Saba Karim on Surya’s ouster as India captain
3 min readJun 4, 2026 05:13 PM IST With Suryakumar Yadav removed as India T20 skipper just 3 months after winning the T20 World Cup, former India player and selector Saba Karim said that the player’s recent form did not warrant a place in the side. The 35-year-old has not been able to sustain his form with the bat even as he hit a few half-centuries at the start of the year against New Zealand, and played a match-winning knock in the T20 World Cup opener against the USA. He couldn’t even find runs in the IPL, scoring just 270 in 13 matches at a strike rate of 147.54 and two fifties. “On current form, Suryakumar may not be a part of the selection committee’s vision to take this team forward. We have seen that in the past; the selection committee moved from Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli and they picked a new side. So, one can see that happening even now for the T20 World Cup that will take place in 2028. Even in …
