The Sun does not rotate like a solid body and spins faster at the equator.
Why it is true
Being a ball of plasma, the Sun undergoes differential rotation, taking about twenty-five days to complete a rotation at the equator, but over thirty days near the poles.
Source: Astrophysics
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