Suryakumar Yadav has enjoyed a memorable IPL 2025 season with Mumbai Indians so far.
Mumbai Indians (MI) batter Suryakumar Yadav set a notable record during the IPL 2025 match against Punjab Kings in Jaipur on Monday. During the match, Suryakumar Yadav surpassed the legendary Sachin Tendulkar’s record of having scored most runs for Mumbai Indians in a single IPL season.
Sachin Tendulkar had won the Orange Cap in 2010 when he scored 618 runs from 15 innings. Suryakumar Yadav surpassed Sachin Tendulkar’s record when he reached 619 runs. At the time of writing this report, Mumbai Indians were 150/5 in the 17th over with SKY batting at 44. The 34-year-old has also registered 14 successive scores of 25-plus runs this IPL season.
Coming to the match, Mumbai Indians posted a total of 184/7 after bein asked to bat first. Ryan Rickelton (27) and Rohit Sharma (24) got Mumbai Indians off to a strong start, forging a 45-run stand before the South African was dismissed. The five-time champions continued losing wickets at regular intervals but Suryakumar Yadav stood tall like a wall, forging productive partnerships with Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya and Naman Dhir.
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Suryakumar Yadav finished the innings with 57 runs from 39 balls before being dismissed by Arshdeep Singh in the last ball of the 20th over.
With 640 runs from 14 matches at a strike-rate of 167.97, Suryakumar Yadav is the highest run-scorer for Mumbai Indians this season. Ryan Rickelton is Mumbai Indians’ second highest run-getter with 388 runs from 14 matches at a strike-rate of 150.97. While Suryakumar Yadav has scored five fifties, Rickelton has registered three half-centuries this season.
The winner of this game will confirm themselves of a top-two spot in the IPL playoffs and will play in Qualifier 1 at Mullanpur on May 29. In Tuesday’s final league stage game, Royal Challengers Bengaluru will take on Lucknow Super Giants in Lucknow with an eye on the top two spot.
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