Gujarat Titans’ funding in B. Sai Sudharsan is paying off handsomely. He was purchased for his base value of ₹20 lakh by GT for its maiden season.
He was retained forward of this 12 months’s IPL for ₹8.5 crore. His popularity as one of India’s best younger batters continues to develop simply as impressively.
Sai Sudharsan on Wednesday (April 9, 2025) evening gave one other exhibition of his distinctive abilities as a top-order batter at the Narendra Modi Stadium. The left-handed opener from Tamil Nadu made a glowing 82 off 53 balls (8×4, 3×6) to assist the Titans submit their fourth win in a row. Chasing 218, Rajasthan Royals might make solely 159, the host thus profitable by 58 runs.
This was the third fifty of the season in 5 innings for Sai Sudharsan; he had struck 49 in one other. He misplaced his opening accomplice Shubman Gill early although. The GT captain was bowled by the tempo and motion of
Jofra Archer, who has been on a exceptional comeback after his disastrous, record-breaking spell towards
Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Sai Sudharsan, nonetheless, discovered an ready ally in Jos Buttler, on whom there was a lot focus as the England batter was making his first look towards his previous workforce for which he had scored greater than 3,000 runs. They placed on 80 for the second wicket earlier than Buttler (36, 25b, 5×4) fell lbw, on evaluate, to Maheesh Theekshana.
Sai Sudharsan continued to tempo his innings fantastically. And he displayed a wide selection of strokes, as he drove, lower and lofted with panache.
At the different finish, there was some hard-hitting by M. Shahrukh Khan (36, 20b, 4×4, 2×6) and Rahul Tewatia
(24 not out, 12b) to guarantee GT made sufficient runs after being requested to bat first.
The Royals wanted a vibrant begin in the event that they have been to chase down that stiff goal. But they misplaced two early wickets, and although skipper Sanju Samson and Riyan Parag added 48 for the third wicket, it was at all times going to be a troublesome ask. Shimron Hetmyer (52, 32b, 4×4, 3×6) did make an try, although, earlier than he turned one of
Prasidh Krishna’s three victims.
Published – April 09, 2025 07:32 pm IST
