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Parthiv Patel, the Gujarat Titans assistant coach, offered an replace on GT opener Sai Sudharsan after the participant suffered a freak damage following a blow to his elbow.
The Gujarat Titans have had a promising run in IPL 2026 after a poor begin to the season. After that win in opposition to the Delhi Capitals, they by no means appeared again, and having performed 13 matches this season, they’re in the second place with 16 factors.
The Titans clashed in opposition to the Kolkata Knight Riders in the final match, and the KKR batters surprisingly scored a mammoth 247 runs in opposition to the hardest of bowling lineups. The GT batters, regardless of all makes an attempt, couldn’t chase the mammoth complete and misplaced the match by a margin of 29 runs.
“Sai’s damage got here on the unsuitable time for us”: GT coach Parthiv Patel on Sai Sudharsan’s significance
Sai Sudharsan has been GT’s greatest batter this season and began off the innings on a promising observe for the Titans. He hit some boundaries with a lot effort in opposition to the likes of Kartik Tyagi and Saurabh Dubey. Nevertheless, his damage on the final ball from Kartik Tyagi resulted in a serious fiasco.
“Clearly, it is a sort of pitch the place you need your set batter to proceed, and it isn’t all the time simple for a brand new batter to come back in and discover that momentum. So sure, undoubtedly that damage got here on the unsuitable time for us, as a result of Sai Sudharsan was batting very properly.
“However these are a part of the sport; you may’t do something about it. We do have high quality batters, however it’s what it’s. Cannot do a lot about it,” stated the GT coach, Parthiv Patel.
“It was a direct affect on the elbow,” Patel updates on Sudharsan’s damage standing
Parthiv Patel had opined accurately that Sudharsan, who was an in-form batter for the Titans, may manifest one thing particular had he continued his innings with out the damage break.
Sudharsan got here out to bat alongside the skipper Shubman Gill, however was retired harm on the ultimate ball of the third over of the sport. Kartik Tyagi’s lethal ball struck him sharply on the elbow, and he was noticeably distressed after the blow.
“It was factor that he may come out later and bat. It was a direct affect on the elbow, however it was good that he may bat once more,” claimed Parthiv Patel.
Sai Sudharsan tops the Orange Cap record in IPL 2026
Sai Sudharsan, the left-handed batting grasp, has been essentially the most constant younger expertise within the IPL ever because the IPL 2023 season. He additionally emerged because the quickest to 2000+ runs in the historical past of the IPL, breaking the former file held by the legendary Chris Gayle.
On this season as properly, Sudharsan amassed 554 runs throughout 13 innings and is at the moment averaging 46.17 whereas placing at almost 160. He was additionally the Orange Cap winner within the final season for the Gujarat Titans with 700+ runs. This time as properly, he’s on the prime of the Orange Cap leaderboard.
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