IPL 2023 Final: Sai Sudharsan helps Gujarat Titans post highest-ever total in IPL final
Gujarat Titans scored the highest first innings total in IPL finals history at 214, and if Chennai Super Kings are able to successfully chase down this total, it will become the biggest chase in IPL finals ever.
For GT, the team got off to a strong start thanks to the opening pair of Wriddhiman Saha (54) and Shubman Gill (39). Shubman Gill was dumped by Deepak Chahar at life four, and the player made good most of it. Following MS Dhoni’s stunning stump out dismissal of Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan entered the field to work his magic.
IPL 2023 Final: Sai Sudharsan misses century but breaks record for highest score by uncapped player in final
Sai Sudharsan (96), who triumphantly led his team beyond the 200-point mark, mercilessly attacked CSK’s bowlers. GT finished at 214/4, the highest score in IPL finals history, despite Matheesha Pathirana taking two wickets in the final over to cut down on some runs.
At the IPL 2023 final versus Chennai Super Kings on Monday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat Titans batsman Sai Sudharsan recorded the highest score by an uncapped batter in an IPL final.
The 21-year-old then took the attack to the CSK bowlers and racked up eight fours and six sixes to notch up the third-highest individual knock in an IPL final.
Sudharsan, picked up for his base price of INR 20 lakh by GT before the IPL 2022 season, featured in five matches last season, managing 145 runs in five innings before he was retained. The southpaw played a crucial role in the early stages this season before GT dropped him for the sake of its combination.
In eight innings this year, Sudharsan has accumulated 362 runs averaging 51.71 with a strike rate of 141.41.
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