Cricket Indian T20 team captain Suryakumar Yadav will lead India to victory in the last series of 2025. Team India will play a five-match T20 series against South Africa from 9 to 19 December. The first match of the series will start at 7 pm in Cuttack. Shubhman Gill and Hardik Pandya will return to the field in the first T20. Shubman Gill could not play the second Test and ODI series due to neck injury. Hardik Pandya has been out of cricket since the Asia Cup due to a quadriceps injury.
During this series, all eyes will be on captain Suryakumar Yadav. He could not do anything special on the tour of Australia. He scored 39*, 1, 24 and 20 runs in the four matches of the series. India won the five-match T20 series 2-1. Two matches were canceled due to rain.
How many runs does Suryakumar Yadav need to make the record?
Suryakumar Yadav is just 246 runs away from joining the big batting list after Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. If he scores 246 runs in the upcoming series, he will become the third Indian to complete 3000 runs in T20 International. Rohit Sharma tops the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs for India in T20 International. The former captain scored 4231 runs in his T20 career. He retired from this format after leading India to the title in the 2024 World Cup. After him is Virat Kohli, who scored 4188 runs in 125 matches. Kohli also retired from T20 International after winning the World Cup. Kohli led India to 30 wins in T20.
Suryakumar Yadav is at third place in this special list with 2754 runs. The right-handed batsman made his debut against England in 2021 under the captaincy of Kohli. After this he became a regular member of the team and is continuously performing well. Due to Suryakumar’s success in batting, he was included in the leadership group in 2023 and he helped Hardik Pandya. In 2024, he took over the captaincy of the T20 team, leaving Pandya behind. Shubman Gill is likely to become the T20 captain after the 2026 World Cup.
