When you have a player like Suryakumar Yadav in your T20I side, you can rest assured the runs come from all parts of the ground. He is such a 360-degree player who has shots for every delivery and every part of the ground.
He is among the modern-day power hitters who can clear sixes at will and find the tiniest gaps against the opposition bowlers to take the ball across boundaries. And this trait of his has fetched him plenty of runs against opponent teams.
This article will discuss Suryakumar Yadav’s opponent-wise records in T20I cricket.
Suryakumar Yadav T20I Runs Opponent-wise
| AGAINST | RUNS | INNINGS | AVERAGE | STRIKE RATE | HIGH SCORE | 50s/100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFGHANISTAN | 59 | 2 | 29.50 | 196.66 | 53 | 1/0 |
| AUSTRALIA | 374 | 13 | 31.16 | 172.35 | 80 | 2/0 |
| BANGLADESH | 153 | 6 | 25.50 | 173.86 | 75 | 1/0 |
| ENGLAND | 349 | 12 | 29.08 | 171.92 | 117 | 1/1 |
| HONG KONG | 68 | 1 | - | 261.53 | 68* | 1/0 |
| IRELAND | 17 | 3 | 5.66 | 170.00 | 15 | 0/0 |
| NAMIBIA | 25 | 1 | - | 131.57 | 25* | 0/0 |
| NETHERLANDS | 51 | 1 | - | 204.00 | 51* | |
| NEW ZEALAND | 526 | 13 | 58.44 | 170.77 | 111* | 4/1 |
| PAKISTAN | 112 | 8 | 16.00 | 113.13 | 47* | 0/0 |
| SCOTLAND | 6 | 1 | - | 300.00 | 6* | 0/0 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 406 | 14 | 31.23 | 156.15 | 100 | 4/1 |
| SRI LANKA | 358 | 9 | 44.75 | 162.72 | 112* | 3/1 |
| U.A.E. | 7 | 1 | - | 350.00 | 7* | 0/0 |
| U.S.A. | 134 | 2 | - | 136.73 | 84* | 2/0 |
| WEST INDIES | 408 | 11 | 40.80 | 164.51 | 83 | 4/0 |
| ZIMBABWE | 61 | 1 | - | 244.00 | 61* | 1/0 |
| OVERALL | 3114 | 99 | 37.97 | 165.63 | 117 | 25/4 |
Key Insights on Suryakumar Yadav’s T20I Batting Stats by Opponents
Individual Performance Records Against SENA Nations
Surya is one of the three Indian batters to score 1500-plus runs against the SENA – South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia – teams combined in T20Is.
He is also one of the four Indians to score 10 or more fifty-plus scores against the SENA teams.
Surya is the only Indian batter with at least one century each against England, New Zealand, and South Africa in T20Is.
Suryakumar Yadav is the third-highest run getter for India against Australia in T20Is.
His strike rate of around 170 is the highest by an Indian batter against Australia in this format (minimum 100 balls faced).
Surya is one of the four Indian batters to score 300-plus runs against England in T20Is.
He also has the second-highest strike rate among Indian batters against the Englishmen, striking around 170 (minimum 100 balls faced).
The right-hand batter is one of the two Indians to score 400-plus runs against New Zealand in the shortest format.
He is the only Indian batter to maintain his average above 50 and strike rate above 150 against the Kiwis in T20Is (minimum 100 balls faced).
Suryakumar has scored the third-most runs for India against South Africa in T20Is.
Surya is one of the five Indian batters to maintain a strike rate above 150 against South Africa in T20Is (minimum 100 balls faced).
Batting Stats Against Sri Lanka & West Indies
The Mumbai batter has scored the third-most runs for India against Sri Lanka in T20Is.
Surya has the highest strike rate among Indian batters against the Lankans, striking around 160.
Suryakumar has struck the second-highest individual score for India against Sri Lanka in T20Is. He scored an unbeaten 112 in 51 balls in the 2023 Rajkot T20I.
Surya has aggregated the third-most runs for India against the West Indies in the shortest format.
His strike rate of around 160 is also the highest by an Indian batter against the Windies (minimum 100 balls faced).
Milestone Innings and Highest Individual Scores
SKY has brought up the second-highest individual score by an Indian against England. He scored 117 from 55 balls, though in a losing cause in the 2022 Nottingham T20I. This was his first-ever century in this format.
Surya’s 117 is the second-highest individual score by an Indian batter in a losing cause in T20Is.
Surya was the first Indian batter to score a century against New Zealand, with his unbeaten 111 in the 2022 Bay Oval T20I now the second-highest individual score among his countrymen against the Kiwis.
Surya was the third Indian batter to hammer a T20I hundred against the Proteas, scoring 100 off 56 balls in the 2023 Johannesburg T20I.
Record-Breaking Fastest Fifties & Centuries
Suryakumar has scored the joint-second fastest T20I fifty against Hong Kong, off 22 balls in the 2022 Asia Cup.
Suryakumar has smashed the fastest T20I fifty by an Indian batter against Zimbabwe, off 23 balls in Melbourne in the 2022 T20 World Cup.
He has scored the fastest T20I century for India against New Zealand, having reached the 100-run mark in 49 balls on his way to an unbeaten 111 in 2022.
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