Sports News Updates : Suryakumar Yadav, the batter for the Mumbai Indians (MI), reached a noteworthy milestone when he tied previous franchise captain Rohit Sharma and surpassed the illustrious Sachin Tendulkar in the number of centuries produced for the five-time Indian Premier League (IPL) winners.
In their IPL match on Tuesday at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Suryakumar achieved this accomplishment.
MI was chasing a target of 174 runs when Suryakumar came up big at a critical juncture, with his team tied at 31/3. With amazing poise and technique, he launched a powerful counterattack and struck a spectacular 102* runs in just 51 balls. He batted aggressively throughout his innings, hitting 12 fours and 6 sixes at an incredible strike rate of 200.00.
For MI, Rohit and Suryakumar have each scored two IPL hundreds. For MI, Tendulkar, Cameron Green, Lendl Simmons, and Sanath Jayasuriya have all scored hundreds of runs.
Suryakumar is currently tied with Ruturaj Gaikwad and KL Rahul for the third-highest T20 centuries among Indians. Second place goes to Rohit Sharma, who has eight hundreds. At the top with nine T20 hundreds is Virat Kohli.
Tilak Varma, who composedly scored 37 runs off 32 balls, was also a key player in the MI chase. In IPL history, their uninterrupted 143-run stand is currently MI’s biggest fourth-wicket or lower collaboration.
Suryakumar has amassed 334 runs at an average of 41.75 and a strike rate of 176.71 in nine games this season, including three fifty-score innings. His highest rating is 102*.
MI won the toss and chose to field first in the game. Throughout their innings, SRH lost wickets at regular intervals due to a sluggish start. But strong efforts from captain Pat Cummins (who was undefeated at 35*) and Travis Head (who scored 48 runs) helped SRH to a total of 173/8 in the 20 overs that were allocated to them.
MI suffered early difficulties in the run chase, with their top order imploding and the squad battling at 31/3. Tilak struck 37* and Suryakumar, with his undefeated knock of 102*, launched a counterattack at this crucial moment. With 16 balls remaining, their connection saw MI to a commanding victory.