Suryakumar Yadav

Suryakumar Yadav (born 14 September 1990) is an Indian international cricketer.

He plays as a right-handed middle-order batter and is an occasional right-arm off break bowler.

He represents the Indian cricket team and plays for Mumbai in domestic first-class cricket.

Suryakumar was a member of the Indian team that finished runners-up in the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.

He plays for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Suryakumar Yadav was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) on the 14 September 1990.

His parents were from Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh.

Suryakumar did his schooling at Atomic Energy Central School in Mumbai and graduated with a B.Com from Pillai College in Mumbai.

He started playing cricket under the guidance of his paternal uncle Vinod Kumar Yadav in Varanasi.

At the age of 10, he was enrolled in a cricket camp at BARC colony in Mumbai, coached by Ashok Kamat.

He then went to Elf Vengsarkar Academy, run by former international cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar and played age-group cricket in Mumbai.

In 2009, Suryakumar started playing club cricket in Mumbai before he was selected for the Mumbai cricket team.

He made his List A debut for Mumbai in February 2010 before making his first class and T20 debut in the same year.

In March 2021, he made his T20I debut for India and later made his ODI debut in July.

Suryakumar has played mainly limited overs cricket for India and played his lone test match in February 2023.

As of December 2023, he has scored 2141 runs in 60 matches at an average of over 45 in T20Is and is the top ranked batter in the ICC men's player rankings.

He is also one of the only three batters to score four centuries in T20Is.

Suryakumar has captained Mumbai in domestic cricket and also served as the Indian captain for seven T20Is in 2023.

Suryakumar made his debut for Mumbai against Gujarat in a List A match February 2010.

He made his T20 debut against Hyderabad next month and first class debut later against Delhi in December 2010.

In February 2021, Suryakumar was named in the Indian Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their home series against England.

He made his T20I debut for India on 14 March 2021 in the second match of the series at Ahmedabad but did not bat.

On 18 March, he played his first innings in the fourth game of the series and hit the first ball he faced in international cricket for a six, becoming the first Indian to do so in T20Is.

He went on to score a half-century in the match and was praised by then Indian captain Virat Kohli for the performance.

Subsequently, he was named in India's ODI squad for their series against England.

In June 2021, he was named in India's limited overs squads for their series against Sri Lanka.

He made his ODI debut on 18 July 2021 in the first match of the series at Colombo.

On 21 July 2021, Yadav scored his maiden ODI fifty against Sri Lanka.

In July 2021, Suryakumar was called up as a replacement to India's test squad for their away series against England, but did not play a match.

In September 2021, he was named in India's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

He scored 31 runs across two innings three matches in the world cup.

In November, he was named in the Indian test squad for their home series against New Zealand, but did not get a game.

He played three T20Is against New Zealand, scoring 63 runs across three innings including a half-century and a duck.

In February 2022, Suryakumar was part of both the limited overs squads for the home series against West Indies and made his come-back into the ODI team in the series.

In June 2022, he was named in India's squad for their T20I series against Ireland and the subsequent away series against England.

In July 2022, Suryakumar scored his maiden T20I century against England at Trent Bridge, scoring 117 off 55 balls and becoming only the fifth Indian player to score a century in T20I and only the second to reach the mark batting fourth or lower.

In August 2022, he played in the 2022 Asia Cup T20I competition and scored 139 runs across five innings.

On 7 July 2016, Suryakumar married Devisha Shetty, whom he first met in 2010 at a college program.

Devisha is a trained dancer and a dance coach.

Suryakumar played club cricket in Mumbai, mostly for Parsi Gymkhana Cricket Club, along with teams including Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited team, Shivaji Park Gymkhana Club and Dadar Union Club.