Suryakumar Yadav's record in T20Is against Pakistan

Suryakumar Yadav hasn't had a great start to his T20 World Cup 2024 campaign with nine runs in two matches even though the pitches in New York haven't been great. As SKY failed against Pakistan yet again, let's take a look at his record against the arch-rivals in T20Is

Suryakumar Yadav has often been criticised for not putting his hand up in important games, especially against Pakistan and it held true yet again as he scored just 7 runs on Sunday, June 9 in New York

In five innings against Pakistan, his highest score has been 18, which came during Asia Cup 2022 in Dubai. Surya averages 12.8, scoring just 64 runs in five innings

Even the strike rate is meagre 118, which is nothing close to where Surya operates generally and since India and Pakistan lock horns mostly in multi-team events, hence the tag of 'non-performer in big matches'.

Surya hasn't looked comfortable at all against Pakistan's bowling attack since he faced them for the first time in T20Is in 2021. The tentativeness and the hesitation has often resulted in half-hearted shots and consequently his wicket

Surya's scores against Pakistan read - 11 (8), 18 (18), 13 (10), 15 (10) and 7 (8)

Unless, Pakistan and India both reach semis or beyond, they may not meet each other in T20Is for another year or so and hence SKY can breathe easy. However, he would want to perform come the crunch games, starting with Super 8