BENGALURU: The sense of calm Sai Sudharsan brings to the crease can unsettle the best of bowlers. Since his Indian Premier League (IPL) debut in 2022, the southpaw has gone from strength to strength, and last season he scored 527 runs for Gujarat Titans. IPL-18 is still in its infancy but Sudharshan is already holding out the promise of going past that mark, having clobbered his way to 186 runs from three matches.
Against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Wednesday night, the 23-year-old opener scored a 36-ball 49. It wasn’t as easy as he made it look. The surface was tricky and RCB’s new-ball bowlers, Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, are no pushovers. It took him 12 deliveries to get his eye in, but on the 13th delivery, he improvised to hammer Hazelwood for a six over the ’keeper’s head.
