Former Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) skipper Faf du Plessis kept a massive Suryakumar Yadav prediction at number one while blind ranking bizarre events of the T20 World Cup 2026 knockouts. Currently, the Super 8 stage is going on with the semifinals and final soon approaching.

At number eight, Faf du Plessis ranked the scenario where Will Jacks picked up a hat-trick of Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, and Tilak Varma, which would lead to a new IPL rule for each team to bowl two overs of off-spin in the powerplay. He ranked India playing a semifinal in Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka playing a semifinal in India at number seven.

At number six, he ranked the scenario of Dewald Brevis running Babar Azam out in Jonty Rhodes’ style. He ranked Zimbabwe skipper Sikandar Raza smashing England in the semifinal, and leading to the term ‘ Razball’ at number five. At number four, he ranked South Africa calling Faf du Plessis to style the team for the pre-final photoshoot.

He ranked England calling Ben Stokes as an injury replacement for the final, and Stokes bowling the final over at number three. At number two, he ranked a team scoring the winning runs off the last but losing the match as the batter punches the bowler while celebrating, leading to five penalty runs under a new ICC rule.

At number one, Faf du Plessis ranked David Miller taking Suryakumar Yadav’s catch at long-off in the final.

Suryakumar Yadav will look to lead from the front against Zimbabwe

India will play Zimbabwe in a must-win T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8 clash on Thursday, February 26, in Chennai. A defeat to Zimbabwe will end their hopes of qualifying for the semifinals.

Suryakumar Yadav will be keen to lead from the front in a do-or-die game. Apart from his brilliant unbeaten 84 in their first group stage match against the USA, Suryakumar Yadav has not quite fired as consistently as he would have liked to.

The Indian skipper has scored 180 runs from five games at an average of 45.00 and a strike rate of 127.65. For the Men in Blue to beat Zimbabwe, they will need him to produce a stellar knock with the bat in Chennai.