New Delhi, Oct. 28 -- Ahead of the first T20 against Australia, former Team Indian assistant coach Abhishek Nayar reflected on India's T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav's poor form with the bat.

BCCI passed down the captaincy mantle to Suryakumar after Rohit Sharma hung up his boots in the T20Is following the conclusion of India's unbeaten T20 World Cup-winning campaign last year. With the captaincy responsibilities on his shoulders, the 34-year-old has played 22 T20 matches, scoring 330 runs at an average of 18.33 while striking at 142.85.

India will clash with Australia in a five-match T20 series starting on Wednesday. This is the first time the T20 world champions and Australia will square off in the shortest format of cricket since their...