Suryakumar Yadav

Suryakumar Ashok Yadav (born 14 September 1990) is an Indian profesional cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he currently plays for the Indian national cricket team, the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League and for the Mumbai cricket team in Indian domestic cricket. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for India on 18 July 2021 against Sri Lanka.[3] As of November 2022, Yadav is ranked as the number one T20 international batsman.[4][lower-alpha 1]

Suryakumar Yadav
Yadav in 2018
Personal information
Full name
Suryakumar Ashok Yadav
Born (1990-09-14) 14 September 1990
Mumbai, India
NicknameSKY, Surya
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatter
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 304)9 February 2023 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 236)18 July 2021 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI22 March 2023 v Australia
ODI shirt no.63
T20I debut (cap 85)14 March 2021 v England
Last T20I1 February 2023 v New Zealand
T20I shirt no.63
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009–2011, 2013–presentParsi Gymkhana club[1][2] (squad no. 63)
2010–presentMumbai
2012, 2018–presentMumbai Indians (squad no. 63)
2014–2017Kolkata Knight Riders (squad no. 63)
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 23 48 80 125
Runs scored 433 1675 5,557 3,287
Batting average 24.05 46.52 44.45 34.23
100s/50s 0/2 3/13 14/28 3/19
Top score 64 117 200 134*
Balls bowled – – 1,154 430
Wickets – – 24 6
Bowling average – 63.10 22.91 63.00
5 wickets in innings – – 0 0
10 wickets in match – – 0 0
Best bowling – – 4/47 2/20
Catches/stumpings 14/– 34/– 102/– 73/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 March 2023

Early and personal life

Yadav was born and raised in Mumbai and started playing cricket under the coaching of his uncle Vinod Yadav.[6][7] He learnt the game while playing on the streets of Chembur. At the age of 10, his father saw his inclination towards the game and enrolled him in a cricket camp in BARC colony in Anushakti Nagar. He then went to Elf Vengsarkar Academy,[8] run by former international cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar, and played age-group cricket in Mumbai.[9] He was educated at Pillai College of Arts, Commerce and Science.[10]

In July 2016 Yadav married Devisha Shetty. The couple first met in 2010 at a college programme. Shetty is a trained dancer and a dance coach.[11]

Career

Suryakumar Yadav played club cricket for Parsi Gymkhana Cricket Club in Mumbai. [12] Apart from Parsi Gymkhana he had also played for the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited team, as well as clubs such as the Shivaji Park Gymkhana Club and Dadar Union Club in Mumbai's club cricket.[1]

He was one of the senior and regular member of Mumbai Ranji team. He was a captain of Mumbai cricket team for brief period of time in Ranji trophy. Amid 2014–15 Ranji Trophy season, the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) removed him from captaincy and dropped from the team in 2018-19 season. However, the MCA's selection committee later selected him and appointed him as captain for 2019-20 of the tournament.[13]

Suryakumar Yadav was captain of Mumbai team in 2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.[14][15]

In 2021, while playing for his club, Parsi Gymkhana, he scored 249 runs in final match against Payyade Sports Club in 'Police Shield' tournament at the Police Gymkhana ground, Mumbai. Parsee Gymkhana has won this tournament last time way back in 1956, created the history by becoming the first club to win back-to-back trophies in 3 different format in single season. Yadav won the best batsman of the final award.[12][16]

In October 2018, he was named in India C's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy.[17] In October 2019, he was again named in the India C squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy.[18][15]

After Scoring Consistently In First Class & Domestic Cricket Suryakumar Finally received his First National Call up in February 2021, when he was named In India's T20I squad for 5 match T20I Series against England, which took place in March 2021.

Indian Premier League
Yadav in Kolkata Knight Riders apparel during the 2017 Indian Premier League

He received an IPL contract from Mumbai Indians (MI) for the 2012 season. However, he played just one match in the season and was dismissed without scoring.[19]

In the 2014 IPL auctions, he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders. He made headlines in IPL 2015 when he hit a match-winning 20 ball 46 runs with five sixes against MI at Eden Gardens. He became the team's vice-captain and played regularly. in 2018 IPL auctions, he was bought by Mumbai Indians for a price of ₹3.2 crore (US$400,000).[20]

After an impressive stint with the Mumbai Indians, he was retained by them ahead of 2022 season mega auction for INR 8 Cr. However, he was ruled out from IPL 2022 due to an injury in his left forearm.[21]

Mumbai Indians retained Yadav for INR 8 Crore in IPL 2023. Being ranked as ICC No.1 T20 batsman and awarded the Mens Cricketer of the Year 2022, he is one of the most valuable players in IPL 2023.

He scored his maiden IPL century against Gujarat Titans on 12th May, 2023.

International career

In February 2021, he was named in India's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against England.[22] It was his maiden international call-up to the India cricket team.[23] He made his T20I debut for India on 14 March 2021, against England.[24] He then played the fourth game of the series on 18 March and got his first opportunity to bat, and hit the first ball he faced in international cricket for a six, becoming the first Indian to do so in T20 International, and went on to score a half-century.[25][26] The next day, he was named in India's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against England.[27] His game changing performances at No. 3 led him to being described as an "X Factor" player by his captain.[28]

In June 2021, he was named in India's One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their series against Sri Lanka.[29] He made his ODI debut on 18 July 2021, for India against Sri Lanka.[3] On 21 July 2021, Yadav scored his maiden ODI fifty against Sri Lanka.[30]

In July 2021, Suryakumar Yadav was called up as a replacement to India's Test squad for their series against England.[31] In September 2021, Yadav was named in India's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[32] In November, he was added to India's Test squad for their series against New Zealand.[33]

In June 2022, he was named in India's squad for their T20I series against Ireland.[34]

In July 2022, Suryakumar Yadav scored his maiden T20I century against England at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, England scoring 117 off 55 balls.[35] He is only the 5th Indian player to record a century in T20I, and only the 2nd to reach the mark batting 4th or lower.[36] In October 2022, he became the fastest batsman to score 1000 runs in T20I's, reaching the mark in 573 balls against South Africa.[37]

On 30 October 2022, Yadav was ranked first in the ICC T20I rankings for batsmen.[38][39][40]

On 27 October 2022, Yadav scored the fourth fastest half-century by an Indian batsman at a T20 World Cup, and his first at a T20 World Cup,[41] reaching the mark in 25 balls against Netherlands at Sydney Cricket Ground.[42]

In November 2022, Suryakumar Yadav scored his second T20I century against New Zealand at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, scoring 111 not out off 51 balls with the help of 11 fours and 7 sixes. He became the second Indian to score two centuries in T20Is in a calendar year and emulated Rohit Sharma's record.[43][44]

In January 2023, Suryakumar scored the second fastest century by an Indian batter in T20 Internationals, the third of his career, reaching the mark in 45 balls against Sri Lanka at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot, India.[45] He broke KL Rahul's record of second fastest T20I century, who achieved this in 46 balls against West Indies.[45][46] Suryakumar Yadav also won the ICC T20I Player of the year Award for his brilliant performance in 2022.[47]

On 9 February 2023, he made his Test debut against Australia at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur.[48]

He is the only Indian batsman to register 3 golden ducks in a 3 match ODI series. He had this record against Australia in March 2023.

Notes
  1. As per ICC Men's T20I batters ranking[5]

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