Sudharsan enjoying his batting with a little more freedom after elegant ton sees him take sizeable lead for the Orange Cap.
Sudharsan enjoying his batting this season as he once again gets his hands on the Orange Cap.
Shubman Gill, captain of the Gujarat Titans (GT), believed his team might have given up “ten to fifteen extra” to the Delhi Capitals (DC). However, he and B Sai Sudharsan more than made up for it with an unbroken opening partnership of 205 runs, which helped GT win by 10 wickets and secure their spot in the IPL 2025 playoffs. With two league games and maybe a home playoff still to come, GT is currently leading the table.
“Honestly, at the halfway point, I thought we gave ten to 15 extra,” Gill said on the broadcast. “There was a little bit of grip for the spinners. They [DC] batted well, kept wickets in hand, and utilised the wicket pretty well. When we went out to bat, the talk was to just try and play good cricket shots, and once we were in the flow, we can take the game from there.”
Sai Sudharsan achieved his second IPL century at 108 not out off just 61 balls, while Gill, who said that the IPL’s enforced break had helped him recuperate from a bug, concluded undefeated at 93. The two have now scored 839 runs together this season, which is the most ever by an Indian opening duo in IPL history.
“There’s a bit of joy when you finish games for the team,” Sai Sudharsan, the Player of the Match, said. “In the break we got, I was thinking on that [finishing games] a bit more. Between overs seven to ten, they bowled really well [DC conceded 30 to leave GT 93 without loss]. The momentum went down a bit.
“We wanted to take the game deep, didn’t want to be desperate to take a lot of chances, have a cool enough mindset to take the game deep. And we got two or three big overs that changed the game. In the previous games, I took chances and got out. Here, I was aware enough to take the game deep, and take my chances against the right match-ups.”
“I’ve started to believe a bit more,” he said. “From my mindset point of view, the belief I have has gotten better to take the game deeper and win games. I have expanded my batting, explored my batting; mentally I’m a bit more free and expressive.”