Mumbai Indians’ sensational batter Suryakumar Yadav played one of the all-time great Indian Premier League (IPL) knocks to register his maiden century in the tournament’s history. He achieved this feat in the Mumbai Indians’ (MI) all-important game against Gujarat Titans at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Suryakumar Yadav Lights Up The Wankhede Stadium
After Mumbai Indians walked out to bat first, the openers — Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan gave a flying start to the side. However, GT’s star Rashid Khan wreaked havoc and dismissed both the openers in the same over.
Suryakumar Yadav walked out with all-guns-blazing and started smashing the GT bowlers to all the corners of the ground. He posted a huge total of 218 runs on the scoreboard. The star batter finished with a stellar knock of 103 runs in just 49 balls.
SKY’s sensational knock was laced with 11 boundaries and six maximums. SKY reached the triple-figure mark with a six on the final delivery of the innings.
All thanks to his stunning knock, Mumbai Indians put up a massive total of 218/5 against the defending champions
Meanwhile, fans, who have waited for a long time for Suryakumar’s maiden century in the Indian Premier League, couldn’t keep calm and went berserk. From cricketers and experts to fans, everyone came up with amazing reactions to hail the brilliance of the MI batter. There were many who came up with hilarious memes as well.
Check out the reactions of the fans:
How does #SuryakumarYadav hit a good length ball to third man with a straight bat??????#MIvsGT pic.twitter.com/ZpKyZoHVk4
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) May 12, 2023
SuryaKumar Yadav completed his century in just 49 balls!!!🥵
Are you kidding???🥵🥵😭 pic.twitter.com/JVGuM88SkC
— Prathmesh. (@45Fan_Prathmesh) May 12, 2023
Jaiswal is watching Suryakumar yadav complete his century by hitting a six on the last ball pic.twitter.com/JJ8sSeHiO8
— Arun Singh (@ArunTuThikHoGya) May 12, 2023
Oh man, it's unbelievable, it's incredible.
Suryakumar Yadav has scored the century. Oh god 😭🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/FJ0aZltQI9
— Vishal. (@SPORTYVISHAL) May 12, 2023
https://twitter.com/BoiesX45/status/1657051933700677632?s=20
Never seen a batter like him. What a player and what an outstanding 💯 by SKY. No one can match his shots. Take a bow champ🙇♂️ @surya_14kumar #GTvMI #SuryakumarYadav #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/X6L7ASAkJu
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R) May 12, 2023
Congratulations to Suryakumar Yadav for his First IPL century.. What a player. #MIvsGT pic.twitter.com/1YSRnX2dF7
— MASS (@Freak4Salman) May 12, 2023
Umpire watching the ball when Suryakumar Yadav is batting pic.twitter.com/bEm3HHZxJr
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) May 12, 2023
Notably, Suryakumar is the fifth MI player in history to score an IPL century and the third Indian player after captain Rohit Sharma and legend Sachin Tendulkar.
Highest individual scores for MI
114* – Sanath Jayasuriya vs CSK, Mumbai WS, 2008
109* – Rohit Sharma vs KKR, Kolkata, 2012
103* – Suryakumar Yadav vs GT, Mumbai WS, today
100* – Sachin Tendulkar vs KTK, Mumbai WS, 2011
100* – Lendl Simmons vs PBKS, Mohali, 2014
