MI Vs GT Eliminator, IPL 2025: Sai Sudharsan Scripts History With Blistering Knock – Check Here!

On a record-breaking night at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Gujarat Titans' young sensation Sai Sudharsan carved out a slice of IPL history, becoming the youngest player to breach the 700-run mark in a single season against Mumbai Indians In Eliminator.

Sudharsan's 759 runs in the IPL 2025 is also the fifth most suns scored by a batter in single edition. The 23-year-old left-hander achieved the feat during a high-stakes Eliminator clash against Mumbai Indians, even as GT’s campaign came to a crashing halt under the weight of a daunting 229-run chase.

The Mammoth Chase

Sudharsan walked out to open alongside skipper Shubman Gill with a mountain to climb. The Titans were chasing 229 — a total powered by a vintage Rohit Sharma innings of 81 and a punchy 47 on IPL debut by Jonny Bairstow. The situation turned dire immediately when Gill fell to Trent Boult in the very first over, caught at slip, throwing GT's plans into disarray.

But amid the top-order tremors, Sudharsan remained unfazed. Playing with the maturity of a seasoned pro, he reached his fifty in just 28 balls, threading gaps with surgical precision and timing his shots to perfection. While wickets kept tumbling around him, Sudharsan tried to anchor the chase with grace and grit, refusing to bow down to the relentless MI pace battery.

Even before making waves with the bat, Sudharsan had already made his mark in the field. In one of the rare fielding highlights of GT's night, he put in a stunning diving effort near the ropes to dismiss Bairstow — juggling the catch and tossing it in the air before Gerald Coetzee completed it.

But that moment of brilliance was overshadowed by GT's sloppy fielding elsewhere, notably two costly dropped catches off Rohit Sharma, who made them pay dearly with a commanding knock.

Despite Sudharsan’s heroics, GT never quite recovered from their early stumbles. Mumbai Indians, fuelled by big-match pedigree and clinical execution, kept the pressure on, eventually sealing their spot in Qualifier 2 and ending Gujarat's campaign.

Virat Kohli Sits At The Top

The record for the highest runs in a single IPL season is held by Virat Kohli, with 973 runs in IPL 2016. Virat Kohli’s unforgettable 2016 season with Royal Challengers Bangalore remains the gold standard in IPL history, as he amassed a record 973 runs in just 16 matches at an astounding average of 81.08, including four centuries.

Close on his heels, Shubman Gill lit up the 2023 season for Gujarat Titans with 890 runs in 17 matches at an impressive average of 59.33, scoring three centuries and a highest of 129, cementing his place among the league’s elite run-machines.

For Sudharsan, though, the night was bittersweet. While the scoreboard tilted heavily in MI’s favour, his milestone innings was a personal triumph. With over 700 runs in the season, he joins an elite club, and at 23, becomes the youngest ever to scale that peak in IPL history — a sign that Indian cricket has unearthed another star ready for the long haul.