Gujarat Titans’ funding in B. Sai Sudharsan is paying off handsomely. He was purchased for his base worth of Rs. 20 lakh by GT for its maiden season. He was retained forward of this yr’s Indian Premier League (IPL) for Rs. 8.5 crore. His status as one among India’s most interesting younger batters continues to develop simply as impressively.
Sai Sudharsan on Wednesday night time gave one other exhibition of his distinctive expertise as a top-order batter. The left-handed opener from Tamil Nadu made a glowing 82 off 53 balls (8×4, 3×6) to assist the Titans publish 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 companion Shubman Gill early although. The GT captain was bowled by the tempo and motion of Jofra Archer, who has been on a outstanding comeback after his disastrous, record-breaking spell towards Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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Sudharsan was, nevertheless, given excellent firm by Jos Buttler, on whom there was a lot focus because the England batter was making his first look towards his previous workforce for which he had scored greater than 3,000 runs.
The duo placed on 80 for the second wicket earlier than Buttler (36, 25b, 5×4) fell lbw, on overview, to Maheesh Theekshana.
Sudharsan continued to tempo his innings fantastically. And he displayed a wide selection of strokes across the park, as he drove, minimize and lofted with relish.
Rajasthan Royals Shimron Hetmyer in motion throughout the TATA IPL 2025 cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on Wednesday, April 09, 2025.
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Rajasthan Royals Shimron Hetmyer in motion throughout the TATA IPL 2025 cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on Wednesday, April 09, 2025.
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There was some hard-hitting by middle-order batters in M. Shahrukh Khan (36, 20b, 4×4, 2×6) and Rahul Tewatia (24 not out, 12b) to make sure GT made sufficient runs after being requested to bat first.
The Royals wanted a brilliant begin in the event that they had been to chase down the stiff goal. However 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 tricky ask.
Shimron Hetmyer (52, 32b, 4×4, 3×6) did make an try, although, earlier than he grew to become one among Prasidh Krishna’s three scalps.