Suryakumar Yadav breaks Sachin Tendulkar’s long-standing record: Secured his name on THIS great feat
Suryakumar broke Sachin's long-standing record for MI
Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya pushed Mumbai Indians (MI) to a score of 184 for 7 despite a decent bowling effort from Punjab Kings in the penultimate league fixture of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on Monday May 26.
Suryakumar Yadav scored 57 runs off 39 balls, and has been an example of consistency in this ongoing season. With his outing of a half-century, Suryakumar broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record and became the highest run scorer for Mumbai Indians in an IPL season.
Most runs for MI in an IPL season:
Suryakumar Yadav- 619 runs in 2025
Sachin Tendulkar- 618 runs in 2010
Suryakumar Yadav- 605 runs in 2023
Sachin Tendulkar- 553 runs in 2011
Lendl Simmons- 540 runs in 2015
Speaking about Mumbai’s innings, opener Ryan Rickelton (27 off 20) played some sublime strokes, Mumbai Indians could get 52 for one in the powerplay.
Arshdeep Singh swung the ball both ways in the opening over of the game, troubling Rickelton who managed to survive.
In the following over, Rickelton got a couple of boundaries from Kyle Jamieson, who was making his debut for Punjab Kings.
Rohit Sharma (24 off 21) was slow off the blocks before a straight hit over mid-off against Marco Jansen got him going.
Jansen, playing his final game of the season for Punjab Kings, induced a mishit from Rickelton that had the opener caught at mid-on in the sixth over.
In the absence of Yuzvendra Chahal, left-arm spinner Harpreet Brar was up to the task again in the middle overs and got the prized wicket of Rohit, whose mishit was brilliantly pouched by Nehal Wadhera at long-on.
At 106 for four in the 13th over, Punjab Kings controlled the proceedings. Hardik would have been out on the first legal ball he faced but Vijaykumar Vyshak missed a regulation return catch.
Vyshak too played a big role in keeping Mumbai Indians batters in check by removing Will Jacks and Tilak Varma in quick succession. His ploy of bowling a wide line got him the desired results in the middle overs.
The momentum shifted Mumbai Indians’ way in the penultimate over and on this occasion, Vyshak was at the receiving end as he leaked 23 runs.
Suryakumar and Naman Dhir (20 off 12) got the much-needed hits in the death overs. The 20th over from Arshdeep Singh was exactly what Punjab Kings needed to close the innings. The left-arm pacer took two wickets and gave away just three runs.
(Written with inputs from PTI)