Gujarat Titans (GT) opener Sai Sudharsan is having a terrific IPL 2026 campaign. In 12 innings so far, he has scored 501 runs at an average of 41.75 and a strike rate of 155.10. The southpaw has notched up one hundred and five fifties. He slammed 100 off 58 balls against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in an away game on April 24 and has four half-centuries in his last five innings.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) opener Sanju Samson has also had an impressive IPL 2026 campaign. He began the tournament on a poor note, but discovered his form after that. In 11 innings, he has smashed 430 runs at an average of 53.75 and a strike rate of 169.29, with two tons and one fifty. Samson hit 115* off 56 balls against Delhi Capitals (DC) and 101* off 54 against Mumbai Indians (MI).
Sai Sudharsan has so far opened the innings in 30 IPL matches. In this feature, we compare his stats with those of Samson after the CSK star had also opened the innings in the same number of matches.
Sai Sudharsan vs Sanju Samson – Who has a better average and strike rate after opening in 30 IPL matches?
In 30 IPL matches as opener, Sai Sudharsan has scored 1,429 runs at an average of 49.27 and a strike rate of 156.68 – all of them for GT. In five matches against Rajasthan Royals (RR), the 24-year-old has scored 284 runs at an average of 56.80 and a strike rate of 147.91. Also, in three innings against CSK, he has scored 231 runs at an average of 77 and a strike rate of 184.80.
After 30 IPL matches as opener, Samson had scored 752 runs at an average of 25.06 and a strike rate of 136.47. In 15 matches for RR, he had 411 runs at an average of 27.40 and a strike rate of 139.32. Also, in 15 matches for DC, he had 341 runs at an average of 22.73 and a strike rate of 133.20. In four games against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), he scored 158 runs at a strike rate of 132.77.
Sai Sudharsan vs Sanju Samson – Who has more hundreds after opening in 30 IPL matches?
After 30 IPL games as opener, Sai Sudharsan has three hundreds and 11 fifties to his name. His best of 108* came off 61 balls against DC in Delhi in May 2025. The knock featured 12 fours and four sixes. He also slammed 103 off 51 balls against CSK in Ahmedabad in IPL 2024, hitting five fours and seven sixes.
After 30 IPL games as opener, Samson had four half-centuries to his name. His best of 74 came off 47 balls against MI at Wankhede Stadium in IPL 2014. The knock featured seven fours and three sixes. He had also slammed 66 off 37 balls against SRH in Hyderabad in IPL 2025 and 61 off 31 balls against Gujarat Lions (GL) in Delhi in IPL 2017.
Sai Sudharsan vs Sanju Samson – Who has more fours and sixes after opening in 30 IPL matches?
In 30 IPL matches as opener, Sai Sudharsan has struck 149 fours and 51 sixes. The left-handed batter has hit 30 fours and 10 sixes against RR and 19 fours and five sixes against DC. He has also smashed 15 fours and 14 sixes against CSK and 19 fours and six sixes against RCB.
(Sai Sudharsan vs Samson – Batting stats comparison after 30 IPL games as opener)
After 30 IPL games as opener, Samson had hit 72 fours and 31 sixes. The right-handed batter had slammed 42 fours and 16 sixes for RR and 30 fours and 15 sixes for DC. Samson had hit 18 fours and four sixes against MI and 14 fours and seven sixes against SRH.
Sai Sudharsan vs Sanju Samson – Who has a better record in wins after opening in 30 IPL matches?
In 19 wins, Sai Sudharsan has scored 901 runs at an average of 50.05 and a strike rate of 156.96, with two hundreds and seven half-centuries. In 11 losses, he has 528 runs at an average of 48 and a strike rate of 156.21, with the aid of one hundred and four half-centuries.
(Sai Sudharsan vs Samson – Batting stats comparison in wins after 30 IPL games as opener)
In 13 wins, Samson had 290 runs at an average of 22.30 and a strike rate of 132.42, with one half-century. In 16 losses, he had 434 runs at an average of 27.12 and a strike rate of 136.05, with three half-centuries. Also, in one match that ended in no result, Samson had scored 28 runs in 13 balls.
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Edited by Renin Wilben Albert
