Chris Gayle's IPL record under threat: GT's Sai Sudharsan could become fastest player to...
Gujarat Titans’ opener Sai Sudharsan has a chance to reach a major IPL milestone and go past Chris Gayle in the record books in the IPL 2026 match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Friday. If Sudharsan scores 72 runs against RCB at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday, he will become the fastest batter to complete 2,000 runs in IPL history.
He currently has 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.
Reaching the mark in this game would mean he gets there in 47 innings. Gayle had reached 2,000 IPL runs in his 48th innings. Sudharsan, however, has not had his best season so far.
In six innings this year, he has scored 135 runs at an average of 22. 50 and a strike rate of over 145. He has one fifty, including a 73-run knock against Rajasthan Royals.
In the other five innings, he has crossed the 20-run mark only once. His lack of runs has affected Gujarat’s batting. The middle order of Shahrukh Khan, Glenn Phillips and Rahul Tewatia has also struggled for consistency.