Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans openers Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan continued their incredible partnership run in IPL 2026 during the encounter against Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Saturday. The Gujarat Titans opening pair once again laid a rock solid foundation and tormented the Rajasthan Royals bowlers with yet another table.The duo brought up their 100-run partnership in just 8.1 overs, completely dominating the RR bowling attack.
Watch
Why Suryakumar Yadav Will Lose India T20I Captaincy: Everything You Need To KnowWith this stand, Gill and Sudharsan tied the record for the most century partnerships for the first wicket in IPL history. The GT pair now have a combined six 100-plus stands, matching the feats of legendary Sunrisers Hyderabad opening pairs David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan and Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head.There are only a few iconic IPL opening combinations in the elite list. Warner and Jonny Bairstow have registered five century bids for SRH, while Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli also have five century opening partnerships for Royal Challengers Bengaluru.A century bridge marks the opening wicket in the IPL6 – David Warner & Shikhar Dhawan (SRH)6 – Abhishek Sharma & Travis Head (SRH)6 – Shubman Gill & Sai Sudharsan (GT)*5 – David Warner and Jonny Bairstow (SRH)5 – Faf du Plessis & Virat Kohli (RCB)Earlier, 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.
