Big revelation after the match: Who orchestrated Washington Sundar’s move to number-4?

IPL 2025: Gujarat Titans defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 wickets at his house in their last match. This is the third consecutive win of the team’s released season, after which the GT points have come in second place on the table. The biggest role in Gujarat’s victory was Mohammad Siraj (4/17) and captain Shubman Gill (61*). But the credit for this victory should also be given to Washington Sundar, who batted at number four and played an explosive innings of 49 runs.

After the match, everyone wants to know why Sundar was promoted in the batting order? And whose decision was it? Meanwhile, after the match, the all -rounder himself has unveiled the secret.

Head coach Ashish Nehra was the mastermind

The Gujarat Titans had a poor start, chasing 153 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Inside the powerplay, the team lost the wickets of Sai Sudarshan (5) and Jose Butler (0) on a score of 16. After this, the team needed a good partnership.

Washington Sundar batting on number-4 played a brilliant innings of 49 runs with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes off 29 balls. He shared a 90 -run partnership for the third wicket with Shubman Gill. Shubman Gill scored an unbeaten 61 in 43 balls and Sherfen Rutherford scored an unbeaten innings of 35 runs in 16 balls, winning the team with 20 balls remaining.

Washington Sundar, after a win against Sunrisers Hyderabad, while talking to broadcasters, said that he was asked to bat on number-4, head coach Ashish Nehra.

“The captain asked me to bat as deep as possible and I wanted to finish the match for my team. In the last few years, this is the trend in Hyderabad, the wicket gets a little better, so it becomes easy to pursue 160-170. I knew about it and this helped me to bat. Especially we had lost some wickets in the beginning, then we had lost some wickets, I had a good chance and I had given me to bat. I like to play in the middle. “