‘Now I am wearing shoes…’, Sai Sudarshan made this special plan to avoid being hit wicket out

Delhi: Gujarat Titans team has reached the finals of IPL 2026, where they will now face Royal Challengers Bangalore. The Gujarat team, captained by Shubman Gill, easily defeated Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets in the Qualifier 2 match played in New Chandigarh on Friday, 29 May. RR had set a big target of 215 runs for GT to win, which they achieved at the loss of 3 wickets with 8 balls remaining.

Sudarshan has been out hit wicket in two consecutive matches

Apart from captain Shubman Gill, Sai Sudarshan played an important role in this victory of Gujarat. Gill scored a century, while Sudarshan played a brilliant inning of 58 runs in 32 balls. However, in this match too, Sudarshan returned to the pavilion after getting out after being hit wicket. It is very strange for any batsman to be out hit wicket in two consecutive matches. Due to getting out like this, questions are being raised on Sudarshan’s technique as well. Talking about this, Sudarshan said that he will try something new regarding the grip of the shoe to solve this problem as soon as possible.

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Sudarshan made a plan to avoid getting out hit wicket

Talking about this after the match, Sudarshan said that he will try something new regarding the grip of the shoe to fix this problem as soon as possible. In this context he said,

‘I think I have to change some things. I will now try out some new grip techniques on the shoes and then play a few balls to see how things are going. In the last match, the ball bounced and hit the stumps, but in this match, I think I wanted to hit the ball straight and got hit behind the leg.

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Sai Sudarshan’s performance in IPL 2026

Left-handed batsman Sudarshan is in very good form in IPL 2026. He is at third position in terms of scoring most runs this season. So far, Sudarshan has scored 710 runs in 16 matches at an average of 47.33, which includes 1 century and 8 half-centuries. Sudarshan has scored these runs at a strike rate of 159.55. GT fans will hope that Sudarshan’s bat will not remain calm even against RCB in the final.