Suryakumar Yadav Biography, Profile, Age, Country, Cricket Stats, Wife, Height, Salary, IPL, Wiki, and more

Suryakumar Yadav, also known as SKY, is one of the most inventive and explosive batters in T20 cricket, drawing comparisons with AB de Villiers for his 360-degree range of shots. While Suryakumar Yadav is a crucial part of the Mumbai Indians (MI) line-up going into IPL 2024, his career in the IPL had a slow start.

Suryakumar Yadav was part of the MI squad in the 2012 and 2013 seasons but played only one game, in which he was dismissed for a duck. In 2014, Suryakumar Yadav was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) but they failed to get the best out of him. He played for KKR for four years and did not score more than 200 runs in any IPL season. In the 2018 IPL auction, MI bought Suryakumar Yadav once again and he had his breakthrough season, scoring 512 runs at a strike rate of 133.33. Since then, Suryakumar Yadav has become a force at No. 3 and enjoyed his best IPL season in 2023, when he smashed 605 runs at a strike rate of 181.14. He has won two titles with MI, in 2019 and 2020.

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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.

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\”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.

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• In the 2011-12 Ranji Trophy, he scored a blistering double-century against Orissa
• He scored more than 1000 runs at the Under-22 level in the 2010-11 season and won the MA Chidambaram Trophy
• He was the leading run-scorer for Mumbai in the 2011-12 Ranji Trophy, scoring 754 runs
• 8th cricketer to score fastest 1000 runs in T20I in 31 innings
• Suryakumar has accumulated 1578 runs in 45 T20 International matches at a strike rate of 180.3, the highest for any batter with more than 250 T20I runs
• During ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022, Yadav became the third-highest run scorer, scoring 239 runs in 6 matches at a strike rate of 189.68
• In 2023, during a three-match T20I series between India and Sri Lanka, Yadav slammed 112 runs off 51 balls in the final match of the series, becoming the second Indian batter to register more than 2 centuries in T20Is. He went past KL Rahul, who had registered 2 centuries.
• Yadav is the second-fastest Indian to score a century, scoring a century off 45 balls
• Suryakumar is the fifth cricketer in the world to score three or more centuries in men’s T20Is after Rohit Sharma (4), Glenn Maxwell (3), Colin Munro (3) and Sabawoon Davizi (3)
• First cricketer to score 1000 runs in T20 International cricket
• On 7 January 2023, Suryakumar Yadav became the first Indian cricketer to get 900+ rating in T20 international.
• In August 2023, in the 3rd T20I against West Indies, he completed 100 sixes in T20I cricket, becoming the fastest Indian to complete the landmark; he achieved the feat in just 49 innings. [5]
• In September 2023, he scored the third-highest half-century for India in the 2nd ODI against Australia; he became the sixth Indian batter to do so.

