Almost there and yet not so far. That's the summary of the GT-Sai Sudharsan IPL 2025 journey. The young opener put everything into it to take his team to Qualifier 2, but Gujarat fell just short of claiming the victory. Sudharsan stood his ground while chasing a massive 229 in the absence of Jos Buttler one of their prominent scorers. He played an attractive 80 off 49 balls, striking 10 fours and one six. His 84-run partnership with Washington Sundar almost swung the match in GT's favor against the Mumbai Indians. During his innings, Sudharsan also became the youngest player to cross 700 runs in a single IPL season, overtaking his own captain, Shubman Gill. Player Runs Avg SR Virat Kohli 973 81.08 152 Shubman Gill 890 59.33 157 Jos Buttler 863 57 149 David Warner 848 60 151 Sai Sudharsan 759 54 156 His tally was 890 runs in 2023; however, Sudharsan, who is 23, has made 759 runs in 15 matches at an average of 54 and currently sits atop this year's IPL scorers with the Orange Cap. He also turned into the record-holder for most fours in a single season with 88. His tally is now the fifth-highest gutted out by a player in a single IPL edition. Also Read | Who are the batters to have been retired out in the history of IPL? Check full list here The list of most runs in a year still tops Kohli's 973 in 2016, followed by Gill (890), Jos Buttler (863), and David Warner (848). Defending MI, Rohit laid it with a neat knock of 81 off 50. GT's chase did not start off well, as Gill got out for 1. Sundar came in and blasted 48 off 24, with Sherfane Rutherford complementing him with 24 off 15. However, it was Bumrah's superlative bowling that held MI together, providing tight runs in with 1/27 in four overs.