IND vs SA: ‘Not out of form, definitely out of runs’ says Suryakumar Yadav on lean patch after 3rd T20I win

Suryakumar Yadav on Sunday acknowledged the shortage of runs from him but India’s T20I skipper did not count it as lack of form, saying that runs will come sooner than later.

Suryakumar made an 11-ball 12 in India’s seven-wicket win over South Africa in the third T20I here before getting out to Lungi Ngidi.

It extended his run of low scores to 21 innings, with the exceptions being his 75 against Bangladesh in Hyderabad on October 24, and an unbeaten 47 against Pakistan during September’s Asia Cup.

“I’ve been batting beautifully in the nets. When the runs have to come, they’ll come. Not out of form, definitely out of runs,” said Suryakumar in the post-match presentation.

The outing also reduced Suryakumar’s average in T20Is in 2025 to a paltry 14.20 with two matches against South Africa remaining.

But he was happy with the way India bounced back from the defeat in the second T20I.

“I think this sport teaches you a lot of things. How you come back into the series is more important. And we did the same thing, we wanted to go back to basics, do the same things we were doing in Cuttack, and the results were on our side.

“See, there was a lot of learning from the game we played in (New) Chandigarh. The bowlers sat together, we had a good team meeting as well,” he noted.

India and South Africa faced each other in the third T20 in Dharamshala, where Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya etched his name into the record books with a historic performance.

Hardik Pandya completed 100 wickets in T20 Internationals by dismissing Tristan Stubbs in the third T20 match, becoming only the third Indian to reach the milestone.

( With PTI Inputs )