WATCH: Kuldeep Yadav angrily argues with umpire after Sai Sudharsan survives close LBW call

Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill got Gujarat Titans off to a flying start in the IPL 2025 game against Delhi Capitals (DC) on Sunday evening. Kuldeep Yadav who is known for his calm behavior on the field lost his cool at the umpire. The incident occurred in the first ball of the eighth over when Sudharsan was hit on his pads and the umpire gave it not out. 

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DC decided to use the DRS and the decision was umpires call as the ball was seen clipping the stumps. This didn’t sit down well with Kuldeep who was seen having a stern with the umpire. Even as the umpire was signaling for the DRS call, Yadav was seen making his displeasure known. Axar Patel, Abhishek Porel, and Faf du Plessis were seen awaiting the decision to help break GT’s opening stand. 

KL Rahul’s scored an unbeaten 112 runs to carry his bat and help DC score 199 on the board. Rahul got his runs off just 65 balls with 14 boundaries and four huge sixes. During the course of his knock, the 33-year-old also became the fastest Indian to score 8000 T20 runs. 

Sai Sudharsan’s blitz helps GT get off to good start

Left-handed batter Sai Sudharsan took ownership of the Orange Cap once again with his blazing blade on Sunday. The 23-year-old began with a four in the second ball of the opening over against Axar Patel. In the same over, GT skipper Shubman Gill got into the act as he slog swept Patel for a six to get off the mark. 

Sudharsan then went after his Tamil Nadu teammate T Nataraj who was bowling the second over. The first three balls produced 14 runs with one six and two fours and the final ball of the over produced the third boundary of the over as 20 runs were scored. GT had raced to 59 for no loss from six overs to put the home side under pressure. 

The pair kept scoring runs with ease as DC bowlers looked lost for ideas. In the fifth ball of the eighth over Shubman Gill also reached 5000 runs in T20 cricket. GT openers got their 100-run stand in the fourth ball of the 11th over when Gill hit Vipraj Nigam for a huge six.