Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarsan (Image credit: BCCI/IPL)
New Delhi: Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan continued their impressive partnership streak in IPL 2026 during Saturday’s match against Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Gujarat Titans’ opening pair once again laid a solid foundation, tormenting Rajasthan Royals’ bowlers with yet another century stand.The duo put together their 100-run partnership in just 8.1 overs, completely dominating the RR bowling attack.
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With this stand, Gill and Sudharsen equaled the record for the most partnerships for the opening wicket in the history of IPL. The GT pair now have a combined six wickets of over 100, matching the achievements of Sunrisers Hyderabad’s legendary opening duo David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan, and Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head.There are only a few IPL opening combinations featured in the elite list. Warner and Jonny Bairstow scored five-century stands for SRH, while Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli also have five-century opening partnerships for Royal Challengers Bengaluru.Most of the century stands for the opening wicket in IPL6 – David Warner and Shekhar Dhawan (SRH)6 – Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head (SRH)6 – Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarsan (GT)*5 – David Warner and Jonny Bairstow (sexual and reproductive health)5 – Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli (RCB)Earlier, Rajasthan Royals stand-in skipper Yashasvi Jaiswal won the toss and chose to field first against Gujarat Titans.
Jaiswal led the team in the absence of regular skipper Rayan Parag, who missed the match after suffering a hamstring injury in RR’s previous match.GT made one change to their XI, bringing in Prasidh Krishna in place of Manav Suthar, while RR brought in Shimron Hetmyer and Yash Raj Poonja.the difference:Rajasthan Royals: Yashavi Jaiswal (c), Dhruv Gurriel (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Shubham Dubey, Dasun Shanaka, Jofra Archer, Tusshar Deshpande, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Poonja.Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudarsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj.