Suryakumar Yadav is celebrating his 32nd birthday on Wednesday (September 14). With his flamboyant batting Surya has marked his presence in International cricket.
Surya rose to fame in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2014 when he started playing for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
In 2018, Surya went to Mumbai Indians who won back to back IPL titles in 2019 and 2020. Riding on a good show Surya made his debut for India in the T20 format.
As soon as he came to Team India, Surya played some explosive innings which saw him being compared to AB de Villiers. Let's know about Surya's top 3 knocks.
In the year 2015, while playing for KKR, Surya batted amazingly well against Mumbai. This batsman scored an unbeaten 46 against MI.
Surya opened his innings with a six as he went on to score 46 off 20 which was loaded with one four and 5 sixes. This was the 2nd time a batter had hit so many sixes without scoring a fifty.
In IPL 2020, Surya, playing for Mumbai Indians, shone with the bat against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and led his team to victory.
Surya came to bat at no.3 and he started smashing RCB bowler left, right and centre. Surya scored a total of 79 runs off 43 balls. He hit 10 fours and 3 sixes in his innings.
Surya batted brilliantly in the third T20 played between India and England in the year 2022 and scored a century in 48 balls.
Surya became the fifth batsman in T20 cricket from India to score a century. Surya played an innings of 117 runs which was decorated with 14 fours and 6 sixes.