Suyash Prabhudessai

Suyash Prabhudessai is an Indian Cricketer born on 6th December 1997 in Goa. He is a right-handed batsman known for his ability to aggregate runs at a quick rate. The 26-year-old can also bowl right-arm medium pace. He plays for Royal Challengers Banglore in IPL and for Goa in the domestic setup. 

Suyash Prabhudesai Along the years

Career

Suyash Prabhudessai belongs to Goa and he started his domestic career for Goa as well in the Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2017 against Bengal, Suyash scored 120 runs in five games of that tournament. Suyash made it into the Ranji Trophy for Goa a year later and played his first game against Haryana. 

After appearing in both longer formats in domestic cricket Suyash featured in the shortest format of the domestic setup, he debuted in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy of the 2018-19 season and scored a decent 116 runs in six games. Suyash got signed by Royal Challengers Banglore in the 2021 IPL for INR 20 Lakh but made his debut in the league a year later. Suyash has been continuously associated with RCB since the first edition. 

Domestic Career

Suyash Prabhudessai has represented his home state Goa at the domestic level. Prabhudessai played his first domestic match against the Bengal cricket team on February 28, 2017. It was a List-A fixture played at Chennai. The middle-order batsman scored 27 runs off just 21 deliveries before losing his wicket to Kanishk Seth.

Suyash made his first-class debut in the subsequent season, with his first outing coming against the Haryana cricket team at Rohtak. He managed 46 runs for his team in two innings, but Haryana crushed Goa by 143 runs in that fixture.

Finally, Suyash received his first T20 cap on February 22, 2019 against Sikkim. Unlike his List-A and first-class debut matches, the Goan cricket team won this match against Sikkim. Goa restricted their rivals to 100/8 in 20 overs and chased the score losing only two wickets. Suyash did not get a chance to bat or bowl in his debut T20 game.

However, in his T20 career for Goa so far, Suyash has played 17 matches, scoring 357 runs at an average of 32.45. His strike rate is close to 150, whereas his highest score is 60*.

Suyash has ten wickets to his name across the three formats. Shedding some light on his batting statistics in the other two formats, Suyash has scored 922 runs in 16 first-class matches at a brilliant average of 43.90. His List-A aggregate is 653 in 28 innings, including four half-centuries.

IPL Career

He received his first IPL contract from the Royal Challengers Bangalore Team at the IPL Auction 2021 but had to wait for a year to finally make his debut in the league. Suyash impressed in his first IPL game against Chennai Super Kings on 12th April 2022 where he scored quick 34 runs in just 18 balls and almost won the game for RCB. He played five games each in the IPL 2022 and 2023 but due to a slight decline in his performance, he got only one game in the 2024 IPL where he scored 24 runs. 

In his 11 games of IPL, he has scored 126 runs at 12.60. 

Background

Born in Goa, Suyash Prabhudessai has been playing domestic cricket for quite some time now. However, after going unsold in the 2019 auction, Suyash decided to work on his finishing skills and focus more on his batting strike rate. In the last two seasons, he has played multiple match-winning knocks for Goa. His consistent performances handed him a deal from RCB this year.