India batter Sai Sudharsan was added to the senior squad of Tamil Nadu by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Affiliation (TNCA) on Wednesday for the continuing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) in Ahmedabad.

India batter Sai Sudharsan was added to the senior squad of Tamil Nadu by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Affiliation (TNCA) on Wednesday for the continuing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) in Ahmedabad, giving the staff a much-needed enhance following a gradual begin to the season.

After scoring 15 and 14 in a troublesome debut collection that led to a 408-run thrashing, the 24-year-old, who performed in India’s most up-to-date Take a look at loss in Guwahati that sealed a 0-2 collection loss to South Africa, returns to home T20 motion.

Solely Yashpal Sharma’s 13 off 157 in opposition to Australia in 1981 is slower than Sudharsan’s prolonged innings of 14 off 139 balls in opposition to South Africa within the present second Take a look at at Guwahati, which is India’s second-slowest Take a look at knock involving a minimum of 100 balls.

Sudharsan’s inclusion is anticipated to bolster an inexperienced batting unit in search of early momentum after Tamil Nadu misplaced to Rajasthan by six wickets on Wednesday to begin their Group D marketing campaign.

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Ahmedabad is acquainted to the left-hander as a result of it’s the metropolis the place he established his T20 fame with the Gujarat Titans, for whom he was a standout opener. With 759 runs from 15 video games at a strike fee of 156.17, Sudharsan had a breakout IPL 2025 season and received the Orange Cap. Tamil Nadu will likely be hoping he can carry this manner into their SMAT marketing campaign.

India’s nationwide T20 championship may have six rising sides, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur, aiming for the plate division honours alongside the chance to be promoted to the elite class. The Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy’s plate leg runs concurrently with the 32-team competitors within the elite bracket. Mizoram will likely be taking over Nagaland within the opening sport of the plate division in Pune.

Closing Tamil Nadu squad for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy:

Varun Chakravarthy (capt), Narayan Jagadeesan (vice-capt, wk), Tushar Raheja (wk), VP Amit Sathvik, M. Shahrukh Khan, Andre Siddarth, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Shivam Singh, R Sai Kishore, M Siddharth, T Natarajan, Gurjapneet Singh, A Esakkimuthu, R Sonu Yadav, R Silambarasan, S Rithik Easwaran (wk), Sai Sudharsan