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News India Live, Digital Desk: Captain of Indian T-20 team Suryakumar Yadav Has started the year 2026 with no less than a bang. In the recently concluded T-20 series against New Zealand, Surya not only regained his lost form but also touched such a peak in statistics which has surprised the whole world. The player for whom the entire year of 2025 was a ‘nightmare’, has 31 days I have settled the entire account of last year.
In words of data: ‘Show of power’ of 2025 vs 2026
The year 2025 was very ordinary for Suryakumar Yadav as a batsman. But the runs he scored in the first month (January) of 2026 are praiseworthy.
| year/period | match | Run | highest score | average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full year 2025 | 21 | 218 | 48 | 10.38 |
| January 2026 (NZ Series) | 5 | 242 | 82* | 60.50 |
As is clear from the data, Surya has scored 24 more runs in just 5 innings of 2026 as compared to 21 innings of 2025.
Made a ‘world record’: fastest to 3000 T-20 runs
In the last match of the series played in Thiruvananthapuram, Surya played a stormy inning of 63 runs in 30 balls. During this period he made his debut in international T-20 cricket. 3000 runs Completed.
Surya achieved this position only 1822 balls achieved in.
He has broken the world record of England’s Jos Buttler (2068 balls).
He has now become the world number-1 batsman who became the fastest 3-thousand in terms of balls in T-20 International.
Criticism of poor form and response to ‘Player of the Series’
Questions were being raised on the captaincy and place of Surya, who could not score a half-century for 23 innings in the year 2025. Critics said that he had lost form. However, in the New Zealand series 242 runs By making it and winning the title of ‘Player of the Series’, Surya proved that “Form is temporary, but class is permanent.”
Good sign for Team India before T-20 World Cup 2026
The captain’s return to form just before the T20 World Cup starting from 7 February 2026 is like a lifeline for the Indian team. Ishan Kishan’s century and Surya’s aggression have made India a strong contender for the title. Surya has attributed his comeback to ‘distance from social media’ and ‘mental break’.
