IPL 2026 | Sai Sudharsan wants to keep evolving as T20 batter

In B. Sai Sudharsan’s case, it is usually his exquisite timing and effortless ability to pierce gaps that aid his prolific run-making.

He isn’t one to bludgeon the cricket ball, and yet he managed to achieve a strike-rate of 156.17 in the IPL last year whilst compiling a chart-topping 759 runs for Gujarat Titans.

Impressive as that is, batters around the world are constantly enhancing their power game and pushing the envelope. Does that influence Sai Sudharsan to tweak his own style?

“The sport is definitely evolving, and T20 batting is getting greater and greater every season or even every five to six months. It’s very important to learn from it and be versatile enough to have that in my kitty and equip myself with that. So, definitely there are improvements to be made, and of course I’m looking at it,” the 24-year-old southpaw said on Tuesday (April 7, 2026).

Probed on a specific area that he worked on in the tune-up to this season, Sai Sudharsan pointed to preparing for steep run chases.

“The biggest awareness I had was if we are going to chase something really big, how I’m going to approach the innings. So it was just about awareness and mindset,” he revealed.

Though Sai Sudharsan forms a robust top-three for GT alongside Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler, there is a sense that the middle-order is fragile. “We believe in our middle-order. This is the team in which we played last year and we qualified,” the southpaw asserted.