Matches (19)
IND vs ENG (1)
ILT20 (1)
Zimbabwe vs Ireland (1)
Sri Lanka vs Australia (1)
Sheffield Shield (3)
Ranji Trophy (4)
SA20 (1)
WI 4-Day (4)
Tri-Nation (1)
WCL 2 (1)
Arjun Trophy (1)

Full Name

Bhardwaj Sai Sudharsan

Born

October 15, 2001, Chennai

Age

23y 117d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Legbreak

Playing Role

Top order Batter

A tall left-hand batter, Sai Sudharsan is a post-Covid era emerging star from Tamil Nadu. He was a breakout talent from the Tamil Nadu Premier League [TNPL] who was fast-tracked into Tamil Nadu's sides across formats and is also remembered for his 47-ball 96 in the IPL 2023 final against CSK.

After becoming the TNPL's second-highest scorer in the 2021 season, Sudharsan made his white-ball debuts for TN in late 2021 and his Ranji Trophy debut a year later. Sudharsan has sporting genes in him; his father is an athlete who represented India at the South Asian Games and his mother played volleyball for Tamil Nadu.

Sudharsan rose through age-group and league cricket as a prolific scorer and played for India A in the Under-19 Challenger Trophy in 2019-20. As he went through domestic cricket, he impressed with high-elbowed drives and slog sweeps, similar to those of his TN team-mate Washington Sundar.

In his maiden Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy season, Sudharsan shone largely at No. 3 as a steady batter before scoring heavily in the 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy the next season with the third-best tally of 610 runs to average over 76 with three centuries that also included a record opening stand of 416 with N Jagadeesan. The year 2022 also got him his maiden IPL gig, with Gujarat Titans, for his base price of INR 20 lakh. On his Ranji debut, he smashed 179 and 42 against Hyderabad, and a few months later he lit up the IPL 2023 with his scoops and array of strokes when he got the chance in the GT line-up after an injury to Kane Williamson. Sudharsan scored two consecutive fifties in that IPL and capped off the league with scores of 47, 43 and 96 to almost help GT lift another trophy.

His fine form continued through the year - he played county cricket for eventual county champions Surrey with a top score of 73, struck three more one-day centuries in the span of seven innings and earned an ODI debut at the end of the year in South Africa, where he scored 55*, 62 and 10 while opening. A few months later, he struck another century - this time against CSK in the IPL - and got his T20I cap in Zimbabwe although he didn't get to bat in the game.

B Sai Sudharsan IPL factfile

- B Sai Sudharsan was picked up by Gujarat Titans (GT) at the IPL 2022 mega auction for his base price of INR 20 lakh.

- Sai Sudharsan scored a steady 35 on debut and played five games in his first season, averaging 36.25.

- Sai Sudharsan had a breakthrough season at IPL 2023, where he played just eight games, batting up the order, and still finished third on the run-scorers' list for GT with 362 runs at 51.71, which included three fifties.

- The highlight of Sai Sudharsan's IPL 2023 season was the final where he smashed a 47-ball 96, with eight fours and six sixes, though GT went down to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) off the last ball.

Sai Sudharsan Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
ODIs3311276263.5014289.430217110
T20Is1-----------00
FC28470194821341.44352155.327520410190
List A28274139615460.69146095.61661531780
T20s45446151210339.781159130.45181403590

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
ODIs31380---16.00-000
T20Is1------------
FC288114930---4.89-000
List A284212231/01/07.336.287.0000
T20s45------------

Sai Sudharsan T20 Stats

Batting & Fielding

TournamentTeamsMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
IPLGT25253103410347.00743139.1616953130

Bowling

TournamentTeamsMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
IPLGT25------------
Bhardwaj Sai Sudharsan

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Recent Matches of Sai Sudharsan

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Tamil Nadu vs Tripura9--23-Nov-2024IndoreT20
India A vs Australia A0 & 3--07-Nov-2024MelbourneFC
India A vs Australia A21 & 1030/3431-Oct-2024MackayFC
Tamil Nadu vs Delhi213--18-Oct-2024DelhiFC
Tamil Nadu vs Saurashtra82--11-Oct-2024CoimbatoreFC

Photos of Sai Sudharsan

Sai Sudharsan brought up his century early on day three
Sai Sudharsan built a third-wicket stand
B Sai Sudharsan hit an unbeaten 56-ball 123
B Sai Sudharsan helmed the chase
B Sai Sudharsan dabs the ball away
Avesh Khan finished with figures of 3 for 15