Washington Sundar may be India's top all-rounder but he needed 10 IPL seasons to reach his maiden fifty. After 68 matches and 48 innings he finally raised his bat with a superb 55 off 32 balls for GT vs DC smashing 5 fours and 2 sixes. The knock had this much power that it could lead to changes for Washi who has experienced difficulties obtaining enough batting opportunities during his IPL career. Washington Sundar achieved his highest IPL score of 49 during the previous season before his latest match. The innings improved when he established a 103-run partnership with Jos Buttler who also achieved a fifty. The knock had three phases—he blasted 29 runs off 12 balls he slowed down with 15 off the next 16 deliveries and then picked up the pace again. The numbers indicate that this was one of the most extended match sequences required by a player to achieve their first IPL fifty score. Ravindra Jadeja needed 132 matches, Axar Patel took 92, and Ravichandran Ashwin reached it in 71. Shubman Gill opened the batting for GT with a strong performance, scoring 70 runs from 45 balls. The team finally achieved a score of 210/4 against a strong DC bowling attack which performed poorly throughout most of the match. #IPLStats Most Matches Before Scoring Maiden IPL Fifty:Ravindra Jadeja: 132Axar Patel: 92Ravichandran Ashwin: 71Washington Sundar: 69Harbhajan Singh: 61Rashid Khan: 48#DCvsGT #WashintonSundar pic.twitter.com/NC7FuhgEch — MK Sharma ✍️ (@EmediaManoj) April 8, 2026 Also Read | David Miller fails after a gusty show! A thin run out defeats Delhi capitals by just 1 run against Gujarat Titans Mukesh Kumar finished the match by bowling 1/55 while Axar Patel allowed 32 runs within his 3 overs and Kuldeep Yadav gave up 42 runs while Vipraj Nigam proved extremely costly by allowing 23 runs during his single over. The outstanding batting display from the team enables GT to achieve their first victory in IPL 2026 after their first two games ended in defeat.