News India Live, Digital Desk: Indian T-20 team captain Suryakumar Yadav has started the year 2026 with no less than a bang. In the recently concluded T-20 series against New Zealand, Surya not only regained his lost form but also touched such a peak in statistics which has surprised the whole world. The player for whom the entire year of 2025 was a ‘nightmare’, has settled the entire account of the previous year in just 31 days of 2026. In words of statistics: ‘Power display’ of 2025 vs 2026 The year 2025 was very ordinary for Suryakumar Yadav as a batsman. But the runs he rained in the first month (January) of 2026 are commendable.Year/PeriodMatcherHighest ScoreAverageWhole Year 2025212184810.38January 2026 (NZ Series)524282*60.50As is clear from the figures, Surya scored more runs in the 21 innings of 2025 than 24 more runs have been scored in just 5 innings of 2026. Made ‘World Record’: Fastest 3000 T-20 runs. In the last match of the series played in Thiruvananthapuram, Surya played a stormy inning of 63 runs in 30 balls. During this time, he completed his 3000 runs in international T-20 cricket. Surya achieved this milestone in just 1822 balls. He has broken the world record of England’s Jos Buttler (2068 balls). He has now become the world’s number-1 batsman by becoming the fastest 3-thousand in terms of balls in T-20 International. Responding to the criticism of poor form and being named ‘Player of the Series’ in the year 2025. Questions were being raised on the captaincy and place of Surya, who could not score a half-century for 23 innings. Critics said that he had lost form. However, by scoring 242 runs in the New Zealand series and winning the title of ‘Player of the Series’, Surya proved that “Form is temporary, but class is permanent.” Good sign for Team India before T-20 World Cup 2026. The captain’s return to form just before the T-20 World Cup starting from 7 February 2026 is like a lifeline for the Indian team. Ishan Kishan’s century and Surya’s aggression have made India a strong contender for the title. Surya has attributed his comeback to ‘distance from social media’ and ‘mental break’.