Surya Kumar Yadav is a modern day 360 batter in cricket. He gave India a new batting style that everyone liked. He plays all around the cricket ground to score a century. Whenever SRK scored a century, he delivered some of the best shots all around the ground. His shot selection sometimes even grew to the point where fans appreciated it. His tremendous strike rate of more than 170 is among the highest in T20I cricket. He uses this strike rate in his actual batting practice in addition to the statistics.
The record achieved by SKY is all the more impressive, given that he achieved the record at number four.
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His rise to international cricket is very gradual and modest. Before the start of his International career, he was a well-known player in the IPL. His IPL top performances made their way to the international level. His top level in T20I cricket is rank 1, which he held for several months.
Surya Kumar Yadav was the leading run-scorer in T20I in 2022. His performance in the T20 world cup 2022 was superb, especially his innings against South Africa and the Netherlands.
His first-class debut was for the Mumbai cricket team in the 2010-11 Ranji Trophy. In the next season, 2011–12, he led his team and scored 754 runs in 9 matches.
He scored a double century against the cricket team from Odisha in the third game of the year.
His domestic career record shows his hunger for scoring runs and centuries. He followed the same technique at the international level.
SKY Total Centuries in All Formats
Surya Kumar Yadav has scored three centuries in total in all forms. He scored two centuries at an away venue in New Zealand and England and one hundred scored at the home venue in Rajkot Stadium.
SKY scored two centuries in 2022 and one in 2023. As 2023 has just started, fans believe that many more are loading.
Surya Kumar Yadav Test Centuries
SKY played only one Test match against Australia and scored only eight runs. As of now, he has not scored any Test Century.
Surya Kumar Yadav ODI Centuries
Sky has represented in 20 ODI games and scored 433 runs with a batting average of 28. But unfortunately, he could not score a hundred in ODI. His highest number of runs in an ODI match is 64, which he smashed against West Indies.
Surya Kumar Yadav T20I Centuries
Surya Kumar has scored three centuries in T20I. He is the fastest to score three centuries in T20, taking only 45 games to achieve this. He gets the second position after Rohit Sharma for scoring the most centuries in T20I.
| Runs | Balls | S/R | 4s | 6s | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 117 | 55 | 212.72 | 14 | 6 | England |
| 111 | 51 | 219 | 11 | 7 | New Zealand |
| 112 | 51 | 219.60 | 7 | 9 | Sri Lanka |
Surya Kumar Centuries List in IPL
Surya Kumar Yadav (SKY) score his maiden IPL century against Gujrat Titans in IPL 2023 at Wankhede Stadium Mumbai. He smashed 103 runs on 49 balls without losing his wicket. His inning includes 11 fours and 6 sixes.
| Runs | Balls | S/R | 4s | 6s | Opponent | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103* | 49 | 210 | 11 | 6 | Gujrat Titans | Wankhede |
Surya Kumar Yadav Centuries By Opposition
- In July 2022, Suryakumar Yadav scored his first T20I century versus the English team in Nottingham, England. He scored 117 runs from 55 balls.
- Suryakumar Yadav scored his second T20I century versus New Zealand, batting 111 not out off 51 balls with the help of 11 fours and 07 sixes.
- In January 2023, SKY scored his third century on 45 balls against Sri Lanka.
