Suryakumar Yadav: Who gave Suryakumar Yadav the name SKY? Read a funny story

Suryakumar Yadav SKY Name: Dashing batsman of Indian team Suryakumar Yadav is said to be the current 360 degree batsman. He has mastered hitting any ball. You all must have seen him crushing the bowlers on the cricket field. One such question is always asked on social media. That is, who gave the name Sky (SKY) to Suryakumar Yadav?

Meanwhile, Suryakumar Yadav is currently a part of India’s Test team. He got a chance to play in the first Test in Nagpur. However, he could not do anything special in his debut match. After this, Shreyas Iyer got fit and Suryakumar had to leave the team.

The fourth and final match of the Test series between India and Australia is underway in Ahmedabad.

Who gave the name SKY to Suryakumar Yadav?

Suryakumar Yadav is popularly known as SKY among his fans. But did you know? Who first gave the name SKY to Sun?

Suryakumar Yadav was first named SKY by Gautam Gambhir. Suryakumar revealed about this naming in an interview.

Suryakumar Yadav had said in an interview, ‘When I first joined the KKR team, Gautam Gambhir was the captain of the team. One day when we were out for practice he called someone Sky-Sky two or three times. But I didn’t pay attention to it. Gautibhai then told me that I am voicing you, brother. Take a look here. Then he said, first look how your name starts. Then I noticed it.”

Suryakumar Yadav, who has been playing domestic cricket since 2010, has taken more than 10 years to make a place in the Indian team. Ever since he entered the Indian team, he has played one explosive innings after another.

Surya’s Career

Suryakumar Yadav is a part of Mumbai team in IPL. Surya is the world’s top batsman in T20. He has made a place in India’s ODI and Test team only because of his excellent batting in T20. However, he could not perform as well as T20 in ODIs and Tests.

Surya has scored 1675 runs in 48 T20 matches. Apart from this, he has scored only 953 runs in 20 ODI matches. Along with this, he scored 8 runs from his bat in the only Test match. Suryakumar Yadav has scored 2644 runs in 108 innings in IPL. On the strength of this performance, he has made a place in the Indian team.