Suryakumar Yadav

Suryakumar Yadav (born 14 September 1990) is an Indian international cricketer. He plays as a right-handed middle-order batter and is an occasional right-arm off break bowler. He represents the Indian cricket team and plays for Mumbai in domestic first-class cricket. Suryakumar was a member of the Indian team that finished runners-up in the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup. He plays for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Suryakumar Yadav
Suryakumar in 2023
Personal information
Full name
Suryakumar Ashok Yadav
Born (1990-09-14) 14 September 1990
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
NicknameSKY, Mr.360
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
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 ODI19 November 2023 v Australia
ODI shirt no.63
T20I debut (cap 85)14 March 2021 v England
Last T20I14 December 2023 v South Africa
T20I shirt no.63
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009–presentParsi Gymkhana club (squad no. 63)
2010–presentMumbai
2012–2013, 2018–presentMumbai Indians (squad no. 63)
2014–2017Kolkata Knight Riders (squad no. 212)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I
Matches 1 37 60
Runs scored 8 773 2141
Batting average 8.00 25.76 45.55
100s/50s 0/0 0/4 4/17
Top score 8 72* 117
Balls bowled 12
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 0/– 17/ 37/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  India
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up2023 India
ACC Asia Cup
Winner2023 Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Kolkata Knight Riders
Indian Premier League
Winner2014 Indian Premier League
Mumbai Indians
Indian Premier League
Winner2019 Indian Premier League
Winner2020 Indian Premier League
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 27 January 2024

In 2009, Suryakumar started playing club cricket in Mumbai before he was selected for the Mumbai cricket team. He made his List A debut for Mumbai in February 2010 before making his first class and T20 debut in the same year. In March 2021, he made his T20I debut for India and later made his ODI debut in July. Suryakumar has played mainly limited overs cricket for India and played his lone test match in February 2023. As of December 2023, he has scored 2141 runs in 60 matches at an average of over 45 in T20Is and is the top ranked batter in the ICC men's player rankings. He is also one of the only three batters to score four centuries in T20Is. Suryakumar has captained Mumbai in domestic cricket and also served as the Indian captain for seven T20Is in 2023.

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