IPL 2024: Sai Sudharsan breaks Sachin Tendulkar's 14-year old record in IPL

Sai Sudharsan smashed his maiden century against CSK in IPL 2024 edition.

It was a memorable night for the young Gujarat Titans (GT) opener Sai Sudharsan when he stepped on the field during match No. 59 of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 against Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Sudharsan not only registered his maiden IPL hundred in the match, but also broke a 14-year old IPL record of Sachin Tendulkar.

After being asked to bat first, Gujarat skipper Shubman Gill and youngster Sudharsan unleashed their beast mode against Chennai. Both the batters added 210 runs for the first wicket as the hosts reached a mammoth total of 231/3 in the 20 overs. Skipper Gill reached his first century of the IPL in 2024 as he hammered 55-ball 105 runs. While his opening partner Sudharsan also notched up his maiden IPL hundred.

The left-handed batter played a brilliant innings of 103 runs in just 51 deliveries, including five boundaries and seven sixes, with an explosive strike rate of over 200 during his stay at the crease. For CSK, Tushar Deshpande took two wickets in the first innings.

Sai Sudharshan shatters Sachin Tendulkar’s 14-year-old IPL record

During his stay at the crease, GT opener Sudharsan piled 103 runs off 51 deliveries including five fours and seven sixes. In the innings, Sudharsan also completed 1000 career runs in the IPL. He achieved the milestone when he smashed CSK pacer Simarjeet Singh for back-to-back sixes in 11th over of the first innings.

Sudharsan took only 25 innings to complete 1000 runs in the league, making himself the fastest Indian batter to do so. Previously, Sachin Tendulkar held the Indian record for fastest to 1000 runs in the IPL. He achieved it in 31 innings and completed the milestone in 2010. CSK’s Ruturaj Gaikwad equaled Tendulkar’s feat in 2022 reaching 1000 IPL runs in 31 innings.

Overall, former Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) batter holds the record for being the fastest batter to score 1000 runs in the IPL. He achieved the landmark figure in just 21 innings.

Fastest Indian batters to reach 1000 runs in the IPL

• Sai Sudharsan – 25 innings
• Sachin Tendulkar – 31 innings
• Ruturaj Gaikwad – 31 innings
• Tilak Varma – 33 innings
• Suresh Raina – 34 innings

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