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Suryakumar Yadav<\/a>, the world’s No. 1 T20I batter, on Wednesday was out for his third duck in three successive ODIs against Australia in Chennai. The explosive Yadav is known as a 360-degree player for his ability to play all around the ground in the shortest white-ball format but he is yet to establish himself in the 50-over game. Yadav was bowled first ball by Ashton Agar<\/a> in the 36th over of India’s chase in the final ODI. That left the hosts reeling at 185-6 with a target of 270 to win the match in Chennai.<\/p>\n The 32-year-old was leg-before to Mitchell Starc<\/a> in the first and second matches of the series — on both occasions also on the first delivery of his innings.<\/p>\n India skipper Rohit Sharma<\/a> has backed Yadav as an important prospect for the ODI World Cup in India later this year.<\/p>\n However, Indian politician Shashi Tharoor, in a tweet, expressed his surprise at the repeated exclusion of Sanju Samson<\/a> from the ODI side despite Yadav’s failures.<\/p>\n “Now that poor @surya_14kumar has set an unenviable world record w\/ his three golden ducks in a row, is it unreasonable to ask why @IamSanjuSamson, averaging averaging 66 in ODIs despite batting at an unfamiliar position for him at 6, wasn’t in the squad? What does he need to do?” Shashi Tharoor wrote.<\/p>\n Now that poor @surya_14kumar<\/a> has set an unenviable world record w\/ his three golden ducks in a row, is it unreasonable to ask why @IamSanjuSamson<\/a>, averaging averaging 66 in ODIs despite batting at an unfamiliar position for him at 6, wasn’t in the squad? What does he need to do?<\/p>\n \u2014 Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) March 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Suryakumar is the sixth Indian batter to register three consecutive ducks in ODIs. Sachin Tendulkar<\/a> (1994), Anil Kumble<\/a> (1996), Zaheer Khan<\/a> (2003-04), Ishant Sharma<\/a> (2010-11), Jasprit Bumrah<\/a> (2017-2019) are others.<\/p>\n The Indian batting unit once again choked under relentless pressure from the Australian spinners as the visitors clinched the three-match ODI series 2-1 with a comfortable 21-run victory, in Chennai on Wednesday. Chasing a stiff target of 270 on a tricky pitch, India were all out for 248 in 49.1 overs as Australia came back in the series after losing the first ODI by five wickets.<\/p>\n With AFP inputs<\/p>\n Topics mentioned in this article<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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