Suryakumar Yadav is one of the most innovative modern-day batters. His ability to play strokes all over the field has revolutionised limited-overs cricket, and especially T20 cricket in India. While he might not be the youngest player in the team, he still keeps up with the strike rate of the younger attacking batters on his side.
Although it took some time for SKY to make his Indian Cricket Team debut, he is not the captain of the T20I team, making him not only an important member of the side but also a part of the national team leadership.
Suryakumar Yadav Batting
| Format | Matches | Ins. | Runs | B.F. | H.S. | Avg. | S/R | N.O. | 4s | 6s | 50s | 100s | 200s |
| Tests | 01 | 01 | 08 | 20 | 08 | 8.00 | 40.00 | 00 | 01 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 |
| ODI | 37 | 35 | 773 | 736 | 72* | 25.76 | 105.02 | 05 | 80 | 19 | 04 | 00 | 00 |
| T20Is | 90 | 85 | 2670 | 1626 | 117 | 37.08 | 164.20 | 13 | 243 | 148 | 21 | 04 | 00 |
| IPL | 166 | 151 | 4311 | 2900 | 103* | 35.04 | 148.65 | 28 | 454 | 168 | 29 | 02 | 00 |
Suryakumar Yadav Stats: Bowling
| Format | Matches | Ins. | Balls | Wics. | Runs | B.Fig | Avg. | Econ. | S/R | 4w | 5w | 10w |
| Tests | 01 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | – | – | – | – | 00 | 00 | 00 |
| ODI | 37 | 01 | 12 | 00 | 17 | 0/17 | – | 8.50 | – | 00 | 00 | 00 |
| T20Is | 90 | 01 | 06 | 02 | 05 | 2/5 | 2.50 | 5.00 | 3.0 | 00 | 00 | 00 |
| IPL | 166 | 01 | 06 | 00 | 08 | 0/8 | – | 8.00 | – | 00 | 00 | 00 |
Suryakumar Yadav Stats: Fielding
| Format | Matches | Catches |
| Tests | 01 | 00 |
| ODI | 04 | 17 |
| T20Is | 31 | 52 |
| IPL | 166 | 74 |
Suryakumar Yadav Career Overview
Suryakumar Ashok Yadav was born on September 14, 1990, in Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra. He started playing cricket at a very young age under the guidance of his uncle, eventually enrolling in his first cricket camp at the age of 10. After representing local Mumbai teams like Bharat Petroleum Corporation and the Parsi Gymkhana, he made his List A debut in February 2010.
Later that year, he also made his first-class debut against Delhi in the Ranji Trophy. Soon, Yadav would become a domestic cricket standout, being Mumbai’s highest run-scorer in the 2011-12 Ranji season with 754 runs in nine games. In December 2011, he was named the best U-22 cricketer in the country by the BCCI.
In 2012, Suryakumar was signed by the Mumbai Indians in the IPL but played only a single match that year. By 2014, SKY had established himself as a regular for the Mumbai domestic team, briefly becoming the Ranji captain that year.
He was also bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2014. For a title-winning KKR side, the young batter played the role of a finisher, making 164 runs in 16 games at an average of 32.9 and a strike rate of over 140.
By 2018, Suryakumar Yadav was consistently scoring over 600 runs per season in the Ranji Trophy and had also been doing well in List A and T20 cricket. That year, he returned to the Mumbai Indians and scored over 500 runs for the first time in an IPL season.
Now knocking at the doors of the Indian Cricket Team, Yadav became a part of the India C, then the India B squad. In 2019 and 2020, he played a massive role in MI winning their fourth and fifth IPL titles. He was also appointed as the captain of the Mumbai Ranji team for the 2019-20 season.
On March 14, 2021, the now 30-year-old SKY made his Indian Cricket Team debut, playing in a T20I against England in Ahmedabad. He made headlines on his debut by hitting a six on the very first ball of his international career. He went on to make a half-century in that match. His ODI debut came months later against Sri Lanka. Later that year, he was part of the Men in Blue’s squad for the 2021 T20I World Cup but performed poorly as India was kicked out in the group stage.
Over the next year, Surya scored a lot of T20I runs. In July 2022, he became only the fifth Indian to score a century in the format. Then, on October 30 of that year, he scored 68 runs against South Africa during the 2022 T20 World Cup and became the No. 1-ranked batter in the format. That year, he also became the fastest batter to score 1000 T20I runs in terms of balls faced, doing so in 573 deliveries.
In February 2023, during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Suryakumar played his one-and-only Test match, so far, against Australia.
SKY was also part of the Indian Cricket Team for the 2024 T20 World Cup. He was named the Player of the Match in the Super 8 game against Afghanistan and took that catch in the final over of the final against South Africa.
Immediately after India won that World Cup, Virat Kohli and Captain Rohit Sharma retired from T20Is. And so, Suryakumar Yadav was named the captain of the Indian T20I side. Under his leadership, the Men in Blue have won all their series. He most recently won his first major trophy as captain, lifting the Asia Cup 2025.
In 2025, at the age of 35, Suryakumar Yadav is not only a crucial piece of India’s limited-overs setup, but he also plays a major role in the Mumbai Indians team each year in the IPL.
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