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Saba Karim on Surya’s ouster as India captain

Saba Karim on Surya’s ouster as India captain

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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 …

Selectors take tough call: Surya’s T20 exit like Virat, Rohit’s Test departure | Cricket News

Selectors take tough call: Surya’s T20 exit like Virat, Rohit’s Test departure | Cricket News

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4 min readUpdated: Jun 3, 2026 10:53 PM IST Just three months after Suryakumar Yadav captained India to the T20 World Cup title in Ahmedabad, the 35-year-old has not only been removed as captain but is also unlikely to find a place in the squad when the selectors meet next. Though the decision may raise eyebrows, it goes with this selection committee’s trend of not letting things drift or shying away from making tough calls. Of late, Suryakumar has been in the middle of a slump. In the IPL, he managed just 10 sixes in 13 innings and was overshadowed by the young guns in terms of boundaries and strike rates. Even before the T20 World Cup at home earlier this year, Suryakumar was struggling to find big scores before he hit three fifties in the series against New Zealand to turn a corner. His batting during the World Cup was nothing to write home about. Even Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were not spared when form deserted them. After the series loss in Australia …