In IPL 2026, Gujarat Titans' young opener Sai Sudarshan played a memorable innings against Rajasthan Royals. In the absence of Shubman Gill due to injury, Sai Sudarshan took command of the team's batting and showed the talent of scoring runs at a fast pace. (PHOTO CREDIT- PTI)

While chasing the target of 211 runs, Sai Sudarshan played a explosive inning of 73 runs in just 44 balls. His innings included 9 fours and 3 sixes. He batted at an excellent strike rate of 165.90 and gave a strong start to the team in the big run chase. (PHOTO CREDIT- PTI)

During this brilliant innings, Sai Sudarshan also made a big record of IPL in his name. He completed 1000 runs in IPL as an opener. The special thing is that he has become the batsman to score 1000 runs in the least number of innings as an opener in IPL. (PHOTO CREDIT- PTI)

Sai Sudarshan achieved this feat in just 20 innings, which is even better than Lendl Simmons' record. It took 23 innings for Simmons to achieve this milestone. In this way Sudarshan broke the record by playing 3 innings less. (PHOTO CREDIT- PTI)

This innings of Sai Sudarshan was also special because he took the responsibility in the absence of Shubman Gill and gave a strong start to the team. At the beginning of the innings, Sai Sudarshan made a quick partnership of 78 runs with young batsman Kumar Kushagra for the first wicket. (PHOTO CREDIT- PTI)