Deepak Chahar headline unavailable under verified facts
Deepak chahar is required in the headline, but the verified facts for this story do not include Deepak Chahar. Suryakumar Yadav, though, was out for a golden duck again in Mumbai Indians’ IPL 2026 match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Raipur on Sunday. It was his second golden duck of the season, and it pushed his average down to 17.73.
Suryakumar Yadav in Raipur
Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled a 138kph fuller delivery just outside off stump, and Yadav edged it to Virat Kohli at first slip after diving low to his right. That first-ball dismissal gave Mumbai Indians their latest setback in a season where their captain in the absence of Hardik Pandya has been stuck at 195 runs in 11 innings.
The dismissal came after Yadav returned to the camp only the day before the match, following time away for the birth of his second child. He had also fallen for a golden duck last month against Punjab Kings at the Wankhede Stadium, so this was not an isolated failure but the second time he was out for no score in IPL 2026.
Mahela Jayawardene on Suryakumar Yadav
Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene had backed him to keep going. “So, batsmen, me being a batsman as well, I've gone through those kinds of situations. Like, why is it happening to me? But it does happen. So, the conversations, like, keep trusting. Keep trusting your thought process. Keep trusting your ability. Back yourself in that situation. Because he's that sort of player. He's very unorthodox,” he said last week.
He added: “How he sees, how he plays, we keep encouraging him. And sometimes, I mean, if you look at Surya for us, he had three, four brilliant years, not just last year. So, sometimes people are human. They will have a little run that, you know, doesn't go his way. But he knows that. And he'll come up with a smile and play the same way he knows how to play,”
IPL 2026 numbers
The form line is stark. Yadav’s average fell to 17.73, his worst since 2017, when he scored 105 runs in 10 innings and averaged 17.50. His lowest IPL average remains 17.44, set in 2015.
He won the IPL’s Most Valuable Player award one year earlier, but this season has brought a different picture. For Mumbai Indians, the scorecard in Raipur added another scoreless start for a batter they have kept backing while their stand-in captain’s run tally keeps slipping.
