IPL 2026: Shubman Gill-Sai Sudharsan equals IPL all-time record

New Delhi: Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan continued their incredible partnership record against IPL 2026 on Saturday rajasthan royals Held at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. The Gujarat Titans’ opening partnership once again laid a rock-solid foundation to torment the Rajasthan Royals bowlers with another century stand.The duo completed a 100-run partnership in just 8.1 overs and completely dominated the RR bowling attack.

With this stand, Gill and Sudarsan equaled the record for the longest opening wicket partnership in the history of IPL. The GT pair now have six 100-plus stands between them, matching the tally of the legendary Sunrisers Hyderabad opening pair of David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan, Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head.Only a few iconic IPL opening combinations feature in the elite list. Warner and Jonny Bairstow registered five centuries for SRH, while Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli also struck an opening partnership of five centuries for Royal Challengers Bengaluru.Most centuries representing the opening wickets of IPL6 – David Warner & Shikhar Dhawan (SRH)6 – Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head (SRH)6 – Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarsan (GT)*5 – David Warner and Jonny Bairstow (SRH)5 – Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli (RCB)Earlier, Rajasthan Royals stand-in captain Yashasvi Jaiswal won the toss and elected to bowl first against Gujarat Titans. Jaiswal leads the team in the absence of regular skipper Riyan Parag, who was sidelined after suffering a hamstring injury in RR’s last game.GT made one change to their starting XI, bringing in Prasidh Krishna in place of Manav Suthar, while RR included Shimron Hetmyer and Yash Raj Punja.team: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 (centre), Sai Sudarsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammad Siraj.