India were largely clinical in their 3-1 series win over South Africa in their five-match T20I series, despite their captain and arguably best batter in the format being completely out of runs, as he himself put it after the third match. After the fifth T20I, Suryakumar admitted that his form remains among the few things that the team is lacking going into the 2026 T20 World Cup. “Maybe the only thing we couldn’t quite manage was finding Surya the batter, I think he went missing somewhere! (smiles) But he’ll be back stronger. As a team, I’m really happy,” Suryakumar said at the post-match presentation. “Whenever we were in trouble, someone always put their hand up and pulled us through. As captain, that’s very satisfying with the way this series went for us,” he added. Widely rated one of India’s greatest T20I batters, Suryakumar’s form has been on the wane since the team’s succesful 2024 T20 World Cup campaign. While the post-tournament dip in 2024, which was also when he took over as India’s permanent captain …