Suryakumar Ashok Yadav is a right-handed batsman who plays for the Indian Cricket Team in T20 and ODI formats and represents Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Famously termed as SKY by fans, he is known for hitting unique shots and is called SKY Or 360-degree batter.
Currently, he holds second rank in ICC PLAYER RANKING FOR T20 (2022). With a total rating of 838, he is just 16 ratings behind away from Mohammad Rizwan who is the number 1 T20 batsman.
Suryakumar Yadav Debut
International Debut
T20 DEBUT: Suryakumar Yadav made his international debut on 14 march in the T20 format against England. In his very first match, he hit six runs on the first ball of his debut, thus becoming the first Indian batter in t20Â to score six on the first ball. He also smashed a half-century in the game.
ODI DEBUT: SKY made his ODI Debut on 18 July 2021 against Sri Lanka and scored his first ODI half-century on 21 July.
TEST DEBUT: SuryakUmar Yadav has not yet played for the Indian Cricket team in the red ball format, but he was part of the team as a replacement.
Domestic Debut
LIST A DEBUT:Â SuryaKumar Yadav made his debut for the Mumbai cricket team on 11 February 2010 against Gujarat.
FIRST-CLASS DEBUT: He made his first-class debut for 2010-11 RANJI TROPHYÂ Â Â Â (MUMBAI VS DELHI-DEC 15 -18,2010).
IPL DEBUT: Surya made his debut For Mumbai Indians in the year 2012.
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Teams Suryakumar Yadav has Played For:
State teams
Surya played for the state team (MUMBAI) – Mumbai, Mumbai A, MUMBAI CRICKET ASSOCIATION XI, WEST ZONE.
India’s squad
INDIA A, INDIA B, INDIA C, INDIA UNDER 23, INDIA BLUE, INDIA RED.
IPL TEAMS: MUMBAI INDIANS (2011) , (2012) Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (KKR)-(2014 -2017 )Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â MUMBAI INDIANS (2018),(2019),(2020),(2022)
Records and accomplishments
- He is the first Indian batsman to hit a six in the first ball faced in T20 debut.
- SKY scored a half-century in t20 debut and on the 4th rank to do so
- He made his maiden ODI half-century on 21 July.
- Suryakumar Yadav scored his maiden T20 century against England in the year 2022Â (117 runs in 55 balls)
Suryakumar Yadav’s Networth Â
SKY’s net worth estimated to be around 28 Crores.
Suryakumar Yadav Marital status
Suryakumar Yadav is married to Devisha Shetty who started her career as a Dance coach. They tied the knot on July 7 2016 and the couple is happily married.
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