4 innings, 59 runs - What's going wrong for Suryakumar Yadav?

In his last 4 innings, Suryakumar Yadav has scored just 59 runs, with one knock of 47. And the last match? An absolute nightmare. He got run out after a mix-up with Abhishek Sharma, and then was dismissed in the very same over. So, what’s really going wrong with SKY’s batting? Let’s decode.

Surya has embraced the captain’s role with confidence - India is unbeaten, into the Asia Cup final under him. So, that part looks sorted. But fans are beginning to notice something missing: his bat hasn’t caught fire yet. Leadership? On point. Dressing room vibes? Solid. So, what could be the reasons behind SKY’s dip in form?

As a captain, there’s no real problem. Out of the 27 T20Is Surya has led India in, they have lost only 4. But the concern is his batting. SKY has scored 617 runs in 25 innings as skipper in T20Is. An average of 26.8 isn’t bad, but hold on.

In the other 58 innings as a non-captain, Surya has smashed over 2000 runs at a stunning average of 43.4. Even in the recent T20I series against England, his bat stayed silent - just 28 runs in 5 innings as skipper.

So, is the pressure of captaincy suppressing his natural flair? Look at IPL 2025 for comparison - 717 runs, the second-highest scorer of the season, in beast mode. No captaincy. Just the bat and brilliance.

Don’t forget, after the IPL, Sky underwent surgery in June 2025 for a sports hernia in his lower-right abdomen, his second such surgery in two years and his third in three years, following an ankle surgery in 2023. The Asia Cup is his first tournament post-rehab, and that could well be a factor in this dip.

Now, for the third reason, you can blame Surya himself or the team management, but the batting shuffle has played a big part. First two games at number 3, then pushing himself all the way down to number 11 against Oman, back to one-down in the first Super Four game, and then number 4 against Bangladesh. Is this a batting order or a game of musical chairs? He simply hasn’t been able to settle into a role.

For now, India is cruising on the Abhishek–Shubman juggernaut. But if in the final, this opening pair falls early, then what? The stage will shrink; the pressure will mount—and that’s when SKY has to rise. Because when the lights are the brightest and the stakes the highest, India cannot afford for SKY to stay grounded.