Suryakumar Yadav, unquestionably the best T20 batter in the world right now, continued his winning ways with the bat in IPL 2023 with a stunning score in Match 57. The Mumbai Indians (MI) batsman scored a grand 100 years against the Gujarat Titans (GT). On Friday, May 12, at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, his innings of 103* led MI to a 27-run victory.
Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan, MI openers who batted first, made a steady start for the team by scoring 61 runs in the powerplay. Suryakumar Yadav, on the other hand, took over in the middle after Rashid Khan ended both MI openers in the seventh over.
Oh my gosh! He did much more than that. The 32-year-old created a shining thump where he put the Gujarat bowlers to the sword with his radiant strokeplay.
SKY got off to a good start, scoring 23 runs off his first 18 pitches. He switched gears, however, and put on a show at the Wankhede after the 12th over mark. Suryakumar destroyed the ball left, right, and center of the field in his usual fashion, scoring as many as 80 runs in his final 31 balls.
The Mumbai batsman scored his first IPL century by hitting Alzarri Joshep square leg off the final ball of the innings. MI posted 218/5 thanks to SKY’s incredible knock of 103* from 49 balls.
GT responded by losing eight wickets with just 103 runs on the board. In any case, Rashid Khan’s shocking innings of 79* from 32 balls decreased the triumphant edge as MI enlisted their seventh triumph of the time by 27 runs.
3) Suryakumar Yadav is currently MI’s third-most noteworthy run-getter in IPL
Preceding this game, Suryakumar Yadav had 2,412 IPL runs for MI and was the fourth-most elevated run-getter in the establishment’s set of experiences.
In any case, with his thump of 103*, SKY has outperformed Ambati Rayudu’s count of 2,416 runs, to turn into MI’s third-most noteworthy all-time run-getter in IPL history.
With 4,929 and 3,412 runs, respectively, Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard lead the list.
2) a MI player’s third-best individual score in the IPL.
Suryakumar’s 103*-run knock is now also the third-best individual score by a Mumbai Indians batter in their IPL history.
Suryakumar’s 103* runs are the third-best, behind Sanath Jayasuriya’s 114* runs against CSK in 2008 and Rohit Sharma’s 109* runs against KKR in 2012.
Lendl Simmos (100* vs. PBKS in 2014) and Sachin Tendulkar (100* vs. KTK in 2011) are the remaining MI batsmen who have scored a century in the Indian Premier League.
1) First century by a player in the IPL against GT
Gujarat Titans have been one of the best bowling teams in the competition ever since their inaugural season last year.
However, they were all knocked off their feet by Suryakumar’s insane blows. He has therefore become the first IPL centurion to face the Gujarat team.
Beforehand, Ruturaj Gaikwad’s 92-run thump, which he scored in the competition opener this season, was the best individual score versus GT in the IPL. However, the MI batter now holds the individual record for highest score against Gujarat, surpassing the previous record.