Rarely in international cricket history has a batsman been in the position of Suryakumar Yadav that the number 1 T20I batter in the world got in after bagging his 3rd consecutive golden duck in ODIs when Ashton Agar bowled him on the first ball he faced in the Chennai ODI.
In the first two ODIs, in Mumbai and Vizag, Suryakumar Yadav was at the receiving end of a sensational new-ball spell from Mitchell Starc where he was sent in at number 4 to deal with one of the deadliest fast bowlers in the world when conditions are assisting pacers. Yadav got two corkers from Starc and was dismissed lbw for first-ball ducks.
Coming into the Chennai ODI, the 3rd and series-deciding game, both India captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid showed their support to Suryakumar Yadav, pointing out at the upside of his potential success in ODIs in the absence of Shreyas Iyer.
In Chennai, the management pushed Suryakumar Yadav down the order from number 4 to number 7. In the chase of 270, KL Rahul was sent at number 4, followed by Axar Patel at number 5 – possibly to pair the right-hander Virat Kohli with a left-hander – followed by Hardik Pandya at number 6.
After Kohli’s dismissal to Ashton Agar in the 36th over, Suryakumar Yadav got in at number 7. The 32-year-old can consider himself a bit unlucky this time as well – the ball on length from Agar skid off the surface and shooted low; SKY would also have himself to blame for going back on a delivery he’d later feel he should have come forward to.
The ball remained low as Suryakumar missed his shot on the off-side – there was, in fact, little chance of him being able to play that ball once he’d gone on the back foot – and clattered into the off-stump. Suryakumar Yadav couldn’t believe it.
The fans couldn’t believe it. After all, this is the best T20 batsman in the world, who’d made a mockery of some of the best in the world over the past two years in the shortest format – but is now unable to put the bat on ball in this ODI series.
3 golden ducks in a row for Suryakumar Yadav. And you’d imagine social media was flooded with some memes and tweets trolling Suryakumar Yadav.
Here are some of the most hilarious memes on Suryakumar Yadav’s 3 golden ducks misery:
Australian fans right now #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/iSuGHMvpYB
— memes_hallabol (@memes_hallabol) March 22, 2023
How do you write ' surya Kumar' in binary language?
010101
— Jhootha LOL Gadha ™ (@FakeRainaNephew) March 22, 2023
Suryakumar Yadav this series:
0(1)
0(1)
0(1)First player to get dismissed for golden ducks in every match of an ODI series (min: 3 matches)
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) March 22, 2023
It's ok, he is still learning, he will be 0 (2) at the end of the WC
— Varun (@wizardrincewind) March 22, 2023
Mark Waugh was called Audi. Will Borromean catch on for Suryakumar?https://t.co/zvZ1PCdRme pic.twitter.com/OvPCVXYvIf
— Sreshth Shah (@sreshthx) March 22, 2023
Surya Kumar Yadav on the first ball of every match pic.twitter.com/R4rZvPfvkq
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) March 22, 2023
SKY changes nickname to Ground. #IndvsAus
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) March 22, 2023
Surya Kumar Yadav Having no fun🥲 pic.twitter.com/UdrGWGAJwO
— Pulkit🇮🇳 (@pulkit5Dx) March 22, 2023
Bhai chai vala hi zimmedar hai 😂 pic.twitter.com/IP7DE0gAGa
— Dr.Mehul Parmar (PT) (@Dr_Vibgyor7) March 22, 2023
Koi ni surya bhai, next series Ireland se hai
— Jhootha LOL Gadha ™ (@FakeRainaNephew) March 22, 2023
Itna kharab kismat to meri bhi nahi hai bhay. 😭😭😂
SKY— TANGENT (@pra_tea_k) March 22, 2023
SKY in ODIs:#INDvAUS #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/lGEBApw3dq
— Akash (@Akashkumarjha14) March 22, 2023
Writes "needs more practise in ODIs" pic.twitter.com/oqQa8I7Qw1
— Manya (@CSKian716) March 22, 2023
Memories of 1999 pic.twitter.com/XWZ9Yj6vEY
— Kartik (@elitecynic) March 22, 2023
जब बाबू राव रील्स में मिमिक्री छोड़कर सूर्य कुमार यादव को पिच पर देखे pic.twitter.com/BzL1jxAgf7
— Laplace (@illogical_7) March 22, 2023
https://twitter.com/tacklefromb/status/1638565355265351680?s=20
Surya Kumar Yadav in this series 3̶6̶0°
— Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna) March 22, 2023
Sky in ODI!! pic.twitter.com/6mDKetVyCR
— Tackle From Behind (@tacklefromb) March 22, 2023
