Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarsan (Image credit: BCCI/IPL)
New Delhi: Gujarat Titans openers Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan continued their sensational form in IPL 2026 during their team’s match against Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. The GT duo have compiled yet another century-old opening podium and, in the process, equaled the huge Indian Premier League record held by the legendary Royal Challengers Bengaluru duo of Virat Kohli and
Chris Gayle
.Gayle and Sudharsen now have nine-century partnerships together in the Indian Premier League, equaling Kohli and Gayle’s tally for the second-most in the history of the tournament. Only Kohli and AB de Villiers make 10th century partnerships for RCB.
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Most century stands in IPL history (any wicket)
| Century positions | husband | a team |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers | RCB |
| 9 | Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle | RCB |
| 9 | Sai Sudharsen and Shubman Gill* | GT |
The Gujarat Titans openers brought up a 100-run stand in just 8.1 overs, completely dominating the Rajasthan Royals bowling attack with their aggressive play and excellent running between the wickets.With this partnership, Gill and Sudharsen also equaled the record for the most opening wickets in IPL history. The duo now has six 100-plus opening stands combined, matching the achievements of Sunrisers Hyderabad’s popular duo of David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan and Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head.
Most of the century stands for the opening wicket in IPL
| Century positions | husband | a team |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | David Warner and Shekhar Dhawan | Sexual and reproductive health |
| 6 | Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head | Sexual and reproductive health |
| 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.