IPL 2025: Suryakumar Yadav Achieves 100 Game Milestone with MI
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Synopsis
On April 4, 2025, Suryakumar Yadav made history by becoming the eighth player to reach 100 matches for Mumbai Indians in IPL. He was honored with a customized jersey before the game against Lucknow Super Giants, marking his significant contribution to the team.
Key Takeaways
- Suryakumar Yadav reaches 100 IPL matches for Mumbai Indians.
- Only the eighth player in MI's history to achieve this milestone.
- Suryakumar averages 35.53 with a strike rate of 148.91.
- He shares the record for the most centuries for MI with Rohit Sharma.
- He has scored over 3000 runs for MI since rejoining in 2018.
Lucknow, April 4 (NationPress) Following his leadership of the Mumbai Indians in their first match of IPL 2025 in the absence of Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav achieved a significant milestone during the game against the Lucknow Super Giants on Friday.
Suryakumar has now become the eighth player to reach the milestone of 100 IPL matches for the Mumbai Indians. The other esteemed players reaching this mark include Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, and Ambati Rayudu.
In celebration of this achievement, Suryakumar received a specially designed jersey prior to the match.
A two-time IPL champion with the Mumbai Indians in 2019 and 2020, Suryakumar is among the exclusive group of three batters who have scored over 3000 runs for the team in the IPL.
His impressive average of 35.53 and a strike rate of 148.91 rank as the second-best in MI’s top 10 run scorers in the tournament's history. Suryakumar was retained by the franchise in anticipation of the mega auction for both the 2022 and 2025 seasons.
Suryakumar shares the record for the most centuries for Mumbai Indians in the IPL with Rohit Sharma, each having two hundreds. Over the years, he has been a crucial part of the batting lineup, playing various roles including opener and no. 3 and no. 4.
He is also the sole batter alongside Rohit to have recorded 25 scores of 50 or more for Mumbai Indians in the IPL. Since rejoining the team in 2018, Suryakumar has led the team in run scoring and holds the record for the most 50+ scores.
His total of 116 sixes for the Mumbai Indians is only surpassed by Rohit and Kieron Pollard. Additionally, he is the only Indian player, besides Sachin Tendulkar, to achieve over 500 runs in multiple IPL editions for Mumbai Indians, with 605 runs in 2023 and 512 runs in 2018.
