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Suryakumar Yadav Creates History, Becomes First Player In The World To Achieve Elusive IPL Feat
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Suryakumar Yadav continued his remarkable run of form in the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) during Mumbai Indians' (MI) clash against Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Thursday (May 1). After Rajasthan Royals won the toss and chose to bowl first, Ryan Rickelton (61 of 38) and Rohit Sharma (51 of 36) gave MI a quick start with a 116-run opening partnership. Suryakumar was promoted to number three and walked out to bat in the 11th over and ensured a grand finish with a knock of 48 in just 23 balls as the visitors posted a total of 217 on the board. Suryakumar Yadav Creates History Suryakumar broke Robin Uthappa's 11-year-old record and became the first player in history to score 11 consecutive 25+ scores. Quite remarkably, the Indian T20I captain has crossed the 25-run mark in all 11 matches that the five-time champions have played this year. PlayerConsecutive 25+ ScoresYearSuryakumar Yadav112025Robin Uthappa102024Steve Smith92016-18Virat Kohli 92024-25Sai Sudharsan92024-25In the last game, Suryakumar had also become the first player in history to achieve the feat in the first 10 games of a season. Uthappa's incredible run had come during Kolkata Knight Riders' 2014 IPL title win. The dream run came from the sixth league stage game of the season till the first qualifier before ending with a knock of five in the final against Kings XI Punjab. Infact, all 10 knocks of Uthappa were scores of more than 40 runs, which is also a record. Meanwhile, Suryakumar has made scores of 29, 48, 27*, 67, 28, 50, 26, 68*, 40*, 54, 48* Through his knock, Suryakumar regained the orange cap as the tight competition between him, Virat Kohli, Sai Sudharshan, and Nicholas Pooran grows. The 34-year-old has 467 runs in 11 innings at an average of 66.71 with three half-centuries and a strike-rate of 172.96. Get Latest News Live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from IPL 2025,IPL Orange Cap, IPL Purple Cap, Most Sixes in IPL, Cricket, Sports and around the world.
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