{"id":114606,"date":"2026-06-07T01:37:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T01:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/why-india-moved-on-from-suryakumar-yadav-the-numbers-behind-the-end-of-the-sky-era\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T01:37:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T01:37:05","slug":"why-india-moved-on-from-suryakumar-yadav-the-numbers-behind-the-end-of-the-sky-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/why-india-moved-on-from-suryakumar-yadav-the-numbers-behind-the-end-of-the-sky-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Why India moved on from Suryakumar Yadav &#8211; The numbers behind the end of the SKY era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three months after leading India to the T20 World Cup title, Suryakumar Yadav has lost both the captaincy and his place in India&#8217;s T20I setup. The selectors insist the decision was driven by form and the need to look ahead to the next World Cup cycle. A deep dive into the numbers reveals why. From one of the greatest peaks in T20 history to declining returns, waning match-winning influence and rising competition from younger rivals, the data explains why India chose the future over the past.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three months after leading India to the T20 World Cup title, Suryakumar Yadav has lost both the captaincy and his place in India&#8217;s T20I setup. The selectors insist the decision was driven by form and the need to look ahead to the next World Cup cycle. A deep dive into the numbers reveals why. From&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/why-india-moved-on-from-suryakumar-yadav-the-numbers-behind-the-end-of-the-sky-era\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why India moved on from Suryakumar Yadav &#8211; The numbers behind the end of the SKY era<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":114607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}