Did not get a chance in Team India, now Gill’s partner scored a double century in Ranji Trophy, did this for the first time in his career

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|18-10-2024

India's domestic cricket season has started. At present Ranji Trophy matches are being played. The first round of this tournament has ended and the second round is going on. On Friday, October 18, the match started between Tamil Nadu and Delhi in Elite Group D of Ranji. Delhi won the toss and gave Tamil Nadu the chance to bat first. In this match, Shubman Gill's IPL teammate Sai Sudarshan has scored a double century. Let us tell you that both play for Gujarat Titans. Sudarshan has scored a double century for the first time in his career.

Didn't get a chance in the test team

Sai Sudarshan faced only 249 balls for his double century. During this, he also hit 23 fours and 1 six. That means he scored almost half the runs in this innings from the boundary. So far, Sudarshan has played 25 matches in his first class career and scored 1608 runs at an average of 38. During this period, he has also scored 5 centuries and 5 half-centuries. He is playing his 26th match against Delhi and has scored his sixth century. By the end of the first day's play, he returned unbeaten after scoring 202 runs on 259 balls. Apart from first class cricket, Sai Sudarshan has also scored 6 centuries in 28 List A matches. He has also scored a century in IPL.

Let us tell you that he has not yet got a chance to debut in Test. However, he has debuted for the Indian team in T20 and ODI. Sai Sudarshan has played 3 ODI and 1 T20 match for Team India so far. In ODI, he has scored 127 runs with 2 half-centuries. At the same time, he made his debut in T20 in Zimbabwe tour, where he got a chance to play one match but his turn to bat did not come.

Sundar also showed his magic

Washington Sundar, who plays in all three formats for Team India, also impressed with his batting against Delhi. Sundar, who played in the lower order in the Indian team, came to bat at number one for Tamil Nadu. After this he played an unbeaten inning of 96 runs on 170 balls. That means he will also have a chance to score a century on the second day. On the basis of tremendous innings of both the players, Tamil Nadu team has scored 379 runs at the loss of only 1 wicket by the end of the first day's play.

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