Time SKY Gets The Big Shots Right In Australia!

The time has arrived — in Australia — for Suryakumar Yadav, known by the popular acronym SKY, to get runs under his belt before the ICC World Twenty20 in India and Sri Lanka in Feb-Mar 2026. It’s unlikely that the bang-bang batter will be dropped should his form continue to dip. In the seven-match Asia Cup in the UAE that India won — but is yet to get its hands in the trophy — he flopped with a measly collection of 72 runs for an average of 18.00. Prior to the Asia Cup in the five match home series against England, he faced just 14 balls and made 28 runs for an average of 5.80. Before that in the away series in South Africa he tallied 26 runs in four matches for a single digit average of 8.67. All this works out to 126 runs in 16 matches. In normal circumstances Yadav, for all his versatile batting and showmanship, would have been dropped from the team, but he is the captain who has won 25 of the 29 matches and hence the selection committee as they say are “ready to give him the long rope.” The selection committee with Ajit Agarkar as Chair are not keen to upset the apple cart a few months leading to the World Cup that Rohit Sharma’s team won defeating South Africa in the final at Bridgetown, thanks to Yadav’s brilliant “bunny hop” catch to send back left hander David Miller. Yadav in jest may have said he hardly got starts in the Asia Cup, but he must be disappointed with the numbers since November 2024 and keen to hammer a big score. Yadav’s average has dipped to 37.08 from the impressive 40s.