Suryakumar Yadav enjoyed a stellar run in T20Is in 2023.
While he clobbered over 1,000 runs in the format last year, he will finish 2023 as the highest run-getter among full-member team batters.
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Over 700 T20I runs
It was a defining year for SKY, who exceeded all expectations by hammering 733 runs in 2023 at 48.86 with a strike rate of 155.95.
SKY smoked two centuries, besides hammering five fifties.
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SKY in this elite club
SKY is among the two batters with a 48-plus average and a 150-plus strike rate in T20Is this year (Minimum: 500 runs).
He played 18 games in 2023.
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A historic century
Suryakumar's first century of 2023 came against Sri Lanka in Rajkot in January. He blasted a 51-ball 112* (4s: 7, 6s: 9). He became the first non-opener to clock three T20I tons.
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Fourth T20I ton
Another century against South Africa helped SKY equal Rohit Sharma and Glenn Maxwell in terms of T20I tons (4).
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Another feat for SKY
Suryakumar smashed his 15th score of 50-plus while batting at number four or below in T20Is, the most for a batter. He got to the mark in 39 innings (12 fifties, three tons).
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His overall T20I record
Having played 60 T20Is, Suryakumar has raced to 2,141 runs at 45.55.
SKY has the joint-second-most Player-of-the-Match awards in the shortest format (14).
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Joint second-fastest to 2,000 T20I runs
The second T20I against South Africa saw SKY become the joint-second-fastest batter to accomplish 2,000 T20I runs.
He joined his compatriot Virat Kohli in this regard.