India’s T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav’s poor kind with the bat continued, as his woes deepened additional in the course of the second T20I towards Australia on the Melbourne Cricket Floor (MCG) on Friday, October 31.
After dropping the wickets of Shubman Gill and Sanju Samson, India had been relying on their captain Suryakumar to regular the innings alongside the in-form Abhishek Sharma, who has been in excellent contact all year long. Nonetheless, as a substitute of sparking a restoration, Suryakumar’s hunch continued as he might muster only one run off 4 balls.
There was a short second of luck when Josh Inglis dropped a catch off Josh Hazlewood on the third supply of his innings. However the reprieve did not final lengthy. On the very subsequent ball, Hazlewood produced a peach – a back-of-a-length supply simply outdoors off that angled in after which seamed away – squaring Suryakumar up fully. The sting flew straight to the wicketkeeper, ending one other quick and forgettable outing.
The Indian captain had a short stroke of luck when Josh Inglis put down a catch off Josh Hazlewood on simply the third ball of his innings. However Suryakumar could not benefit from that as Hazlewood eliminated him on the very subsequent supply, bringing a short and disappointing innings to an finish.
This was Suryakumar’s seventh single-digit rating in T20Is this calendar 12 months and he’s transferring nearer to interrupt Rohit Sharma’s undesirable file. Solely, Rohit (8 in 2022) has registered extra single-digit scores as an Indian T20I captain in a single 12 months.
Most Single-Digit Scores For An Indian Captain In T20Is (Calendar 12 months):
8 – Rohit Sharma (2022)
7 – Suryakumar Yadav (2025)*
5 – Rohit Sharma (2024)
4 – Virat Kohli (2018)
Suryakumar, who is thought for his consistency in T20Is regardless of taking part in dangerous pictures, hasn’t been at his greatest this 12 months. He has scored simply 140 runs at a mean of 14.00 in 14 T20Is in 2025, which is a giant concern for India forward of subsequent 12 months’s T20 World Cup.
2nd T20I: Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Marsh Information Australia To 4 Wicket-Win Over India
Josh Hazlewood dismantled India’s high order with a sensational 3-13 whereas skipper Mitchell Marsh hit a brisk 46 as Australia secured a four-wicket win over India within the second T20I on the Melbourne Cricket Floor on Friday, and took a 1-0 lead within the five-match sequence.
Travis Head’s 28 supplied early impetus, and together with Marsh’s knock, ensured that the hosts reached house in a chase of 126 with 40 balls remaining, regardless of just a few wickets falling on the fag finish. India’s bowlers did handle to inject some late drama into the competition, but it surely was too little, too late.
The win was arrange by Hazlewood’s decisive opening spell, as he extracted seam motion, bounce, and maintained a probing size to make sure India’s innings by no means fairly recovered from the early tatters in power-play. The remainder of the bowling unit supplied stable assist to bowl out India for 125 in 18.4 overs, regardless of Abhishek Sharma top-scoring with 68.