The star drummer of the Mumbai Indians, Suryakumar Yadav, has still engraved his name in the IPL history books, this time by going beyond the South African legend AB de Villiers to become the highest scorer by a non-open in a single edition of the Indian Premier. The milestone was reached during the confrontation of qualification 2 of IPL 2025 between the Indians of Mumbai and the kings of Punjab at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad, where the two teams fight for a place in the final against the Bengaluru royal. Upon entering the match, Suryakumar had already raised 673 points in 15 rounds, with an average of 67.30 amazing with a striking rate of 167.83, including five half-century and a score higher 73 *. Only 15 additional points were sufficient to eclipse the count of 673 villiers points of the 2016 season, which the RCB Great had reached 16 innings with a century and six fiftya with an average of 52.84 and a striking rate of 168.79.
What distinguishes the Suryakumar race is not only the figures, but the way it marked them and in particular its intrepid use of sweeping and reverse scan against rotation and rhythm.Quiz: Who is this IPL player?
Most races by non-outline in an IPL season
691 * Suryakumar Yadav (2023)687 AB de Villliers (2016)684 Rishabh Pant (2018)622 Kane Williamson (2018)605 Suryakumar Yadav (2023) Despite this remarkable feat, Suryakumar has always had a bigger price. He now needs 87 additional races to exceed the opener of Gujarat Titans, Sai Sudharsan, which currently holds the orange cap with 759 points in 15 games, with an average of 54.21 with a century and six fifty.With the draw in favor of PBKS when they chose to play first, Suryakumar Yadav came out under pressure but with the story at a sidelines. By going beyond AB de Villiers, he not only reaffirmed his stature as one of the best in the league, but also kept the hopes of Mi in this confrontation with direct elimination. All eyes now remain on the fact that the dough in shape can push further and hunt the counting of the orange cap of Sai Sudharsan and, more importantly, transport Mumbai to another IPL final.
