Sai Sudharsan slams 57 in his 50th IPL outing: Stats
What's the story
Gujarat Titans (GT) defeated Punjab Kings (PBKS) by six wickets in Match 46 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. The victory was led by Sai Sudharsan and Washington Sundar. Sudharsan was crucial with his knock of 57. Sundar hit an unbeaten 40 as GT won by 4 wickets. Notably, this was Sudharsan's 50th IPL game and he played a match-winning knock.
Chase details
Sudharsan makes his presence felt
In their chase of 164, GT lost Shubman Gill early to Arshdeep Singh. However, Sudharsan and Jos Buttler steadied the innings with a 53-run partnership. Sudharsan then added 25 runs with debutant Nishant Sindhu and another 30 alongside Sundar. However, he was dismissed after a well made 41-ball 57. Vijaykumar Vyshak dismissed the opening batsman in the 15th over with GT being 124/4.
Runs
15th IPL fifty for Sudharsan
Sudharsan's 57 came off 41 balls. He hit 5 fours and a six. The southpaw now owns 385 runs from 10 IPL games this season. He slammed his 4th fifty-plus score (50s: 3, 100s: 1). This was Sudharsan's 50th IPL game. He owns 2,178 runs at 47.34. His strike rate is 147.96. This was his 15th fifty in the IPL (100s: 3). In 8 games versus PBKS, he owns 327 runs at 46.71 (50s: 3).
Information
18th fifty in T20s
Sudharsan also clocked his 18th fifty in T20s (100s: 4). As per ESPNcricinfo, from 76 matches, the southpaw owns 2,848 runs at an average of 42.5. His strike rate is 141.41.