Suryakumar Yadav

Suryakumar Ashok Yadav (born 14 September 1990)[1] is an Indian cricketer and plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL. He is an attacking right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler.

Suryakumar Yadav
Personal information
Full nameSuryakumar Ashok Yadav
Born (1990-09-14) 14 September 1990
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nicknamesky
BattingRight-handed batsman
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010–2011Mumbai
2011-2013; 2018–presentMumbai Indians (squad no. 77)
2014–2017Kolkata Knight Riders (squad no. 212)
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 75 91 149
Runs scored 5,111 2,422 3,012
Batting average 43.68 36.14 31.37
100s/50s 13/26 2/15 0/15
Top score 200 134* 94*
Balls bowled 1154 418 132
Wickets 24 6 6
Bowling average 22.91 60.00 23.33
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 4/47 2/20 2/11
Catches/stumpings 99/- 53/- 73/-
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 January 2020

Early life

In a typical middle-class family, Yadav learnt his skills while playing in the streets of Maharashtra. At the age of 10, his father saw his inclination towards the game and he made him join a cricket camp in BARC colony in Chembur.

At 12, his coach HS Kamath saw his exceptional dedication as a player and kept him motivated for the best. Then he went to Elf Vengsarkar Academy where he was guided by Dilip Vengsarkar. The boy went on to play all the age group tournament of Mumbai.[2]

Career

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 well 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.[3]

In October 2018, he was named in India C's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy.[4] In October 2019, he was named in India C's squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy.[5]

IPL

Care by his talent, he received an IPL contract from Mumbai Indians for 2012 season. Though he was ignored throughout the season due to the presence of veteran players like Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard.

In 2014 IPL auction, KKR went for this young talent and Suryakumar did justice to their trust. He broke the headlines in IPL 2015 when he hit breathtaking and match-winning – 20-ball 46 with five sixes – against Mumbai Indians that overshadowed Rohit Sharma's classy 98 on Wednesday at the Eden Gardens surprised many.

His soon pivotal cameos earned the designation of vice-captain of the team and he played all the matches in 7th edition of IPL, primarily due to his incredible strike-rate. In 55 IPL games, he made a total of 612 runs at an impressive strike-rate of 131.61.

He again went to his home team Mumbai Indians in the 2018 IPL auctions. As an uncapped player, he earned the fattest pay cheques of the auction - 3.2 crores. [6]

References
  1. Suryakumar Yadav, ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
  2. "Suryakumar Yadav Biography, Achievements, Career Info, Records & Stats - Sportskeeda". m.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  3. Ranji Trophy Elite, 2011/12 - Mumbai ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
  4. "Rahane, Ashwin and Karthik to play Deodhar Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  5. "Deodhar Trophy 2019: Hanuma Vihari, Parthiv, Shubman to lead; Yashasvi earns call-up". SportStar. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  6. "List of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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