It was also India’s first series loss at home in four years. The hosts lost 2-1 in their afternoon encounter against Australia. Australia had defeated India by 21 runs in the final ODI played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The least effective performance award goes to Suryakumar Yadav. He was another one who had an opportunity to make a name for himself in the 50-over game, but he didn’t. Not a single run was scored in the whole series by the leading T20 batman, and former Indian leg spinner and commentator Laxman Sivaramakrishnan came down heavily on him for the way he performed.
Suryakumar Yadav was out on the first ball in all three series games. Consequently, he faced only three deliveries in the entire series without getting off the mark a single time. He thus became the first Indian batter to achieve the dubious distinction of three “golden ducks” in succession in the annals of the game. He was dismissed by the express pace of Mitchell Starc in the first two games and Ashton Agar showed him the way in the final game.
Taking to his Twitter handle, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan lashed out at the Indian team management for constantly selecting Suryakumar Yadav across formats only because they will go by his T20I performance. Venkatesh Prasad slams KL Rahul, compares him to the likes of VVS Laxman also Shikhar Dhawan.
‘SKY is a great example of only a few players under the bubble of security are nurtured and developed. There is a difference between fifty-over cricket and T20 cricket. Whatever else you do, don’t put red-ball and white-ball in another category. Oh and SKY was also a part of Test team. You cannot have a player represent the country in all formats by looking at how he is performing in T20,” Sivaramakrishnan said.
Creativity takes a little skill, but there is only so long you can play with a different level of creativity, like they do in T20s, game after game, like you do in a 50-over game or a Test. “Good Morning everyone,” the ex-leggie tweeted back.
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan also replied to tweets from people defending Suryakumar Yadav’s performances. ” SKY gets out first ball every game so no-one will know if he is fast enough for ODIs. “Remember when SKY was caught at slips Lockie Ferguson?” replied the former leg spinner.
