Team India Captain Surya Kumar Yadav has been one of the most valuable assets for Team India in the T20I format. He is the number 1 ranked batter in the world and can send shivers down the spines of the opposition team players.
Surya Kumar Yadav flexes his dominant muscles by tonking sixes all across the ground. He does this with consummate ease and has been the backbone of India’s batting for several years in the T20I format.
With the Asia Cup 2025 around the corner, Yadav would be looking to once again flex his dominant muscles and perform exceedingly well.
In this article, we take a look at 3 reasons why Surya Kumar Yadav can have a tournament in the upcoming Asia Cup 2025:
1. UAE conditions favour his batting
Surya Kumar Yadav has time and again proven his class in slow and sluggish conditions. With similar conditions in UAE, we can expect the Indian captain to perform exceedingly well.
Yadav is a 360 Degree player and can smear the bowler behind square of the wicket as well.
2. The Global T20 Machine
Surya Kumar Yadav is ranked as the number 1 T20I batter in the world. This ranking is a byproduct of his exceptional batting abilities coupled by his sheer consistence. Yadav has the knack of sending shivers down the spines of the opposition batters.
He has smashed 2598 runs in T20Is and has a good average of 38.2 He has 4 centuries and 21 fifties under his belt and can be an X-Factor player for Team India in Asia Cup 2025.
3. Red-Hot Form in T20Is
Surya Kumar Yadav averages close to 40 in the last 10 T20Is and also has a strike rate touching 175. He has been in good form in T20Is in off-late and can be the pivot around which the whole team revolves.
He had finished as the second-highest scorer in the Indian Premier League (IPL) with 717 runs in 16 matches. Yadav had finished as the highest scorer for Mumbai Indians (MI) and averaged a staggering 65.18 in IPL 2025.
