If Suryakumar Yadav doesn’t play well, the batting lineup suffers: Rohit Sharma

Former Indian captain Rohit Sharma has made an interesting statement on the Indian T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav’s form ahead of the much-anticipated ICC T20 World Cup 2026 campaign, starting on February 7.

Ahead of the mega event, the Indian team will take on New Zealand in the first T20I on Wednesday, January 21, in Nagpur. Subsequently, they will travel to Raipur for the second T20I on Friday, January 23. The next three games will be played in Guwahati, Visakhapatnam, and Thiruvananthapuram, respectively.

Notably, Suryakumar Yadav couldn’t register a single half-century in the last 21 T20I matches and 19 innings, managing to score only 218 runs at an average of 13.62 and the highest score of an unbeaten 47-run knock.

“It’s not about the captain getting in form or not. If a player is not in form, the seven or eight batters we have, out of that, we are getting one less batter. The main batting power that we have, obviously, if you leave one out, then it will not be as effective as it should be. If Surya doesn’t play well, the batting lineup suffers,” Rohit said on JioHotstar.

“I think Surya has a lot of understanding regarding the game and the players who are playing with him, how to get the best out of them,” he added.

Former Indian middle-order batter Ajinkya Rahane also shared his opinion on Suryakumar’s poor form, adding that he is looking forward to seeing the Indian skipper back in form in the T20I series.

“He has been out of form recently, but I am really looking forward to seeing Surya coming back to form just before the World Cup. For Surya’s ability, those numbers are pretty low. I feel he is putting too much pressure on himself as a batter, trying to do too many things,” Rahane said on Cricbuzz.

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