A year ago, Suryakumar Yadav could do no wrong. Every ramp, flick, and inside-out loft over extra cover seemed to humiliate bowlers who dared to pitch it in his half. Today, those same shots look forced, even desperate. The fluency is gone, and the runs have dried up. With the T20 World Cup 2026 just a couple of months away, India’s captain finds himself out of form and running out of time.
Suryakumar Yadav’s horrible form
Suryakumar finished the Australia T20 series with 84 runs from four innings at a strike rate of 171.42 which is not disastrous on paper, but deeply misleading. His scores of 39, 1, 24, and 20 show a pattern of starts fading too soon. It has been this way for months. Across his last 24 T20I innings since the 2024 World Cup, he has averaged just 19.71, with only two fifties.
The last half-century came more than a year ago, in October 2024 against Bangladesh. Since then, the scoreboard has been a painful read for someone once hailed as the most destructive T20 batter in the world.
Suryakumar Yadav’s T20I innings since last 50
| Opposition | Date | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | Nov 2024 | 26 runs (3 inns) |
| England | Jan–Feb 2025 | 28 (across 5 inns) |
| Asia Cup | Sep 2025 | 72 (across 6 inns) (SR of 101.41) |
| Australia | Oct–Nov 2025 | 84 (across 4 inns) |
Inns
Runs
Avg
SR
100
50
6s
Not as captain
89
2754
36.72
164.41
4
21
154
As captain
31
714
25.5
154.54
1
4
40
The post Du-SKY? India’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav battles poor form with World Cup closing in appeared first on Inside Sport India.