Under the captaincy of Sarykumar Yadav, the Indian team recently won 4–1 in the T20 series against England. Surya has been quite spectacular as captain and under his captaincy, the Indian team has not lost a single T20 series so far. Suryakumar is spreading the fire under the captaincy, but his recent form has not been special with the bat.
Surya disappointed in Ranji match too
Suryakumar Yadav was able to score just 28 runs in the T20 series against England at an average of 5.60. Suryakumar now took the quarter -final match for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy. This match between Mumbai and Haryana is being played at the historic Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Suryakumar’s performance in this match has been disappointing.
Suryakumar Yadav could score just nine runs off 5 balls with the help of two fours in the first innings of Mumbai. Suryakumar was made clean bowled by fast bowler Sumit Kumar on a great ball. If you mix domestic and international cricket, Suryakumar has scored just 37 runs in the last six innings.
After winning the toss in the match, Mumbai did not start to bat first. Ayush Mhatre was dismissed on the very first ball of the match. He was hunted by Anshul Kamboj. Then Akash Anand (10) and Siddhesh Lad (4) were also dismissed soon, due to which the team got into trouble. After this, Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dubey (28) also left. Mumbai got the biggest shock as captain Ajinkya Rahane, who became a victim of Kamboj by scoring 31 runs. Mumbai lost their 6 wickets on a score of 94 runs.
After becoming a fulltime captain, Suryakumar Yadav has been able to score only 258 runs in 15 T20I at an average of 18.42. Surya’s overall T20 I career has been excellent. Surya has scored 2598 runs for India at an average of 38.20 in 83 T20 Internationals. During this time, 4 centuries and 21 half -centuries came out of his bat. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma scored more than Surya in T20 International for India. Suryakumar took the responsibility of Fultime captain of India in T20 through a tour of Sri Lanka last year.