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Wriddhiman Saha 100 in IPL: The wicket-keeper batter’s quickfire innings has reminded fans of his maiden Indian Premier League century.

During the 40th match of the ongoing 15th season of the Indian Premier League between Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Wankhede Stadium, veteran Gujarat Titans wicket-keeper batter Wriddhiman Saha scored a much-needed half-century in a 196-run chase.

Opening the batting with Shubman Gill (22) in his third match of the season, Saha was among the boundaries from the second over itself. What followed was the right-handed batter hitting boundaries off Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and T Natarajan in the powerplay.

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With Gill playing at a strike rate of less than 100 in the first six overs, Saha took it upon himself to make up for the lack of boundaries from the other end. It was on the first delivery of the 11th over that Saha ran a single off Sunrisers Hyderabad all-rounder Washington Sundar to complete a 28-ball half-century.

FIFTY for Saha!

, Saha bhai. #AavaDe pic.twitter.com/nurgT5Hddh

— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans) April 27, 2022

It took an express pace delivery from Umran Malik to bring Saha’s knock to an end in the 14th over. In what was Saha’s 19th T20 half-century, ninth IPL half-century, second against SRH and third at this venue, the 37-year old player departed after scoring 68 (38) with the help of 11 fours and a six.

Wriddhiman Saha 100 in IPL

The free-flowing manner in which Saha batted on Wednesday left no option for the fans but to reminisce his maiden IPL century. Batting at No. 4 for Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in IPL 2014 final against Kolkata Knight Riders in Bengaluru, Saha had scored 115* (55) with the help of 10 fours and eight sixes sharing a 129-run third-wicket partnership with opening batter Manan Vohra (67).

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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