Suryakumar Yadav

  • Sep 14, 1990 (32 years)
  • Mumbai, Maharashtra
  • RIGHT
  • Right Arm off break
Player Batting Status
  M Inn NO Runs HS Avg SR 100 200 50 4s 6s
Test 1 1 0 8 8 8.0 40.0 0 0 0 1 0
ODI 31 28 4 667 72 27.79 105.71 0 0 4 68 18
T20I 53 50 10 1841 117 46.02 172.7 3 0 15 166 104
IPL 139 124 22 3249 103 31.85 143.32 1 0 21 349 112
Player Bowling Status
  M Inn B Runs Wkts BBI BBM Econ Avg SR 5W 10W
1 - - - - - - - - - - -
31 - - - - - - - - - - -
53 - - - - - - - - - - -
139 1 6 8 0 0/8 0/8 8.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Biography

Suryakumar Yadav made his first-class debut against Delhi during the 2010-11 Ranji season. He had a great start to his career as he top-scored for Mumbai with a ell compiled 73 and was the only player to score a fifty in Mumbai's first innings. Since then, he has been a regular member of the side and has scored reasonably well in every season.

Impressed by his talent, he received an IPL contract from Mumbai Indians in 2011, for whom he played a few IPL matches until 2013. He moved to Kolkata Knight Riders and was very handy lower down the order and played a few useful cameos for KKR. In fact, he played all the matches in IPL-7, primarily due to his incredible strike-rate.

IPL through the years

\"I always wanted to be a bit different,\" Suryakumar says of his thirst for innovation in batting, which makes him an ideal fit for T20 cricket. A talented right-handed batsman from Mumbai, he received an IPL contract from Mumbai Indians in 2011, for whom he played a few IPL matches until 2013, before getting picked up by Kolkata Knight Riders.

It was for the Kolkata-based franchise that his ability to improvise gained some popularity. The knack of playing useful cameos lower down the order came in handy, and he featured in every single game of the Knight Riders' title-winning campaign in 2014. But after a few seasons there, where although he made useful contributions, the opportunities to really make an impression were few and far between, he was re-signed by MI again - a move that proved to be a revelation.

Picked to open the batting for IPL 2018, Suryakumar finished as the highest run-getter in the tournament for Mumbai with a remarkable tally of 512 runs (Avg. 36.57, S/R 133.33). His remarkable consistency was one of the few bright spots in an otherwise disappointing campaign for the franchise.