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| Full name | Suryakumar Ashok Yadav | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 September 1990 Bombay, Maharashtra, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | SKY, Mr.360 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Middle-order Batter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 304) | 9 February 2023 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 236) | 18 July 2021 v Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 19 November 2023 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 85) | 14 March 2021 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 30 July 2024 v Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–present | Parsi Gymkhana club (squad no. 63) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–present | Mumbai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Mumbai Indians (squad no. 63) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Kolkata Knight Riders (squad no. 212) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–present | Mumbai Indians (squad no. 63) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Suryakumar Yadav, (born 14 September 1990) also known by his initials SKY, is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed lower middle-order batter. He represents the Indian national cricket team and captains the T20I side. He was a member of the Indian team that won the 2023 Asia Cup and the 2024 T20 World Cup.
Yadav 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 and later made his ODI debut in July of the same year. He has mainly played limited-overs cricket for India, having played his only Test match in February 2023. He was named as the captain of the Indian team for first time in November 2023 and was re-appointed as the captain of the Indian T20I team in July 2024 after the previous captain Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from T20Is.
As of August 2024, Yadav has scored more than 3,000 runs in international cricket with four centuries. More than 75% of his career runs and all of his centuries have come from T20I matches. His four T20I centuries are the second most by any male batter. He held the top ranking in the ICC men's player rankings for T20Is from October 2022 to June 2024. He won the ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Year award in 2022 and was also named in the ICC Men's T20I Team of the Year in 2022 and 2023.
Yadav plays for Mumbai in the Indian domestic cricket, which he has captained in the past. He has played for Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL), winning one title with Kolkata in 2014 and two with Mumbai, in 2019 and 2020.