Suryakumar Yadav more popularly known as ‘SKY’ made his IPL debut for the Mumbai Indians in 2012. He was purchased by MI in the 2011 auction for INR 10 Lakhs. He had a quiet few seasons for MI where he only played 1 match and did not bat. He was part of the 2011 CLT20-winning MI squad. It was in the 2014 IPL, that Suryakumar Yadav came into the limelight. He was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2014 for INR 70 Lakhs, scoring 164 runs in the title-winning campaign of KKR in 2014. Consistent performances for Kolkata up until 2017 made other franchises take notice. Mumbai Indians came calling in 2018 and he signed for MI in 2018 for INR 3.20 Crores.
Suryakumar was once again consistent with his batting for MI this time around with the 2023 season being his most productive in the Blue and Gold of MI, amassing 605 runs at a strike rate of 181.14 in 16 innings. He was also named the vice-captain of the franchise. Surya made his T20I and ODI debut against England in 2021. Bursting relatively late on to the international scene, he soon became the power-hitter in India’s white-ball squads. After winning the 2024 T20 World Cup, Surya has been named the T20I captain of India following the retirement of the World Cup-winning skipper Rohit Sharma.
Suryakumar Yadav profile:
Attribute
| Details
|
Birthplace
| Mumbai
|
IPL Debut
| 2012
|
IPL Teams
| KKR and MI
|
Batting Style
| Right-handed
|
Nationality
| Indian
|
Suryakumar Yadav IPL Auction price:
Year
| Team
| Salary(INR)
|
2011
| MI
| 10 Lakhs
|
2012
| MI
| 10 Lakhs
|
2013
| MI
| 10 Lakhs
|
2014
| KKR
| 70 Lakhs
|
2015
| KKR
| 70 Lakhs
|
2016
| KKR
| 70 Lakhs
|
2017
| KKR
| 70 Lakhs
|
2018
| MI
| 3.20 Cr
|
2019
| MI
| 3.20 Cr
|
2020
| MI
| 3.20 Cr
|
2021
| MI
| 3.20 Cr
|
2022 (retained)
| MI
| 8 Cr
|
2023
| MI
| 8 Cr
|
2024
| MI
| 8 Cr
|
Suryakumar Yadav IPL batting stats Year-wise:
In 124 innings, Suryakumar Yadav scored 3250 runs while playing 139 IPL games. In the IPL, his highest score is 103. Surya has a strike rate of 143.3 and an average of 23.38.
SKY has been scoring at a consistent strike rate of 143.32 since his IPL debut. In 2023, he had his most prolific IPL season, where he was appointed as the vice-captain of MI also scoring 605 runs with a strike rate of 181.14 in 16 innings. Suryakumar has achieved 21 fifty-plus scores and a maiden century in the league so far.
Season
| Matches
| Runs
| Highest Score
| Average
| Strike Rate
| 100s
| 50s
| 4s
| 6s
|
2012
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
2014
| 16
| 164
| 34
| 32.80
| 140.17
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 5
|
2015
| 13
| 157
| 46
| 17.44
| 138.93
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 8
|
2016
| 15
| 182
| 60
| 26.00
| 127.27
| 0
| 1
| 18
| 5
|
2017
| 10
| 105
| 31
| 17.50
| 119.31
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 3
|
2018
| 14
| 512
| 72
| 36.57
| 133.33
| 0
| 4
| 61
| 16
|
2019
| 16
| 424
| 71
| 32.61
| 130.86
| 0
| 2
| 45
| 10
|
2020
| 16
| 480
| 79
| 40,00
| 145.01
| 0
| 4
| 61
| 11
|
2021
| 14
| 317
| 82
| 22.64
| 143.43
| 0
| 2
| 40
| 10
|
2022
| 8
| 303
| 68
| 43.29
| 145.67
| 0
| 3
| 23
| 16
|
2023
| 16
| 605
| 103
| 43.21
| 18.14
| 1
| 5
| 65
| 28
|
2024
| 11
| 345
| 102
| 34.50
| 167.48
| 1
| 3
| 36
| 18
|
Suryakumar Yadav records:
- Suryakumar Yadav became the first uncapped Indian cricketer to score 500+ runs in an IPL season.
- Suryakumar Yadav is MI's third-highest run-getter in IPL
- Has the Third-best individual score by an MI player in the IPL
- First IPL century by any player against GT, who had the best bowling attack in their debut season in 2022.