India, May 10 -- Suryakumar Yadav has all the backing of the Mumbai Indians management, and rightly so, given his reputation in the T20s, a format in which he has carved his name among the echelons. Yet, his continued diminishing returns are hard to ignore for Mumbai, especially after he was dismissed for a golden duck on Sunday in the IPL 2026 game against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Raipur.

Suryakumar had taken a short break after Mumbai's previous game, and hence did not travel with the squad to Raipur. He was home for the birth of his second child, and returned to the camp only the day before to lead the side in the absence of injured Hardik Pandya. But the brief stay away from the game did not help him as he was outdone by a 138k...