Gujarat Titans batter B Sai Sudharsan equalled a prestigious IPL record held by Virat Kohli during his team's win over Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday. The
Gujarat Titans have now won five matches in a row to move to the top of the points table. Even with 16 points, GT haven't qualified for the playoffs yet, but are in pole position to do so. That would mean that the Gujarat Titans would have made the playoffs in four out of their first five seasons as an IPL franchise.
Sudharsan himself has been an essential part of this turnaround with his consistent runs. Last year, he won the Orange Cap at the end of the season, and he has kept up the same consistency in 2026.
The black-soil pitch at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad was perfectly suited for fast bowlers, especially the ones GT had at their disposal.
Sudharsan perfectly navigated the tough conditions to make 61 runs in 44 balls, even as the top order collapsed. Washington Sundar held fort with Sudharsan throughout, but had a very slow start to the innings. SRH's pacers, specifically Pat Cummins, Praful Hinge, and Sakib Hussain, kept GT under a leash.
Washington Sundar completed his half-century in the last over of the innings and gave the GT bowlers 168 to defend. That's all they needed.
Mohammed Siraj dismissed Travis Head in the first over, and Kagiso Rabada struck thrice in the powerplay. That, coupled with the immaculate lines and lengths, meant that by the sixth over, SRH had a bridge too tall to chase.
Jason Holder matched Rabada's tally of three wickets while Prasidh Krishna picked up two as SRH's lower middle order was fully dismantled. Rashid Khan picked up the last wicket to bowl the visitors out for just 86. GT had won by 82 runs, more than any of their batters had made.
Sai Sudharsan's form in IPL 2026
Currently, Sudharsan is second on the Orange Cap table with 501 runs in 12 matches.
During his innings, he had become the first batter to cross the 500-run barrier in IPL 2026. In the second innings, though, Heinrich Klassen overtook him to the Orange Cap.
Sai Sudharsan has made his 501 runs at an average of 41.75 and a strike rate of 155. He has also made one century and five half-centuries.
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Sai Sudharsan equals Virat Kohli's record
During his knock of 61, Sudharsan emulated a feat that he had achieved in 2024 and 2025 as well - scoring 500 runs in an IPL season.
He has now joined an elite list of players who have made 500 or more runs in three or more consecutive seasons. The top spot on this list belongs to former SRH captain David Warner, who crossed the 500-run mark 6 seasons in a row between 2014 and 2020 (He did not play in IPL 2018 because of his ball-tampering ban).
Player NameNumber of consecutive 500-plus-run IPL seasonsStart YearEnd YearDavid Warner620142020KL Rahul520182022Chris Gayle320112013Shikhar Dhawan320192021Virat Kohli320232025Sai Sudharsan320242026
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