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Gujarat Titans assistant coach Parthiv Patel provides update on GT opener Sai Sudarshan after the player faced with a strange injury after a shock Up to his elbow.
After a poor start to the season, Gujarat Titans have performed brilliantly in IPL 2026. After that win against Delhi Capitals, he never looked back and has played 13 matches this season. Second Post With 16 digits.
titans clash against in Kolkata Knight Riders In the last match, KKR batsmen surprisingly scored a huge score of 247 runs. it goes against the toughest Of bowling Lineup. Despite this the GT batsman all effortsVishal could not chase the score and lost the match a margin of 29 runs.
“Sai’s injury came at the wrong time for us”: GT coach Parthiv Patel on importance of Sai Sudarshan
Sai Sudarshan has been GT’s best batsman this season and has opened the innings brilliantly for the Titans. He hit some fours with great effort against players like Kartik Tyagi and Saurabh Dubey. However, Kartik Tyagi caused a major fiasco due to his injury on the last ball.
“Obviously, it’s the kind of pitch where you want your set batsman to continue, and it’s not always easy for a new batsman to come in and get that pace. Yes, definitely that injury came at the wrong time for us, because Sai Sudarshan was batting very well.
GT coach Parthiv Patel said, “But these are part of the game; you can’t do anything about it. We have quality batsmen, but it is what it is. Can’t do much about it.”
Regarding the condition of Sudarshan’s injury, Patel said, “It was a direct impact to the elbow.”
Parthiv Patel had rightly opined that Sudarshan, who was an in-form batsman for the Titans, could have done something special had he continued his innings without injury.
Sudarshan came to bat with captain Shubman Gill, but retired hurt on the last ball of the third over of the game. Karthik Tyagi’s deadly ball hit his elbow hard and he became very upset after this blow.
Parthiv Patel claimed, “It was a good thing that he could come out and bat later. It had a direct impact on the elbow, but it was a good thing that he could bat again.”
Sai Sudarshan tops the Orange Cap list in IPL 2026
Left-handed batsman Sai Sudarshan has been the most consistent young talent in the IPL since the IPL 2023 season. He also emerged as the fastest player to score 2000+ runs History of IPLto break East This record is in the name of the great Chris Gayle.
This season too, Sudarshan has scored 554 runs in 13 innings and currently his average is 46.17, while he has scored around 160 runs. He was also the Orange Cap winner for Gujarat Titans last season with 700+ runs. This time too he is on top in the Orange Cap leaderboard.
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