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Team India's T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav is celebrating his 34th birthday today. He was born on 14 September 1990 in Ghazipur, UP. Surya is a resident of UP but he was raised in Mumbai. Surya, who has dreamed of playing for the Indian cricket team since childhood, has also been made the new T20 captain of India in the year 2024. However, Surya's journey to reach the Indian team has not been easy. He has worked hard for this. Let's take a look at the journey of Surya, who once used to play cricket in the streets of Banaras.
childhood dream
Surya had made up his mind since childhood that he would become a cricketer. However, the family members fully supported Surya. Surya, a resident of Hathaura village near Banaras-Ghazipur, used to play cricket in the streets in his childhood. Seeing his love for the game, his family decided to send him to Mumbai at the age of 10.
Debut in Indian team in 2014
After moving to Mumbai, he joined the Vengsarkar Academy. After this, Surya performed brilliantly at the junior level. Later he got a chance to play for Mumbai in a domestic tournament. He played for Mumbai for about 10 years. Surya played many memorable innings during this period. Apart from the domestic tournament, he was also performing brilliantly in the IPL. However, on 14 March 2021, he finally got a chance to debut for the Indian team. After this, Surya never looked back.
got married in the year 2016
Suryakumar Yadav married Devisha Shetty in the year 2016. Devisha is often seen supporting Surya on the field. Surya and Devisha have studied from RA Poddar College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai. Both of them first met in 2010. Surya saw Devisha dancing during a function. After which Surya fell in love with Devisha.
Known as Mr. 360
Surya is the most successful T20 batsman of the current Indian team. Surya has also played many brilliant innings in the T20 format for India. Surya is adept at destroying the opposition team with his explosive batting. Today he is also called Mr. 360 due to his explosive shots everywhere on the cricket field.
Cricket career of Suryakumar
Suryakumar Yadav, who has played 1 Test match for India so far, has scored 8 runs. Surya has scored 773 runs in 37 ODIs at an average of 25.76. But in T20, he has scored 2432 runs at an average of 42.66. He has also scored 4 centuries in T20. However, after taking over the captaincy of the Indian T20 team, expectations from Surya have increased a lot.