Sai Sudharsan scripts history vs RCB, becomes fastest batter in IPL to...

TL;DR

Sai Sudharsan became the fastest batter to score 2,000 runs in IPL history, achieving the milestone in just 47 innings during a match against RCB. He surpassed Chris Gayle, who reached the mark in 48 innings.

Key points

Sai Sudharsan reached 2000 IPL runs in 47 innings
He broke Chris Gayle's record of 48 innings
The milestone was achieved against Royal Challengers Bengaluru

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NEW DELHI: Sai Sudharsan entered the IPL record books on Friday by becoming the fastest batter to complete 2,000 runs in the tournament during Gujarat Titans’ match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

The GT opener reached the milestone in just 47 innings, going past Chris Gayle, who had taken 48 innings to get to 2,000 IPL runs.

Sudharsan came into the match needing 72 runs to break the record. With this knock, he took his overall tally beyond 2,000 runs.

Fewest innings to 2000 IPL runs

47 - Sai Sudharsan*
48 - Chris Gayle
52 - Shaun Marsh
57 - Ruturaj Gaikwad
60 - KL Rahul

Fewest balls taken for 2000 IPL runs (Indians)

1193 - Abhishek Sharma
1211 - Virender Sehwag
1306 - Rishabh Pant
1326 - Yashasvi Jaiswal
1353 - Yusuf Pathan
1361 - Sai Sudharsan*

Sai Sudharsan was eventually dismissed for 100 off 58 balls by Josh Hazlewood.

Before this game, he had scored 1,928 runs from 46 matches and 46 innings at an average of 45.90 and a strike rate of 145.83, with two centuries and 13 fifties.

Earlier, Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar won the toss and opted to bowl against Gujarat Titans in their IPL clash here on Friday.

English batter Jacob Bethell is set for his first match of the season after being picked in place of an injured Phil Salt in the only change to the lineup for RCB.

Shubman Gil-led GT made a couple of changes, handing a debut to Windies pace bowling allrounder Jason Holder while Manav Suthar also returned to the XI.

Teams
RCB: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma and Rasikh Salam Dar

GT: Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan, Jason Holder, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Kagiso Rabada and Mohammed Siraj

Q&A

How many innings did Sai Sudharsan take to reach 2000 IPL runs?

Sai Sudharsan reached 2,000 IPL runs in just 47 innings.

Who held the previous record for the fastest 2000 runs in IPL before Sai Sudharsan?

Chris Gayle held the previous record, achieving 2,000 runs in 48 innings.

In which match did Sai Sudharsan break the IPL record for fastest 2000 runs?

Sai Sudharsan broke the record during the match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.