Suryakumar Yadav creates history in IPL, becomes first Indian batsman to do so
Surya has been awarded the title of Player of the Match for his century innings.
In the 55th match of IPL 2024, Mumbai Indians defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 wickets. Suryakumar Yadav played a brilliant century in Mumbai's victory, Surya played an inning of 102 runs in 51 balls, Surya hit 12 fours and 6 sixes in his innings.
Surya has been awarded the title of Player of the Match for his century innings. Let us tell you that by scoring a century, Surya has made a special record in his name. In fact, Surya has become the only Indian batsman in IPL history who has the record of scoring a century during a successful run chase while batting at fourth or lower order. Before this, no Indian batsman had achieved such a feat in IPL. By the way, Ben Stokes in the year 2017 and David Miller in the year 2013 had done wonders by scoring brilliant centuries during the run chase.
Centuries by batsmen ranked fourth or lower in successful chases in IPL:
- Ben Stokes Vs GL, 2017
- Suryakumar Yadav Vs SRH, 2024
- David Miller Vs RCB, 2013
Apart from this, Surya has become the first Indian batsman to score 5 centuries in T-20 with a strike rate of more than 200. In this case, Shubman Gill has succeeded in scoring 4 centuries with a strike rate of more than 200. ,
Talking about the match, on the basis of Suryakumar's unbroken partnership of 143 runs in 79 balls with Tilak Verma (37) for the fourth wicket, Mumbai Indians defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by seven (7) wickets here on Monday. Defeated by. After restricting Sunrisers to 173 runs for eight wickets, Mumbai Indians achieved the target by losing three wickets in 17.2 overs.
Mumbai had lost the third wicket for 31 runs in the fifth over but Man of the Match Suryakumar Yadav did not let the team come under pressure by hitting 12 fours and six sixes during his second century in IPL. "I am doing this after a very long time. This is the first time since December 14 that I fielded for 20 overs and batted for 18 overs. I am fine though," Suryakumar Yadav said at the post-match awards ceremony.