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Former wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel made a huge statement on star batter Suryakumar Yadav's form ahead of the fifth T20I between Australia and India. The game will be played on Saturday, November 8, in Brisbane.Suryakumar Yadav has failed to score big in the series so far. Parthiv Patel reckoned that while uncertainty in his batting position was a factor, he would still have to score runs as captain."Suryakumar was batting consistently at number three. Now his positions are different as the team's thinking has changed and that factor has to be seen. However, that does not undermine the thing that he will have to score runs. You will want the captain to score runs. It is not affecting his captaincy and that is seen on the ground," he said on Star Sports.While Suryakumar Yadav has batted well in this series, the lack of runs has been an issue for the skipper. He has scored 84 runs from four matches at a strike-rate of 171.42. In the first game, he made an unbeaten 39 off 24 balls, but the game was washed out. He got out for one run in the second game. In the next two matches, he scored quickfire 20s but could not go on to score big.Parthiv Patel reckoned that the 35-year-old has not struggled while batting even on bat surfaces. He added that the skipper was just one big knock away from getting things back on track."There is either lack of runs or lack of form. Here there is lack of runs, there is no struggle while batting. Even on bad pitches he is not struggling. So he just needs one good innings and then everything will click."India will hope for their skipper to come good in the final T20I. The visitors are leading 2-1 and will also aim to seal the series."No one has been able to solve it" - Parthiv Patel on India's batting No.3 conundrumParthiv Patel also raised a question mark over India's number three conundrum in the batting order. He expressed that it would be interesting to see who would bat at that position in the final T20I.The Men in Blue have experimented with the batting order in this series."Who will bat at number three? No one has been able to solve it," he said while talking on Star Sports. In the first and third games, Suryakumar Yadav batted at number three. Sanju Samson was seen in the position in the second game, while Shivam Dube batted at three in the fourth fixture.Given that the conditions would be ideal for batting in Brisbane, the Indian skipper could return to the number three position to give himself some time and play a big innings.
