Suryakumar Yadav, a top batter for Team India and the Mumbai Indians, reflected on the origins of his now-iconic batter "SKY" before India's World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia at the Oval on June 7.

A video of Suryakumar answering fan queries was posted to Twitter by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The explosive batter told a fascinating story about how he got the nickname "SKY". He said that former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir gave him the nickname while the two were playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

He said, "It came in 2014/15 when I was playing for my franchise KKR, that time Gauti bhai ( Gautam Gambhir) gave this name because Suryakumar Yadav he said was too long for everyone to call so SKY came from there."

Suryakumar also talks about his favorite teammates on BCCI's podcast. In response to a question about whom he likes in the national team, he added “There are a lot of them. If you look around, everyone is my best mate. But I love spending time with Ishan (Kishan), Mohammed Siraj, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin. Good to be around them.”

The 32-year-old batter is currently staying with the England team for the ICC World Test Championship. His favorite city in England is London. He also talks about his famous 'Supla shot'. "The term has come from tennis cricket. I've seen a lot of them when I go back home and the shot means the ball which you hit right behind the wicket-keeper when it's short coming right at your head so it's something like going behind that I love playing," he further said.