Suryakumar Yadav slams his fourth IPL fifty versus KKR: Stats
Mumbai Indians batter Suryakumar Yadav produced a valiant display with the bat against his former side Kolkata Knight Riders in Match 51 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season on Friday. Chasing a score of 170 at the Wankhede Stadium, MI were struggling at 71/6. Suryakumar broke the shackles and handed MI hope. However, KKR fought back and won by 24 runs.
A crucial knock from Suryakumar's blade
Suryakumar came to the middle when his side was 38/2 after 4.1 overs. In the sixth over, Suryakumar welcomed Sunil Narine with a four off the first ball. MI lost a few wickets as Suryakumar stayed compact. He opened up post Hardik Pandya's dismissal and shared a 49-run stand alongside Tim David. He got to his fifty from 30 balls before perishing for 56.
Russell dismisses Suryakumar
Andre Russell dismissed Suryakumar in the 16th over. Suryakumar couldn't believe that he missed out on a full toss. IHe looked to whip the ball away and got a thick leading edge as Phil Salt completed a fine catch.
Key IPL stats of Suryakumar
Suryakumar showed his prowess with a knock of 56 from 35 balls. He slammed six fours and two sixes (SR: 160). Playing his 147th IPL match (132 innings), Suryakumar owns a tally of 3,481 runs at 31.64. He slammed his 24th fifty (100s: 1). Against his former side KKR, he has scored 436 runs at 43.60 (50s: 4).
49th T20 fifty for SKY
As per ESPNcricinfo, Suryakumar owns 7,200-plus (7,201) in T20s at 35.29. He registered his 49th T20 fifty in addition to owning five centuries. His strike rate reads 152.26.
