Suryakumar Yadav, Shubman Gill deemed unfit for India after the disappointing Asian Cup 2025
The former opener of India and the winning player of the 1983 World Cup, Kris Srikkanth, criticized Captain Suryakumar Yadav for his form of striker at the Asian 2025 Cup. Srikkanth described the recent scores of Yadav as “like a Pin Code” and expressed his concern about his consistency in the recently concluded tournament.
Suryakumar had trouble with the bat through the 2025 Asian Cup. He scored 72 points at an average of 18 and a strike rate of less than 102. However, India remained undefeated, winning the seven matches. The right -handed striker played a notable round of an undefeated 47 against Pakistan in the group phase.
The Suryakumar Yadav scores are like a pin code today – Kris Srikkanth
Speaking on her YouTube channel, Kris Srikkanth said that Suryakumar Yadav dropped him with his bad shape. The former striker said that the form of Suryakumar was very worrying for the team before the T20 2026 World Cup.
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“Suryakumar Yadav dropped me. His scores are like a PIN code these days. The two queues of strikers had several pine codes with Pakistan of course of course. But yes, the shape of Surya is very worrying, with Shubman Gill“Said Srikkanth on his YouTube channel.
Suryakumar Yadav experienced difficulties with the bat in 2025. He only scored 100 points in 11.11 rounds, with a better score of 47. The average order of the average order recorded a series of low scores of 0, 5, 12 and 1 in the last four games in Asia.
Shubman Gill was not even in my team during the initial selection – Kris Srikkanth
Kris Srikkanth also expressed doubts about the impact of Shubman Gill in the T20 Cricket. Srikkanth said Gill had not been impressive in the shortest format and that he cannot make the selection of the World Cup.
“Shubman Gill does not seem very deadly in T20 format. He is fantastic in tests and the ODIs. Although they made him the vice-captain, with the world cup to come, we must see what they are doing. He was not even in my team during the initial selection. But they made him the vice-captain too,” added Srikkanth.
The inclusion of Shubman Gill at the top of the order of striker broke the successful partnership between Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson. However, Gill only scored 127 points in seven matches at an average of 21.16 and a typing rate of 151.19.
This team is not the right one for the T20 World Cup – Kris Srikkanth
The former chief selector said that the team was well balanced for the T20 World Cup. Srikkanth noted that it was sufficient against the weaker Asian Cup teams, but could fight against stronger opposition. He was also unhappy with the use of a single stimulator in the XI playing for most matches.
“This team is not the right one for the T20 World Cup. It was enough for the teams lower than the average in this tournament. But if we play with this team in the T20 World Cup, they will be curtains for us,” said Srikkanth.
India was mainly on a single specialist in the Palente in their XI. The men in blue have won 35 of their last 38 games. They will enter the T20 World Cup as defending champions, having won the title in the Antilles and the United States last year.
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