Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans openers Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan continued their sensational form in IPL 2026 during their side’s clash against Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. The GT duo put together another opening century stand to equal the huge IPL record held by the legendary Royal Challengers Bengaluru pair of Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle.Gill and Sudharsan now have nine centuries in the IPL partnership, equaling Kohli and Gayle as the second most valuable pair in the tournament’s history. Only Kohli and AB de Villiers are ahead in the 10th century partnership for RCB.
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Century StandsPairTeam10Virat Kohli & AB de VilliersRCB9Virat Kohli & Chris GayleRCB9Sai Sudharsan & Shubman Gill*GTOpeners Gujarat Titans brought up their 100-run stand in just 8.1 overs and completely dominated the Rajasthan Royals bowling attack with their aggressive pull play and excellent running between the wickets.With this partnership, Gill and Sudharsan also equaled the record for most centuries for the first wicket in IPL history. The pair now have a combined six 100-plus opening stands, matching the feats of the iconic Sunrisers Hyderabad pair of David Warner & Shikhar Dhawan and Abhishek Sharma & Travis Head.
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Century StandsPairTeam6David Warner & Shikhar DhawanSRH6Abhishek Sharma & Travis HeadSRH6Shubman Gill & Sai Sudharsan*GT5David Warner & Jonny BairstowSRH5Faf du Plessis & Virat KohliRCBEarlier, Rajasthan Royals stand-in captain Yashasvi Jaiswal won the toss and decided to field first against Gujarat Titans. Jaiswal led the side in the absence of regular skipper Riyan Parag, who missed the game after sustaining a tendon injury in RR’s previous match.GT made one change to their playing eleven bringing in Prasidh Krishna in place of Manav Suthar while RR included Shimron Hetmyer and Yash Raj Punj.Teams:Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal (c), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Shubham Dubey, Dasun Shanaka, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Punja.Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj.
