B. Sai Sudharsan has had a busy run across formats, and the 24-year-old Tamil Nadu batter sees the last few months as a period of learning as much as scoring. In an interview with The Hindu, the Gujarat Titans opener spoke about his IPL season, his movement into longer-format cricket and the mental side of recovering from a slow start.
Sudharsan finished the IPL with 722 runs, ending as the third-highest run-scorer of the season. It was a strong return for a player who said the tournament did not begin the way he wanted. He described it as his best IPL year, partly because he had to keep his belief intact before the runs came in volume.
Recovering after a quiet start
Sudharsan said he had usually begun IPL seasons well, but this edition was different. He did not score heavily in the first four or five matches. For him, that made the season more interesting because it tested whether he could stay with his method without immediate results.
His main takeaway was about carrying the right mindset into each match. He spoke about the need to avoid dragging the previous game into the next one, especially when runs have not come. That, he said, was one of the biggest lessons of the tournament: trusting the process even before the scoreboard offers proof.
The left-handed batter pointed to his century against Royal Challengers Bengaluru as a match that shifted his season. Gujarat Titans lost that game, but Sudharsan felt the innings gave both him and the team momentum. He also said the side had been doing some things well without everything falling into place, and the win in Chennai helped the team settle into the rhythm it wanted.
Strong returns in longer-format cricket
After the IPL, Sudharsan moved into red-ball cricket and made 81 in the Test against Afghanistan. He then scored twin centuries for India-A in two four-day matches in Sri Lanka. Those performances added to a period in which he has had to adjust from the demands of the IPL to the longer format.
The source interview presents Sudharsan as someone who values Test cricket highly. The source title notes his view that the satisfaction of scoring runs in Tests is unmatched. That is consistent with the recent stretch in which he has had meaningful innings in both Test and India-A cricket.
His comments also show how he is trying to separate format changes from emotional swings. The IPL brought pressure through a slow start. Longer-format cricket brought a different kind of challenge, where patience and repeatable methods matter over longer periods. Sudharsan did not frame either phase as a finished achievement. He spoke more about what the experience taught him.
A season built on patience
The most specific theme in Sudharsan’s remarks was patience. When a batter is scoring regularly, confidence is easier to maintain. When scores are not coming, the same confidence has to be created without visible evidence. Sudharsan said that was where he learned a lot during the IPL.
For Gujarat Titans, his eventual 722-run season was an important individual campaign. For Sudharsan, it also seems to have been a reminder that form can turn after a difficult opening phase if the player keeps entering games with a clear mind.
His recent run now includes IPL runs, a Test score of 81 against Afghanistan and two India-A hundreds in Sri Lanka. The interview suggests that he is treating those numbers as part of a continuing process, with fitness and improvement against spin also part of his focus.
Source: The Hindu Cricket.