Sunday’s innings in Dharamsala made it 21 T20Is for Suryakumar Yadav without a fifty. For a player who once made run scoring in international cricket feel inevitable, that number now sits uncomfortably.
There is no escaping it anymore. Suryakumar Yadav is out of form.
The dip is not new. His runs had begun to dry up as early as 2024, although the strike rate remained high enough to mask the problem. For a batter who plays at a naturally high tempo, that was acceptable. He was still striking the ball well, still influencing games in short bursts.
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But 2025 has been a different story. The runs have dipped sharply, and so has the strike rate.
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