Sai Sudarshan broke Sachin Tendulkar's record, a big achievement in IPL
- Match between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans
- Sai Sudarshan played an inning of 103 runs in 51 balls.
- With this Sai Sudarshan completed 1000 runs in IPL.
Chennai Super Kings are facing Gujarat Titans in the 59th match of IPL 2024. In this match being played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and decided to bowl first. Coming to bat first, Gujarat's openers Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan started aggressive batting. Chennai bowlers were not getting any break from both the batsmen.
Sachin's record broken
Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan scored centuries in 50 balls each. Meanwhile, Sai Sudarshan also created history by breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record. He became the Indian batsman to score 1000 runs in the fewest innings in IPL. It took him 25 innings to score 1000 runs in IPL. Earlier, Sachin Tendulkar and Ruturaj Gaikwad had scored 1000 IPL runs in 31 innings each. Shaun Marsh (21) is the batsman to score 1000 runs in the fewest innings in IPL. In this list, Lendl Simmons (23) is at second place and Matthew Hayden (25) is at third place.
match status
Talking about the match, Gujarat Titans scored 231 runs losing 3 wickets in 20 overs. Shubman Gill scored 104 runs on 55 balls and Sai Sudarshan scored 103 runs on 51 balls. Meanwhile Sai hit 5 fours and 7 sixes. David Miller remained unbeaten on 16 runs on 11 balls and Shahrukh Khan remained unbeaten on 2 runs on 3 balls. Tushar Deshpande took 2 wickets for Chennai Super Kings.
Sudarshan scored 500+ runs
Talking about Sai Sudarshan's performance in IPL 2024, he has played 12 matches so far. During this period, he has scored 527 runs in 12 innings at an average of 47.90 and strike rate of 141.28. Sai Sudarshan has scored 2 half-centuries and 1 century in the 17th season.