Suryakumar Yadav’s last Twenty20 International half-century came more than a year ago, in his seventh game as India’s full-fledged skipper. In 15 subsequent innings, he has topped 20 just three times, been dismissed before reaching 10 on eight occasions and failed to tickle the scorers thrice.

If this doesn’t paint the picture of a captain in strife, nothing else will. For close to two years, the right-hander from Mumbai was the most feared batter in the 20-over game, seemingly possessing more than one stroke to each delivery, taking on the bowling with no compunctions, ‘expressing’ himself with a flair and authority that comes only to a very few. But since then, there has been a dramatic, alarming fall from grace; the 35-year-old is now placed only eighth in the ICC rankings for T20I bat

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