India T20I team captain Suryakumar Yadav will reportedly return to cricket during the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024. Suryakumar Yadav will join the Mumbai team for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match against Services in Hyderabad on Sunday, December 3.
Surya was last seen in action during the four-match T20I series against South Africa last month. The Men in Blue recorded a 3-1 victory against the Proteas despite losing key players like Jasprit Bumrah and Yashasvi Jaiswal. He scored 26 runs in three innings at an average of 8.67 and a strike rate of 86.67.
Suryakumar Yadav to join Mumbai for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match
A Times of India journalist took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to share that Suryakumar Yadav will join the Mumbai team for their match against Services in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy. Gaurav Gupta confirmed that Yadav had missed previous league matches due to a personal issue.
“#breaking India T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav to join the Mumbai squad for Tuesday’s match against Services in Hyderabad in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy; SKY had missed the previous league matches due to a personal issue “wrote Gaurav Gupta.
#rip India T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav will join the Mumbai team for Tuesday’s match against Services in Hyderabad in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy; SKY had missed the previous league matches due to a personal problem
– Gaurav Gupta (@toi_gauravG) December 1, 2024
Shreyas Iyer leads Mumbai in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Shreyas Iyer is currently leading the Mumbai team in the ongoing tournament. The team won two of its first three league stage matches in the domestic T20 tournament. They suffered a 43-run defeat in their recent match against Kerala where they failed to reach a massive target of 235 runs.
The Shreyas Iyer-led team will take on Nagaland in their next match at the Gymkhana Ground, Hyderabad on Sunday, December 1. Mumbai will then take on Services at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on December 3. Suryakumar will be available for the match against Services.
Suryakumar Yadav to play for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025
Suryakumar was signed by Mumbai Indians (MI) for ₹16.35 crore ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. The team kept him as the second highest-paid cricketer. Jasprit Bumrah was the highest-paid cricketer of the Mumbai-based franchise after being signed for a whopping Rs 18 crore.
Mumbai Indians had a disappointing season in IPL 2024, finishing last in the points table. The team only managed to win four of its 14 league games. MI has a strong history in IPL, having won the title five times in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020, with Rohit Sharma captaining each occasion.
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