Suryakumar Yadav
SA Yadav is a T20 specialist who has represented India Cricket and, at franchise level, the Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders across 336 career matches. His headline numbers are 9,534 runs at an average of 35.84 and a strike rate of 148.69. Figures that place him firmly in the upper tier of T20 batting volume globally. His primary competition is the Indian Premier League, where he has played 156 times and scored 4,417 runs. On recent form across IPL 2026 and a T20I series in early 2026, results have been mixed, though a 51 off 36 balls against Delhi Capitals on 4 April was a reminder of what he can produce when set.

2026 Season Context
Current team & role
Mumbai Indians · All-Rounder
Recent form
Yadav's last ten outings span both IPL 2026 and a T20I series, with his most substantial knock being 51 off 36 balls against Delhi Capitals on 4 April 2026. The current IPL run has produced three succ
Strongest format
Indian Premier League — With 156 IPL matches producing 4,417 runs at an average of 35.62 and a strike rate of 148.72, the IPL represents Yadav's highest-volume format and the
Career stats overview
35 ODI · 301 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
ODI
35 matches
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
301 matches
Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Middle-overs choke
Suffocates partnerships without needing wickets.
In a chase
Ten points above his career average when India chase.
Fielding impact
More than any Indian fielder of his era.
Best bowling
Colombo, 2024.
Career catches
Top-five fielder of his generation.
ICC titles
CT 2013, Asia Cup 2018, CT 2025.
Career threads
Beyond the numbers
9,534 runs at a strike rate of 148.69
Across 336 career appearances, Yadav has accumulated 9,534 runs from 6,412 balls faced, averaging 35.84. His career strike rate of 148.69 marks him as one of the more aggressive middle-order operators across T20 cricket globally.
T20 Internationals: his sharpest format by strike rate
In 105 T20 Internationals for India, Yadav averages 37.44 and strikes at 162.63. That strike rate is higher than his IPL returns, suggesting he finds an extra gear in the international arena.
Wankhede is his most productive ground
In 60 matches at Wankhede Stadium, Yadav has scored 1,869 runs at an average of 39.77 and a strike rate of 161.4. No other venue in the data comes close for volume and return combined.
New Zealand his most profitable international opponent
Against New Zealand Cricket across 21 matches, Yadav averages 38.63 and strikes at 159.28, accumulating 618 runs. That average edges his career mean and the strike rate reflects a confident, positive approach to that particular bowling attack.
156 IPL appearances with Mumbai Indians and KKR
Yadav has played 156 IPL matches, the bulk with Mumbai Indians (114 appearances) and a further stint with Kolkata Knight Riders (41 matches). His IPL average of 35.62 across those 156 games underlines consistent returns over a sustained period in the competition.
Head-to-head
Vs opponents
Career totals broken down by the teams SA Yadav has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
Australia
- Matches
- 21
- Runs
- 530
Delhi Capitals
- Matches
- 21
- Runs
- 542
New Zealand
- Matches
- 21
- Runs
- 618
West Indies
- Matches
- 21
- Runs
- 638
Punjab Kings
- Matches
- 20
- Runs
- 606
Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Matches
- 20
- Runs
- 538
Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Matches
- 19
- Runs
- 500
Chennai Super Kings
- Matches
- 17
- Runs
- 437
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where SA Yadav has turned out most often.
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
- Matches
- 60
- Runs
- 1,869
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
- Matches
- 28
- Runs
- 500
Dubai International Cricket Stadium
- Matches
- 21
- Runs
- 351
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
- Matches
- 16
- Runs
- 477
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
- Matches
- 14
- Runs
- 269
Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
- Matches
- 14
- Runs
- 500
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
- Matches
- 13
- Runs
- 374
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
- Matches
- 11
- Runs
- 164
Official profile
Elsewhere on the web
ESPNcricinfo
SA Yadav's profile
Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.