Gautam Gambhir came in support of Suryakumar Yadav, said – this is just a bad phase which will pass

There is no doubt that Suryakumar Yadav is going through a bad phase these days. This batsman, who did 360 degree batting, was dismissed for three consecutive times in the three ODI series against Australia and he was dismissed on the first ball of his innings on all three occasions. Never before has a batsman become a victim of a golden duck in a single series. In such a situation, he is being criticized by the fans and the media, but Gautam Gambhir, the former opening batsman of the Indian team, said that his form cannot be assessed from these three innings. This is just a bad phase, which will pass.

Gautam Gambhir was doing commentary on the match broadcaster channel Star Sports during the ODI match being played in Chennai. During this, after Surya’s dismissal, Gambhir supported him remembering his bad times. Gambhir said that in the year 2014, when I was playing IPL, I was dismissed for 0 thrice in a row and the media was associating it with my form. Even then I had said that I had said that my form has nothing to do with these 0 because I have played only 5 balls in these 3 innings.

Form has to do with when a batsman has played 35-40 balls and his runs are not being scored. Same is the case here with Suryakumar Yadav. He may have got out on the very first ball, but that does not make him in bad form at all. It is just a matter of two or three balls, once he goes on the pitch and middles two or three balls with his bat, he will be seen scoring runs again.

Let us tell you that earlier in Mumbai and Visakhapatnam, Suryakumar was tried by the Indian team at number 4. But both times he got out LBW on the first ball against Mitchell Starc. Suryakumar was caught in front of the wicket both times on Stark’s inside balls. This time in Chennai ODI, Team India tried him at number 7. Ashnet Agar was the spin bowler against Suryakumar.