New Delhi . The 23rd match in the Indian Premier League was played between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals. In this match, by winning the toss (Winning the Toss) Rajasthan had decided to bowl first. When the Gujarat team came out to bat first, Sai Sudarshan once again appeared in the touch. Sai Sudarshan played a fiery innings of 82 runs. Sudarshan hit 3 sixes and 8 fours in 53 balls. Gujarat scored 217 runs on the basis of his innings.

At the same time, his innings also became X factor in the match. Because of this, the Gujarat team defeated Rajasthan Royals by 58 runs. Rajasthan's team could not even play the entire over and fell for 159 runs in 19.2 overs. With this victory, Gujarat's team is at the top with 4 wins and 1 defeat in 5 matches in the points table. At the same time, Rajasthan's team is now at number seven with 2 wins and 3 defeats in 5 matches.

Sudarshan is a player for full money

The Gujarat team retained Sai Sudarshan for this season for a price of 8.50 crores. He has seen fantastic in every match. In the IPL, he has created such a record that Chris Gayle and Matthew Hayden have not been able to do. Sai comes second in the list of batsmen who scored runs in the first 30 innings of IPL. Only Sean Marsh is ahead of them.

The highest run after the first 30 IPL innings

1338- Sean Marsh (Average: 53.52)
1307 – Sai Sudarshan (average: 48.40)
1141 – Chris Gayle (average: 43.88)
1096 – Kane Williamson (average: 43.84)
1082 – Matthew Hayden (Average: 38.64)

Amazing figures in Ahmedabad

Sai Sudarshan has played 15 matches in the home ground Ahmedabad. In which he has scored 822 runs. The average has been 156. During this time, 6 half -centuries and a century have come from his bat.

Gujarat's batting was like this

Gujarat did not have a good start to bat first. In the third over, Jofra Archer bowled Gujarat captain Gill. At that time, Gujarat's score was 14 runs. But after this there was a great partnership between Sai Sudarshan and Josh Butler. Butler also batted Atishi. Butler's wicket fell in the 10th over when Gujarat had 94 runs. Sai Sudarshan stayed at one end. Sai Sudarshan played a fiery innings of 82 runs. Shahrukh Khan also scored 36 runs. After this, Rahul Tewatia played a small knock, on which Gujarat set a target of 218 runs in front of Rajasthan.

Gujarat Titans (playing XI): Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (Captain), Jose Butler (Wicketkeeper), Sherfen Rutherford, Shah Rukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Sai Kishore, Mohammad Siraj, famous Krishna

Rajasthan Royals (playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (Captain/Wicketkeeper), Nitish Rana, Ryan Parag, Shimron Hetmire, Dhruv Jurlel, Jofra Archer, Mahish Tuppan, Fazlahak Farooqui, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande

Gujarat Titans: B Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (Captain), Jose Butler (Wicketkeeper), Shah Rukh Khan, Sherfen Rutherford, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Sai Kishore, Mohammad Siraj, famous Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Washington Sundar, Glen Philips, Anurag Rawat, Mahipa Lomor, Arshad Khan, Jayant Yadav, Kulwanta, Kulwant Khedolia, Manav Suthar, Kumar Kushagra, Guru Noor Brar, Karim Janat.

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana, Ryan Parag, Dhruv Jurael (wicketkeeper), Shimron Hetmire, Jofra Archer, Mahesh Tishra, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Fazlahk Farooqui, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikekaye, Vanindu Hasiva, Ashok Sharma, Vanindu. Suryavanshi.