India, May 5 -- Who would have thought that there would come a stage when Suryakumar Yadav would struggle to buy a run in T20 cricket? One of the best batters the format has ever seen is going through a rut, and runs are hard to come by for the 35-year-old in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Mumbai Indians managed to win under his captaincy on Monday night against the Lucknow Super Giants. Still, Surya yet again disappointed with the bat, returning with just 12 runs in seven balls. In the 10 matches he has played so far, the right-hander has hit just one half-century, and his form has been one of the reasons behind the franchise languishing in the bottom half of the points table.

Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar attributed Suryak...