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Is Suryakumar Yadav better than Ab De Villiers? Here's what stats say - In Pics

Suryakumar Yadav has become the talk of the town as he has scored as many as three T20I centuries in the last year with a strike rate of 200 or more while batting at number four. India captain Rohit Sharma is the only player with more centuries than SKY but he opens the batting and everyone else in the top 5 batsmen with the most centuries in T20Is opens the innings. This means that India has just discovered once in a generation player who bats down the order and plays match-winning innings with a high strike rate, smashing bowlers all around the park. But wait we have heard these adjectives for someone else as well.

Yes, you guessed it right we are talking about AB de Villiers. He was called the first Mr 360 of cricket for his outstanding shot-making sending the ball to every part of the field and now India's Surya is doing the same thing. Which leads cricket fans to another question? Who is better? AB or SKY. In this collection of photos, we will take you through key stats of both the batters in T20I cricket and IPL. You all are free to judge by your own.

Akash Kharade|

Updated:Jan 09, 2023, 07:40 PM IST

1/5

T20I stats

Suryakumar Yadav

Matches - 45 Innings - 43 Not Out - 9 Runs - 1578 Highest Score - 117 Average - 46.41 Strike Rate - 180.34 100's - 3 50's - 13

AB de Villiers

Matches - 78 Innings - 75 Not Out - 11 Runs - 1672 Highest Score - 79 Average - 26.12 Strike Rate - 135.16 100's - 0 50's - 10

2/5

Home T20Is

Suryakumar Yadav

Matches - 18 Innings - 17 Not Out - 3 Runs - 663 Highest Score - 112 Average - 47.35 Strike Rate - 179.67 100's - 1 50's - 7

AB de Villiers

Matches - 29 Innings - 28 Not Out - 4 Runs - 555 Highest Score - 71 Average - 23.12 Strike Rate - 139.44 100's - 0 50's - 3

3/5

Away T20Is

Suryakumar Yadav

Matches - 11 Innings - 11 Not Out - 1 Runs - 471 Highest Score - 117 Average - 47.10 Strike Rate - 186.90 100's - 2 50's - 2

AB de Villiers

Matches - 22 Innings - 22 Not Out - 3 Runs - 475 Highest Score - 65 Average - 25 Strike Rate - 122 100's - 0 50's - 2

4/5

IPL stats

Suryakumar Yadav

Matches - 123 Innings - 108 Not Out - 20 Runs - 2644 Highest Score - 82 Average - 30.05 Strike Rate - 136.78 100's - 0 50's - 16

AB de Villiers

Matches - 184 Innings - 170 Not Out - 40 Runs - 5162 Highest Score - 133 Average - 39.71 Strike Rate - 151.69 100's - 3 50's - 40

5/5

Who is better?

SKY has better stats when it comes to T20I cricket, in-home, away or neutral conditions while ABD had dominated the IPL for over 10 years. Even though the stats suggest that SKY is a better 'Mr 360' than ABD one needs to remember that the South African legend has done it for over 10 years constantly while India's talisman is just one of the first steps of what seems to be a long staircase.