Gujarat Titans assistant coach Parthiv Patel has praised Sai Sudharsan's superb run with the bat in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Sudharsan starred with the bat again, scoring 82 from 53 deliveries against the Rajasthan Royals with eight boundaries and three sixes at a strike rate of 154.72.
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00:00One of the best questions is after 49, you left him out, Washington Sunder.
00:06No, it was obviously, he was a part of our playing 11.
00:10We wanted to, you know, see the situation.
00:13We always have done that.
00:14Even last game, when two fickets fell early, he came in and batted.
00:18So that was the plan here.
00:20See, for our team, it is about, you know, knowing the situation, understanding the conditions.
00:24And we felt that we might need a fourth seamer in the second inning.
00:28And even if we had lost a couple of fickets early, then it would have been a different story.
00:31But here, I thought we had enough batters who could do the job for us.
00:44I think, see, first of all, having seen him in last month or so, I think he works really hard.
00:52I'm not surprised at all that he's getting this kind of results.
00:55There have been times where we have to actually drag him out of the nets.
00:59You know, he works really hard and he keeps it simple.
01:01You know, obviously, in this era, it is very easy to get carried away by saying, you know,
01:06you have to hit so many sixes or you have to play a certain strike rate.
01:10But he understands his game and he backs that.
01:13And that is the reason why you can see consistent performance from him.
01:16No, this is not the time and this is not the tournament also to experiment.
01:45Obviously, you know, it is a long tournament and what we do is we play a game.
01:51Even if we win or lose, we assess and then go into another game.
01:54So, I don't think we are, as a team, looking at experimenting anything.
01:58I have a very straight answer and I will appreciate that.
02:01But I believe in his very key fondings here is that meaning, age matches, invention and age is trying to learn.
02:07It doesn't make any changes because what matters most is who's there, the doctor.
02:13Yeah, that's the whole idea.
02:15All right, sir.
02:16So, just speak to one question for person, please.
02:18I request you so that everyone has...
02:20I think bowlers did a good job.
02:30When you win by 50 odd runs, more than 50 odd runs, especially on a wicket like this,
02:35I thought, you know, every bowler came in and executed their plans really well.
02:40See, obviously, Siraj is bowling really well.
02:42Prasid Krishna, you know, has been phenomenal throughout the tournament.
02:45And Sai Kishore is probably the best spinner so far in this tournament, the way he has been bowling,
02:50the way how brave he is, bowling in difficult conditions.
02:53So, you know, it's good to see after every game, you see a different bowler stepping up.
02:58And that's what you do.
02:59Bowlers actually win two games.
03:00Obviously, better set set up.
03:02But we are good that bowlers are setting up game for us.
03:04Why are they all so...
03:07Sir, just a minute or asking you on the side, what is his role of the team?
03:14What do you have to do with the team?
03:15What do you have to do with the team?
03:16What do you have to do with the team?
03:17No, no, no.
03:17It doesn't have any specific role.
03:20We are very flexible as a team also.
03:24If we can see, we have the top three.
03:26Then we have the batting order.
03:27We have the top three.
03:28So, it doesn't have any specific role.
03:31We as a team think that the conditions are the same.
03:34What is the situation?
03:35What is the situation?
03:35We react with that.
03:37Yes, sir.
03:51Why are you coming out of the team 3 people?
03:53The team 3 people are so much batting.
03:57That's been our strength.
04:00One of the top order has been batting deep.
04:02And that is the reason why Shaaruk and Tevatiya are not much chance.
04:06But as soon as a tournament goes, everyone will come.
04:11Do you need some improvement for the team work?
04:14We have been working hard.
04:15It is obviously, you know, it's very obvious today also we dropped a catch.
04:20That's part and parcel of the catch.
04:21No one drops the catch, you know, intentionally.
04:24But, you know, I can assure you that we have been working really hard on our fielding.
04:28We know the kind of game, first game we had.
04:30But we are working hard on our fielding.
04:32Have you seen Rashid Khan?
04:35There is no change in the looks.
04:39There is no change in the looks.
04:40It is the same.
04:41There is no change.
04:42But, you know, obviously, he is a proven cricketer.
04:47He has done so well for so many years.
04:50And, you know, it just takes one game.
04:52I thought he bowled brilliantly today.
04:53Ball drop was happening.
04:54The speed was happening.
04:55The speed was happening.
04:56The speed was happening.
04:57And he is quite confident.
04:59We are also quite confident about Rashid Khan's ability.
05:03Yes.
05:03Now, one major addition to the sword has been Patra.
05:08So, how did you think, you know, the Patra coming into the sword for these?
05:14I think when we had, we had acquired him in auction, that was the plan.
05:18You know, he would bat at number three.
05:19He would summon, he was a senior on the ground.
05:22And he was supposed to keep wickets.
05:23He wasn't keeping wickets for England.
05:25But, you know, he was going to keep wickets for us.
05:27When you have someone like Joss Butler, who is arguably the best player of wide ball cricket in recent years.
05:34So, it's good to see that, you know, he is enjoying his scoring those runs.
05:37He is scoring those important runs.
05:39And that's what we wanted him to do.
05:41And it's good that it is delivering for us.