MI vs GT: Suryakumar Yadav scored the first century of IPL career after waiting for 10 years and 134 matches

Suryakumar Yadav first IPL century: Mumbai Indians stormy batsman Suryakumar Yadav managed to score his first century in IPL after a long wait of 10 years and 134 matches. He achieved this feat against Gujarat Titans and also became the first batsman to score a century for Mumbai Indians this season. He completed his century with a six off Alzarri Joseph.

It was the 135th match of his IPL cricket career in which he scored a century. Batting first on the basis of his century, Mumbai scored 218 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs.

Suryakumar Yadav scored his first century in 49 balls

Suryakumar Yadav played a stormy innings against Gujarat and completed his century in 49 balls by hitting a six on the last ball of the innings. In this match, he scored an unbeaten 103 runs in 49 balls with the help of 6 sixes and 11 fours, and it was also the best score of his IPL cricket career. Suryakumar Yadav started playing in IPL in the year 2012 and he was not a part of any team in 2013, but since 2014 he has been playing in this league continuously.

Suryakumar played the biggest innings for Mumbai against Gujarat

In the list of batsmen who played the biggest innings for Mumbai in the IPL against Gujarat, Suryakumar came at number one and broke the record of Ruturaj Gaikwad. Earlier, Ruturaj had scored an inning of 92 runs against Gujarat in Ahmedabad in the same season, but now Suryakumar Yadav has come at number one after playing an unbeaten 103 runs.

Highest individual score in IPL for Mumbai against Gujarat

103 * runs – Suryakumar Yadav (MI), Mumbai, 2023
92 runs – Ruturaj Gaikwad (CSK), Ahmedabad, 2023
89 runs – Jos Buttler (RR), Kolkata, 2022
83 runs – Venkatesh Iyer (KKR), Ahmedabad, 2023

Suryakumar Yadav broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record

Suryakumar Yadav became the third batsman to play the biggest innings for Mumbai in IPL and broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record. The record for playing the biggest innings in the IPL from this team is recorded in the name of Sanath Jayasuriya, who scored an unbeaten 114, while Rohit Sharma is at number two with an unbeaten 109, while playing an unbeaten 103. Suryakumar has come at number three.

Highest individual score in IPL for MI

114* runs – Sanath Jayasuriya vs CSK, Mumbai, 2008
109* Runs – Rohit Sharma vs KKR, Kolkata, 2012
103* Runs – Suryakumar Yadav vs GT, Mumbai, 2023
100* Runs – Sachin Tendulkar vs KTK, Mumbai, 2011
100* Runs – Lendl Simmons vs PBKS, Mohali, 2014

Suryakumar Yadav’s performance in IPL 2023

Suryakumar Yadav has so far played 12 matches for Mumbai in this league in which he has scored 479 runs with a strike rate of 190.83. He has scored one century and four half-centuries in these matches, along with hitting 52 fours and 24 sixes. When Suryakumar scored a century against Gujarat, his entire family was present at the Wankhede Stadium.