{"id":149210,"date":"2026-03-30T17:06:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=149210"},"modified":"2026-03-30T17:06:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:36:36","slug":"matthew-hayden-it-has-been-a-privilege-to-watch-sudharsan-and-shubman-prepare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=149210","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Hayden \u2014 It has been a privilege to watch Sudharsan and Shubman prepare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-70804258\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">Gujarat Titans opener Sai Sudharsan\u2019s batting in IPL 2025 was poetry in motion. The southpaw was at his elegant best\u00a0for a major part of the season and eventually scaled a peak when he bagged the Orange Cap prize for his 759-run effort.<\/p>\n<p>But the 24-year-old is not resting on past laurels. In fact, Sai Sudharsan, in batting coach Matthew Hayden\u2019s words, is\u00a0going above and beyond\u00a0to become better\u00a0than the near-perfect player he was last term. \u201cIt has been a privilege to watch him\u00a0and Shubman\u00a0Gill prepare,\u201d Hayden said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Ricky Ponting said, you do not get better by doing less of something. Sai [Sudharsan] is a phenomenal example of that. Ponting was one of the hardest working cricketers during my time. What Sai does would be two times of\u00a0what Ponting ever did. He is one of those guys who has just embraced the evolution,\u201d added the Australian.<\/p>\n<p>Like Sai Sudharsan, his \u2018partner\u00a0in\u00a0crime\u2019 Gill is hungry to leave a lasting impression. \u201cShubman\u00a0is a very clear\u00a0thinker of the game, and he brings in a lot of confidence. He also brings\u00a0a bit of a swagger\u00a0of the modern generation, which\u00a0I really enjoy.\u00a0He is shaping himself and his own destiny. But irrespective of the side he plays for, he is very unselfish,\u201d Hayden said of India\u2019s Test and ODI captain.<\/p>\n<p>If Sudharsan and Gill get going, the opposition bowlers may start scratching their heads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Mar 30, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/ipl\/sai-sudharsan-batting-form-orange-cap-matthew-hayden-press-conference-pbks-vs-gt-ipl-2026\/article70804258.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat Titans opener Sai Sudharsan\u2019s batting in IPL 2025 was poetry in motion. The southpaw was at his elegant best\u00a0for a major part of the season and eventually scaled a peak when he bagged the Orange Cap prize for his 759-run effort. But the 24-year-old is not resting on past laurels. 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