'See myself in the race to fill shoes of Ravindra Jadeja': Lalit Yadav

Delhi Capitals Lalit Yadav believes he fits the bill to fill the big shoes of allrounder Ravindra Jadeja who called time on his T20I career following Indias triumphant World Cup campaign in the West IndiesLalit says he knows exactly what the role demands for which Washington Sundar is also making a case for himselfYes of course I do see myself in the race for the slot of an allrounder To play for India and don its jersey is something that plays on my mind every day its the biggest motivation for me Lalit told PTI Videos in an interview on ThursdayThe 27yearold who is currently representing Purani Dilli 6 in the Delhi Premier League has been mediocre so far in the tournamentLalit has scored 94 runs in seven innings at an average of 1880 in the Delhi Premier League and his bowling figures of four wickets at an economy of seven in 23 overs too cut a sorry figureI am not satisfied with it I am very hungry for the next few games and I would count this as an average performance he saidBeing a seasoned IPL player he believes the league is crammed with talents who deserve to play in the starstudded eventIf you look at players like Priyansh Arya and Vansh Bedi and many more if you see each team has one or two players who are ready to play in the IPL I am really pleased to see that there are so many talented players in our stateNaturally if I perform better people will develop their thought processes and observation I just pay attention to the things that are within my control and the rest I cannot control there is nothing I can do about thatAlso ReadPAK vs BAN Shaheen Afridi left out of playing XI for 2nd Test confirms coachI learnt new things from this tournament like never to give up no matter what and how to bounce back he saidHis team is placed fourth in the standings with three wins and two losses and the skipper does not feel any pressure leading the sideNo pressure in being captain captaincy is a responsibility and I like the responsibilityFrom the last match a lot of positive things have come forward we won a good match and we are looking to carry that momentum with us and the remaining matchesToday we play East Delhi if we play well we will win This is our mindset and we have a positive gut feeling that we will qualify he addedHe feels the players who did not have exposure of their matches being broadcast on television before have acclimatised themselves well to the situationThis is the first DPL and the players after playing the first match are starting to become professionals gradually The difference is that in the IPL the players are experienced in the DPL these players are just starting to play at a high levelSo of course there will be hiccups and a sense of fear but they are slowly getting used to it and going forward the DPL will improve he signed offWith agency inputs