Sai Sudharsan in action for Gujarat Titans in IPL 2025© AFP
Gujarat Titans striker Sai Sudharsan broke the Sachin Tentulkar record to become the fastest Indian cricket player to score 2000 points in the T20 cricket. The left -handed striker achieved the sensational feat during the meeting against Sunrisers Hyderabad where he scored 48 out of 23 deliveries. Sudharsan looked in a sublime form while he slammed 9 ovens before being dismissed by Zeeshan Ansari. Overall, Shaun Marsh was the fastest to score 2,000 points in T20 Cricket (53 rounds). The record previously belonged to the legendary Sachin Tendulkar Sachin striker who achieved the huge feat in 59 rounds.
Fewer rounds taken for 2000 points in T20
53 – Shaun Marsh
54 – Sai Sudharsan *
58 – Brad Hodge / Marcus Treshick / Muhammad Waseem
59 – Sachin Tendulkar / d’Arcy Short
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the draw and chose to play the first against Gujarat Titans in match 51 of the Indian Premier (IPL) 2025 at the Narendra Modi stadium on Friday. In the five games that were played in this place, including the Friday evening meeting, no team has chosen to fight first at the Narendra Modi stadium this season.
Hyderabad Sunrisers are seated on the verge of elimination. A defeat in the night could see them become the third team after Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were eliminated from the tournament.
The captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad, Pat Cummins, said: “We will have a bowl. You never really know what you will get. Sometimes, it is better to beat the night. We have won our first match on the place of CSK. I hope that the trend continues here too. If we win all our games, we always have a chance. We have not been completely clicked in a team. better.
The Titans certainly came across their way, after winning four games on the trotting and occupying first place in the table for the initial phase of the tournament, and launched a defeat against the Royals of Rajasthan. The local team made a change in its range with Gerald Coetzee in place of Karim Janat.
The skipper of Gujarat Titans, Shubman Gill, said: “We would also have completed the first. It looks like a good counter. Last game here, we played against Mumbai, and we also beat. The season was good enough for us. Nothing changes us for us. This is the moment when a good pea team. We are not really looking at the NRR.
(With the IANS inputs)
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