IPL 2025: Suryakumar Breaks Tendulkar's Record, Emerges as Mumbai's New Run-Machine
In 2015, Sachin scored 618 runs at an average of 47.53 which was the highest ever score for the five-time champion franchise.
Jaipur: Suryakumar Yadav sublime innings on Monday evening went in vein as his team - Mumbai Indians lost a penultimate fixture against Punjab Kings at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
Nevertheless, Suryakumar' 57 off 39 balls as earned him place ahead of the 'cricket God'. The expert T20 batter, who has been a picture of consistency this season, broke Sachin Tendulkar's record to become the highest run scorer for the Mumbai outfit in an IPL season.
The Indian T20I Skipper scored 640 runs in 14 innings this season, standing third in the list of top scorers (Orange cap). In 2015, Sachin scored 618 runs at an average of 47.53 which was the highest ever score for the five-time champion franchise.
Punjab Kings secured a top-two spot in the Indian Premier League playoffs after dominating five-time winners the Mumbai Indians by seven wickets on Monday.
Josh Inglis (73) and Priyansh Arya (62) smashed the Mumbai bowling and cruised Punjab to 187-3 in reply to Mumbai’s below-par 184-7.
Punjab will play qualifier 1 on Thursday with the winner going directly to the June 3 final.
Mumbai will play eliminator 1 on Friday against Royal Challengers Bengaluru or Lucknow Super Giants.
Gujarat Titans is second in the table but could be overtaken by Bengaluru if it beats Lucknow on Tuesday.