Suryakumar Yadav is nine runs away from moving past Kieron Pollard and into second place on Mumbai Indians' all-time run list. He could get there on Tuesday when Mumbai Indians meet Sunrisers Hyderabad at Wankhede Stadium.
Yadav, 34, has 3,907 runs in 121 matches and 119 innings for Mumbai, with an average of 37.56 and a strike rate of 151.14. He has also scored two centuries and 29 fifties for the franchise. Pollard sits just ahead on 3,915 runs in 211 matches and 193 innings, with an average of 28.78, a strike rate of 147.01 and 18 fifties. Rohit Sharma leads the list with 6,289 runs in 240 matches and 236 innings.
The milestone would give Mumbai another shift in a batting order that has been built around three familiar names for years. It would also put Yadav within sight of another marker: 93 runs would take him to 4,000 for the franchise, making him only the second Mumbai Indians batter to reach that figure.
That target comes in a season that has not yet matched his best work. Yadav has 157 runs in seven innings in the current IPL, with an average of 22.42 and a strike rate of 142.72, and he has managed one fifty. Those numbers sit alongside a stronger year in T20 internationals, where he has made 641 runs in 21 matches at an average of 35.61 and a strike rate of 156.64, with five fifties.
His form has not followed a straight line. Yadav struck 84 not out against the USA in the T20 World Cup opener in February, but in his next 15 innings after that match he has scored 315 runs at an average of 21 and a strike rate of 132.35. That means the next few innings for Mumbai could decide whether this chase becomes a quick passing note or the start of a larger climb toward another franchise landmark.
