

00:57 in the opposition team it kind of gets rowdy.

01:01 I like to celebrate with quite some ferocity, kind of like Virat Kohli, so can expect to

01:07 see some of that.

01:08 And as a team what are your main strengths?

01:14 I'd say our strengths are our deep batting lineup.

01:17 I think whatever combination we take on that given day, I think we always bat deep to around

01:23 number 7, number 8.

01:24 And this tournament, what are you hoping to achieve?

01:28 We're here to win, obviously USA is going to be seen as an underdog but we're here to

01:33 prove to everyone that we are competitive and we're here to showcase our talent.

01:37 For those who do not know, what is the cricketing landscape like back home?

01:44 Obviously in USA there aren't many great facilities or great resources.

01:50 We've come here to South Africa and we've seen an amazing ground which was just a uni

01:54 ground but obviously over the last few years the development has been great and we've gotten

02:01 a lot more resources so you can see our talents and our skills are starting to grow as well.

02:06 What do you think it will mean to people if you do really well in this tournament?

02:10 I think it's just showing the support back to everyone that gave it to us.

02:15 Our journey here could not have been done without our fans and everyone that supported

02:18 us on the way, so we'll be doing this for them mainly.