SKY scored the first century of his IPL career, returned in excellent form and created history against Gujarat
In the Indian Premier League 2023, a very exciting match was played between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans on 12 May in which Mumbai Indians won by 27 runs. Rohit Sharma scored 218 runs while batting first and gave Gujarat a target of 219 runs. However, the Gujarat team did not succeed in achieving this target and could score only 191 runs.
In this match, Suryakumar Yadav played a blistering inning for Mumbai Indians. During this, he scored an unbeaten 103 in 49 balls and scored his first century in his IPL career. In this innings, he hit 11 fours and six sixes. Surya has scored this century in this match with a strike rate of more than 200. Surya has scored a total of four centuries in the T20 format, in which he has batted at a strike rate of more than 200 each time.
Many records made in the match
Suryakumar Yadav’s 103 is the highest score against Gujarat Titans. Suryakumar is the first player to score a century against Gujarat. Earlier in the same season against Gujarat Titans, Ruturaj Gaikwad of Chennai Super Kings scored 92, but he missed out on scoring a century. Earlier, Jos Buttler had scored 89 against Gujarat Titans last season.
surya joins special club
Suryakumar Yadav is the third highest run scorer for Mumbai Indians. Earlier in the Indian Premier League, Sanath Jayasuriya scored 114 runs while playing for Mumbai Indians. After this, Rohit Sharma scored an unbeaten 109 while playing against Kolkata. Now Suryakumar Yadav has come at the third place.
It is worth mentioning that the way Suryakumar Yadav has returned to form this season, his fast batting continues. Much of Mumbai Indians’ woes have eased with Suryakumar Yadav returning to form. Thanks to the return of Suryakumar Yadav to form, Mumbai Indians have secured the third position in the points table, which was backward in the initial matches.
Surya’s season has been like this
Talking about the performance of Surya Kumar Yadav in this season, out of the last seven innings, Surya Kumar Yadav has completed half-century in five innings. Surya has scored at an average of 68.33 in seven innings. His strike rate has been 202.45 and he has scored a total of 413 runs. Surya Kumar Yadav played 12 innings and scored 479 runs. Surya Kumar Yadav has scored four half-centuries and one century. Suryakumar Yadav has caught form recently after which it has become difficult to contain his storm. Suryakumar Yadav has also brought himself to the third position in the Orange Cap race by batting fast.