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• Suryakumar Yadav is an Indian cricketer, who mostly bats in the middle order for the Indian national cricket team. In January 2023, Yadav ranked first in the ICC player rankings for T20 Batsmen in the world.  Popular for his 360-degree shots, Suryakumar Yadav hits shots all around the ground, producing uppercuts, inside-out drives, ramps, pulls, scoops, lofts, sweeps, and reverse sweeps in profusion. He is also known for his signature ‘sweep shot’ that he plays against fast bowlers to hit 6s over the deep square leg.
• He grew up in a middle-class family in Hathouda village of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh.Suryakumar Yadav’s childhood pictures
• Inclined towards cricket from a young age, Suryakumar played gully cricket in the streets of Varanasi in childhood. Later, he started practising cricket at Dr Sampurnanand Sports Stadium, Sigra, Varanasi, where his paternal uncle Vinod Kumar was his coach.
• When he was 10 years old, Yadav, along with his family, moved to Mumbai, where his father worked as a chief engineer at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).An old picture of Suryakumar Yadav
• Also good at badminton, Suryakumar used to play cricket and badminton with his friends in the streets of Chembur in Mumbai.
• When Yadav’s father came to know about Yadav’s passion towards cricket and badminton, he asked Suryakumar to choose one sport between the two. After Suryakumar decided to go ahead with cricket, his father enrolled him at a cricket camp in the BARC colony in Chembur.
• At the camp, he trained under his cricket coach Ashok Kamat, who was also an employee of his father’s department. Kamat once told Yadav’s father that Suryakumar would alteast reach the Ranji level.
• After training at his colony’s cricket camp for a few months, Yadav joined the Elf Vengsarkar Academy, where he was also trained by the former international cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar.
• In an interview, while describing the favourable circumstances that led Surya to make his career in cricket, his father said,
  It helped that the colony had a ground of its own. Besides, stalwarts such as former Indian captain Dilip Vengsarkar and batsman Lalchand Rajput had ties with the colony and would often visit.”
• At the age of 12, Yadav began playing age-group cricket. Soon, he began playing club cricket for Parsi Gymkhana Cricket Club in Mumbai.
• Besides Parsi Gymkhana Cricket Club, Yadav has also played for many other cricket clubs in Mumbai including Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Shivaji Park Gymkhana club and Dadar Union club.
• Surya became a part of the Mumbai cricket team in 2010. On 11 February 2010, Yadav made his List A debut for Mumbai against Gujarat at Ahmedabad during the 2010-2011 Ranji Trophy. He played his debut T20 match for Mumbai against Hyderabad at Indore on 13 march 2010. Yadav made his first-class cricket debut for Mumbai against Delhi at Delhi on 15 December 2010. He scored 73 runs off 89 balls in the match.Suryakumar Yadav playing for Mumbai in Ranji Trophy
• During the 2011-12 Ranji Trophy, Yadav was the top run scorer of the Mumbai team, scoring 754 runs in 9 matches, including a double century against the Odisha cricket team in the third match of the tournament.
• Subsequently, he scored a century in the Indian List-A Duleep Trophy tournament.
• After noticing his performance in the Ranji trophy, the IPL franchise Mumbai Indians (MI) signed up Yadav for the 2012 Indian Premier League. Although Yadav was a part of the team for a match, he hardly got a chance to play for the team as he was overshadowed by cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Mahela Jayawardene, and Kieron Pollard. Yadav was released by the team in the next season of IPL.
• He was one of the leading scorers for Mumbai during the 2013-2014 Ranji Trophy. Following his exceptional performance in the tournament, Suryakumar was made the captain of the Mumbai team. However, he was removed from his captaincy by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) during the 2014–15 season of the Ranji Trophy due to disciplinary issues.
• In the 2015 IPL auctions, Yadav was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders. Playing a match-winning innings for Kolkata Knight Riders against Mumbai Indians at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Yadav scored 46 runs off 20 balls and gained instant fame. Soon, he became the vice-captain of the team. Suryakumar Yadav playing a match for Kolkata Knight Riders
• During the 2018 IPL auctions, Yadav was picked up by Mumbai Indians for Rs. 3.2 crores. He gave impressive performances during the season. Suryakumar Yadav playing for Mumbai Indians
• In the same year, Yadav was named in India C’s squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy. He also played in the next season of the tournament.
• During the 2018-19 season of the Ranji Trophy, the Mumbai Cricket Association dropped him from the team. The MCA’s selection committee later selected him for the 2019-20 Ranji Trophy.
• He was appointed as the captain of the Mumbai team during the 2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
• In 2021, Yadav played for the Parsi Gymkhana cricket club. In the final match of the Police Shield tournament, he played against Payyade Sports Club at the Police Gymkhana ground in Mumbai, scoring 249 runs.
• Despite performing extremely well at the domestic level, Yadav made his entry in international cricket very late; he was in his thirties when he played his first international match.
• Suryakumar was named in India’s T20 International squad for India’s series against England in February 2021. Yadav got the chance to bat for India in the fourth match of the series. He hit a six on the very first ball of his international career, becoming the first Indian to achieve the feat in T20 International. Yadav scored a fifty in the match.
• Subsequently, he was named in India’s One Day International squad for India’s ODI series against England.
  
