Shubman Gill-Sai Sudharsan equal all-time IPL record

NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans openers Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan continued their unthinkable concern streak successful IPL 2026 during Saturday’s clash against Rajasthan Royals astatine the Sawai Mansingh Stadium successful Jaipur. The Gujarat Titans opening brace erstwhile again laid a rock-solid foundation, tormenting the Rajasthan Royals bowlers with yet different period stand.The duo brought up their 100-run concern successful conscionable 8.1 overs, wholly dominating the RR bowling attack.

With this stand, Gill and Sudharsan equalled the grounds for the astir period partnerships for the opening wicket successful IPL history. The GT brace present person six 100-plus stands together, matching the achievements of legendary Sunrisers Hyderabad opening pairs David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan, and Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head.Only a fewer iconic IPL opening combinations diagnostic connected the elite list. Warner and Jonny Bairstow had registered 5 period stands for SRH, portion Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli besides person 5 period opening partnerships for Royal Challengers Bengaluru.Most period stands for the opening wicket successful the IPL6 - David Warner & Shikhar Dhawan (SRH)6 - Abhishek Sharma & Travis Head (SRH)6 - Shubman Gill & Sai Sudharsan (GT)*5 - David Warner & Jonny Bairstow (SRH)5 - Faf du Plessis & Virat Kohli (RCB)Earlier, Rajasthan Royals stand-in skipper Yashasvi Jaiswal won the flip and opted to vessel archetypal against Gujarat Titans.

Jaiswal led the broadside successful the lack of regular skipper Riyan Parag, who missed the crippled aft suffering a hamstring wounded successful RR’s erstwhile match.GT made 1 alteration to their playing XI, bringing successful Prasidh Krishna successful spot of Manav Suthar, portion RR included Shimron Hetmyer and Yash Raj Punja.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.