Suryakumar Yadav

Suryakumar Yadav is an Indian cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter for the Indian national team and the Mumbai cricket team in domestic competitions. Suryakumar also plays for the Mumbai Indians in the IPL and his stint with the franchise can be credited for rising to fame at the global level.

Since his childhood days, Suryakumar developed an interest in cricket and badminton. His father Ashok Kumar Yadav wanted his son to focus on one sport only and pursue his career in the same. He was 10 years old when his family shifted from Varanasi to Mumbai.

After understanding that Suryakumar had the skills and talent for the game, Ashok enrolled him in a cricket camp in the BARC colony in Chembur. At the age of 12, he went to Elf Vengsarkar Academy where he received guidance from former Indian great Dilip Vengsarkar.

Suryakumar studied at Pillai College of Arts, Commerce, and Science. He won the MA Chidambaram Trophy for the best Under-22 cricketer of the year in 2011. His impressive run of scoring 721 runs at an average of 80.11 in seven matches, including four fifties and a couple of centuries.

The cricketer is very fond of tattoos and has inked several designs and characters on different parts of his body, including a picture of his parents on his right shoulder.

Suryakumar Yadav: Along the Years

Suryakumar Yadav Records

Suryakumar Yadav is one of the best T20 players in the world. He has achieved some great feats in the shortest format of the game. Here are some of his achievements in international cricket so far:

• The fastest Indian to score 2000 runs by innings along with Virat Kohli (52 innings).

• Second most centuries in T20 internationals (four centuries).

• Second-best career strike rate in T20Is and best among Test-playing nations (171.55)

• The second most T20I runs in a calendar year in 2022 (1164).

• Second Indian player with the most sixes in T20I (123).

Suryakumar Yadav Awards and Accolades

• Second most player of the match awards in T20Is (14) after Virat Kohli (15).

• ICC T20I Cricketer of the Year award for two consecutive years (2022 and 2023).

Suryakumar Yadav Career

Suryakumar Yadav had to wait a long time for his international career to start as he made his debut at the age of 31. He got his first opportunity in the IPL back in 2014 but didn’t get the recognition as his performance was average. His first 500-run season came for the Mumbai Indians in 2018.

His career accelerated after he returned to his first IPL franchise (MI) and soon got his maiden call for the national team. Suryakumar is now one of the most important T20I players for India and MI. He has also captained the Indian team at the international level.

Suryakumar Yadav Domestic Career

Suryakumar played his first List-A match on 11 Feb 2010 in the Vijay Hazare Trophy for his home state Mumbai against Gujarat. He made a quick 41 off 37 balls and was the second-highest scorer of the match.

A few months later he made his debut in the T20s playing for Mumbai against Hyderabad in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He was dismissed at a score of 5 and the team faced a huge 7-wicket defeat.

The end of 2010 came with another opportunity for this young lad and he made his debut in First class cricket against Delhi. This time Surya was probably not in the mood to share his limelight with anyone as he scored a thumping 73 - the highest of the match.

After a scintillating debut, Surya took the 2011-12 Ranji season by storm as he topped Mumbai's run charts by amassing 754 runs in 9 matches at an average of 68.54. He hit a double-century against Orissa in only his third match of the season and followed it up with another century in the next match. He also scored a massive 1000+ runs at the U23 level in the 2011-12 season and won the MA Chidambaram Trophy.

Ahead of the 2014-15 Ranji season, Mumbai named Suryakumar as captain of the team. Despite scoring 487 runs at an average of 53.88, Suryakumar quit captaincy following Mumbai's loss to Tamil Nadu by an innings and 44 runs. The Mumbai batter cited he wished to focus on his batting as the reason behind quitting captaincy.

The Mumbai star batter was reinstated as team captain a week before the team would kick off their 2019-20 season. The decision was surprising after the flamboyant batter was dropped from the squad in the previous season.

He scored a blistering 94 in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group B Super League match against Karnataka as Mumbai won by seven wickets.

Suryakumar was appointed captain of Mumbai for the 2020-21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Suryakumar Yadav IPL Career

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

In the 2014 IPL auction, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) purchased the Mumbai player for INR 70 lakhs. He was part of the franchise's title-winning team, scoring 164 runs in his maiden season.

He broke the headlines in IPL 2015 when he hit a match-winning 20-ball 46 against Mumbai Indians that overshadowed Rohit Sharma's classy 98.

He returned to Mumbai Indians in the 2018 IPL mega auction. As an uncapped player, he earned the fattest pay cheques of the auction - 3.2 crores. In the 2019 season, he played 16 matches and scored 424 runs at an average of 32.61, with the highest score of 71*.

Suryakumar was outstanding in IPL 2020 with 480 runs at an average of 40 and a strike rate of 145.01. He was the second most run-getter for MI after Quinton de Kock as they won back-to-back IPL titles.

Ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction, Suryakumar was retained by Mumbai Indians as their fourth-choice player of the franchise. He made 303 runs in eight matches at a strike rate of 145.67 before sustaining an injury and was subsequently ruled out of the remaining season. Suryakumar made his comeback in 2023 and had his best IPL season, scoring 605 runs. He was the leading run scorer for MI that year with a strike rate of 181.13, and also smashed his first century. He was in the sixth position on the Orange Cap list.

Suryakumar Yadav International Career

After almost toiling hard in domestic cricket and IPL for nearly a decade, Suryakumar got his due recognition and opportunity to play for the senior Indian men’s team. The Mumbai-born batter made his international debut on March 14, 2021, in Ahmedabad against England in a T20I match. However, Suryakumar didn’t get the opportunity to bat on his debut but made 57 in his first T20I innings in the fourth T20I match.

Since then Suryakumar hasn’t looked back and by leaps and bounds, he marched ahead. He was part of India’s squad in the 2021 T20 World where he played four games and scored 42 runs in three innings.

During the final T20I match in Nottingham, India was set with a mammoth score of 216 to chase to whitewash England 3-0. While India’s top batting order fell early in the chase, Suryakumar lifted the hopes with his pyrotechnics.

He took the attack to the England bowlers and played his shots with sheer elegance to make batting look simpler than anything. Suryakumar smashed 14 boundaries and six sixes during his 55-ball 117 that kept England away from the game until the penultimate over where Moeen Ali dismissed the fiery Indian batter.

Suryakumar retained his position in India’s 2022 T20 World Cup squad, courtesy of outstanding knocks in bilateral series in the build-up to the marquee event. He has played for India in all three formats.

Suryakumar Yadav Test Career

Suryakumar Yadav has played only one Test so far — against Australia in February 2023. He appeared in one inning where he scored eight runs.

Suryakumar Yadav ODI

Four months after making his T20I debut, Suryakumar was named in India’s second-string limited-overs squad for the Sri Lanka tour in July 2021. Surykaumar made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka on July 18 during the first ODI and remained unbeaten on 31.

As of April 2024, Suryakumar has played 37 One-Day Internationals and scored 773 runs at an average of 25.76. He has hit four fifties, including his best score of 72 against Australia in September 2023. Suryakumar became the first batter to score over 30 runs in all of his first six ODIs.

Suryakumar Yadav was selected for the 2023 World Cup Squad. He played seven games, including the final against Australia. The 33-year-old scored 106 runs in the tournament at 17.67, with the highest score of 49 against England.

Suryakumar Yadav T20I career

Suryakumar Yadav made his T20I debut on March 14, 2021, against England where he did not get a chance to bat. As soon as he got the opportunity to bat in the second match of the same series, Yadav impressed every one by hitting a six on what was the very first ball of his international career.

Suryakumar Yadav is one of the best T20 batsmen in the world. He has won the ICC T20I Player of the Year award two consecutive years — for 2022 and 2023

Just three years into his T20I career, Suryakmar has scored four centuries. Along with this, he became the joint-fastest Indian player to score 2000 runs in T20Is along with Virat Kohli and is fourth in the world.

Suryakumar Yadav Captaincy Record

Suryakumar Yadav has led India in seven T20I games, out of which the team won five. Before India, he led the Mumbai Indians in one IPL game in 2023, which they won. He is not a regular captain, so he doesn’t hold big records in captaincy.

Suryakumar Yadav Family

Since his early childhood, Yadav developed an interest in cricket and badminton. His father Ashok Kumar Yadav made sure that Suryakumar focused on one sport only and made his career in it. He was 10 years old when his family shifted to Mumbai from Varanasi.

The same year, he started playing cricket for his school team. Suryakumar met his wife Devisha for the first time in 2012 at the R.A. Podar College Of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai. While Devisha was impressed by Suryakumar’s batting, the Mumbai dasher was flattered by Devisha’s dance.

Suryakumar stays in Mumbai’s Chembur area along with his wife Devisha Shetty, parents - Ashok Kumar Yadav and Swapna Yadav - sister Dinal Yadav and two dogs named Oreo and Pablo.

Suryakumar Yadav's Net Worth

As of 2024, Indian T20 star batter Suryakumar Yadav’s estimated net worth is around INR 55 crore ($7 million). His major source of income is his IPL and national contracts. He also earns through brand endorsements.

Suryakumar Yadav’s House

Suryakumar Yadav lives in a luxurious apartment with his family in Anushakti Nagar, Chembur, Mumbai.

Suryakumar Yadav's car collection

Suryakumar has some luxurious cars in his garage, including Mercedes-Benz, Range Rover Velar, Nissan Jonga, and Audi-A6. The total cost of his cars is around INR 4 crores.