Record! Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan become first opening pair in IPL history to ...

NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans openers Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan continued their sensational signifier successful IPL 2026 with yet different ascendant opening partnership, this clip against Chennai Super Kings astatine the Narendra Modi Stadium successful Ahmedabad connected Thursday.Already done to the playoffs, Gujarat Titans erstwhile again got disconnected to a blazing commencement arsenic Gill and Sudharsan stitched unneurotic a superb 125-run opening stand, leaving the CSK bowlers searching for answers.

The duo has been the backbone of Gujarat Titans’ run this season, consistently providing coagulated starts and laying beardown foundations astatine the top.Both Gill and Sudharsan person present crossed the 600-run people successful IPL 2026, making them the lone brace from the aforesaid franchise successful IPL past to person 2 batters people 600-plus runs successful back-to-back seasons.

The GT openers had besides achieved the feat successful IPL 2025.Before the GT duo, respective teams had produced 2 600-plus run-scorers successful a azygous season, but nary franchise had managed to repetition the feat with the aforesaid brace successful aggregate seasons.Interestingly, Virat Kohli has crossed the 600-run people 3 times successful IPL past - successful 2013, 2016 and 2023 - but with a antithetic batting spouse each time. He achieved the milestone alongside Chris Gayle successful 2013, AB de Villiers successful 2016 and Faf du Plessis successful 2023.

Gill led the complaint with a sparkling 64 disconnected conscionable 37 deliveries earlier falling to Spencer Johnson, portion Sudharsan continued his aureate tally with different fluent half-century, bringing up his 50 successful lone 35 balls.The sound besides marked Sudharsan’s 5th consecutive 50-plus people successful IPL 2026, putting him alongside immoderate of the biggest names successful tourney history.