• Yadav scored his maiden T20 International century in his 19th international innings.
• Yadav scored his second T20I century against New Zealand in November 2022. He scored 111 (not-out) off 51 balls, including 11 fours and 7 sixes and became the second Indian cricketer to hit two centuries in T20 Internationals in a calendar year.
• During the 2022 IPL mega auctions, Mumbai Indians retained him for Rs. 8 crores. However, he was ruled out of the season following an injury in the left forearm.
• In January 2023, yadav was named in India’s T20 International squad for their three-match series against Sri Lanka. During the tournament, he scored a century against Sri Lanka in 45 balls at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot, India. Breaking the record of KL Rahul, Yadav registered a record of second fastest century by an Indian batter in T20 Internationals.Suryakumar Yadav after hitting a T20I century against Sri Lanka
• In an interview, Suryakumar revealed that he met his wife Devisha for the first time in 2012 at the R.A. Podar College Of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai. He further revealed that Devisha got impressed by Suryakumar’s batting, while, Suryakumar got flattered by Devisha’s dance moves.
• Suryakumar Yadav is a dog lover and has two French bulldogs named Oreo and Pablo. Besides dogs, he is also fond of other animals like horses and birds like parrots.Suryakumar Yadav, an avid animal and bird lover
• His first car was a Hyundai i20.
• In an interview, Suryakumar Yadav revealed that he loved watching comedy films. He also shared that he had seen the Hindi film ‘Hera Pheri’ (2000) at least 500 times.
• A fitness enthusiast, Suryakumar prefers doing different types of vigorous exercises than easy workouts.Suryakumar Yadav during his workout session
• Since childhood considered Sachin Tendulkar his idol.
• In an interview, Yadav’s paternal uncle revealed that his family came to know about Surya’s passion for cricket when as a child despite being hurt by a ball, Yadav used to ask for a faster ball.
• In an interview, Yadav disclosed that he didn’t like listening to English songs.
• In a media conversation, Suryakumar revealed that if not a cricketer, he would be a pilot.
• Yadav often credits his wife, Devisha, for his success. In an interview, while talking about Devisha, Suryakumar said,
  My wife made a lot of sacrifices for the family. She always insisted on keeping my diet and fitness right. Her contribution to my success is stupendous.”
• Suryakumar is a religious person. He is an ardent follower of Lord Ganesha.
• He is the brand ambassador of popular Indian fantasy sports platforms Free Hit and Dream 11.Suryakumar Yadav endorsing FreeHit
• Yadav has appeared in the TV advertisements of many popular brands like Maxima Watches, Sareen Sports, Neiman’s Shoes, Zebronics, and Noise. He has also endorsed a few brands on his Instagram account like Urbangabru and Pintola.Suryakumar Yadav endorsing Pintola Peanut Butter
• Suryakumar Yadav is inspired by the South African batter Dewald Brevis. In an interview, Yadav revealed that he was interested in learning the “no-look” shots from Brevis.
• Apparently, there was a time, when Suryakumar Yadav had become a headache for his coaches for his fitness and hothead nature.
• Praised for his phenomenal ability to play unconventional shots to different parts of the ground, Suryakumar has drawn comparisons to the South Indian cricketer AB de Villiers several times. Describing his multiple shots during a cricket match, Sunil Gavaskar, former Indian cricketer and commentator, said,
  Each of those innings was pretty much 360 degrees. He is the new Mr. 360 degree. There was that one shot that he hit for a six just to the left of the wicketkeeper. Then he went a little squarer in the final overs, for example, taking advantage of the angle that the bowler was trying to aim at. Then also the lofted extra cover drive, he has got every shot in the book. There was a straight drive as well.”Suryakumar Yadav playing a shot in a cricket match
• In an interview, when Yadav was asked to comment on his Mr. 360 tag, he said,
  There is only one 360-degree player in the world, and I will try to play like him.”
• In an interview, when Yadav’s father was asked about his family’s routine when Surya was playing for India, he said,
  I will go to office, discharge my duties and then watch the game with my colleagues. My daughter (Dinal) will go to her office too. My wife (Sapna) is very religious. She goes to Siddhivinayak or Mahalaxmi temple and does a puja. She prays for India to win, but normally doesn’t watch the match.”
• Impressed with Surya’s performance in cricket when Surya was still a child, Sachin Tendulkar‘s cricket coach, Ramakant Achrekar, once asked Suryakumar’s father to give Surya to him. His father denied it, saying that he had only one son. However, his father later took Surya to Ramakant Achrekar’s Academy to learn cricket for 10 years, himself driving the car.