Sundar played an excellent half-century against Sunrisers.Image Credit source: PTI
Indian all-rounder Washington Sundar is often under the scanner due to his performance in the IPL. He does not take many wickets in bowling, whereas his performance in batting has never been effective. But in IPL 2026, Sundar has completely changed the story in terms of batting. Sundar, who could not score even a single half-century in his last 9 seasons of IPL, has now crossed the fifty mark twice in the current season. His second half-century came in the match between Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
from last season gujarat titans Sundar, who is playing for IPL, has finally got a chance to show his strength with his bat in IPL 2026. This season, Sundar is continuously being fielded in the middle order and its effect is visible on his performance. Not only is he scoring useful runs, but he is also saving the team. Sundar did the same thing in the match played against Sunrisers on May 12 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Sundar’s quick half-century against SRH
In this match, Gujarat, batting first, scored only 64 runs in 9.3 overs and lost 3 wickets. At such a time, left-handed batsman Sundar came to the crease and started a counter-attacking batting. On one side, Sai Sudarshan was taking the score forward at a steady pace, while on the other side, Sundar was scoring runs at a fast pace. He completed his half-century in the last over of the innings, for which he faced 32 balls. He was out after scoring 50 runs (7 fours and 1 six) in 33 balls.
10 matches played heavily in 47 innings
During this period, Sundar also made a partnership of 60 runs with Sai Sudarshan for the fourth wicket. Then in the end, by quickly sending the ball across the boundary, the team reached a worthy score of 168 runs. This was Sundar’s second half-century this season. He started this season with failure in 2 consecutive innings. In this way, since his IPL debut in 2017, he could not touch the 50 mark even once in 47 consecutive innings. But then in the third match of the season, he scored his first half-century and scored 55 runs against Delhi Capitals.
