{"id":14312,"date":"2026-05-29T23:23:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T17:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/ipl-2026-shubman-gill-and-sai-sudharsan-script-t20-history-become-first-ever-pair-to-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T23:23:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T17:53:44","slug":"ipl-2026-shubman-gill-and-sai-sudharsan-script-t20-history-become-first-ever-pair-to-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/ipl-2026-shubman-gill-and-sai-sudharsan-script-t20-history-become-first-ever-pair-to-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan script T20 history, become first-ever pair to &#8230; | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131395887,imgsize-63042,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/rajasthan-royals-vs-gujarat-titans.jpg\" alt=\"IPL 2026: Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan script T20 history, become first-ever pair to ...\" title=\"Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan vs Rajasthan Royals (ANI Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan vs Rajasthan Royals (ANI Photo)\">Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan vs Rajasthan Royals (ANI Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/shubman-gill\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Shubman Gill<\/a> and Sai Sudharsan continued their dream run in IPL 2026 by scripting a major T20 record during Gujarat Titans\u2019 chase against <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rajasthan-royals\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rajasthan Royals<\/a> in Qualifier 2 on Friday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>Gujarat Titans&#8217; opening pair became the first duo in men\u2019s T20 cricket history to register 11 century partnerships. <!-- -->The landmark stand came during their pursuit of Rajasthan\u2019s massive 214-run target at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Gill and Sudharsan went past some of the biggest batting combinations in T20 history, including Chris Gayle-Virat Kohli, Babar Azam-Mohammad Rizwan and the AB de Villiers-Virat Kohli pairings, all of whom had previously recorded 10 century stands.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Most century stands Men\u2019s T20 cricket (any wicket)<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"16\">\n<ul>\n<li>11 &#8211; Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan (48 inns)<\/li>\n<li>10 &#8211; Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli (63 inns)<\/li>\n<li>10 &#8211; Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan (75 inns)<\/li>\n<li>10 &#8211; AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli (77 inns)<\/li>\n<li>7 &#8211; Abhishek Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh (44 inns)<\/li>\n<li>7 &#8211; Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (49 inns)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>What makes the achievement even more remarkable is the speed at which the Gujarat pair reached the milestone. <!-- -->Gill and Sudharsan completed 11 century partnerships in just 48 innings together, far fewer than the other legendary combinations.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>The pair once again displayed their superb chemistry under pressure while chasing a daunting total in a knockout clash. Rajasthan Royals had posted 214\/6 earlier in the evening, thanks largely to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi\u2019s explosive 96 off 47 balls and Donovan Ferreira\u2019s late blitz in the final over.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>In response, Gill and Sudharsan came out aggressively and immediately put Rajasthan\u2019s bowlers under pressure. By the end of the 11th over, Gujarat Titans had raced to 144 without loss, with Gill batting on 81 off just 39 deliveries and Sudharsan unbeaten on 51 from 27 balls.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>The partnership highlighted the contrasting but highly effective styles of the two batters. Gill mixed elegant strokeplay with calculated aggression, while Sudharsan kept the scoreboard moving fluently with clean hitting and sharp running between the wickets.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>Their consistency at the top has become one of Gujarat Titans\u2019 biggest strengths over the past two <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">IPL<\/a> seasons. Time and again, the duo has provided solid starts in both high-scoring chases and difficult batting conditions.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>By overtaking several iconic T20 partnerships, Gill and Sudharsan have now firmly established themselves among the greatest opening combinations in franchise cricket history.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026\/ipl-2026-shubman-gill-and-sai-sudharsan-script-t20-history-become-first-ever-pair-to-\/articleshow\/131394792.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan vs Rajasthan Royals (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan continued their dream run in IPL 2026 by scripting a major T20 record during Gujarat Titans\u2019 chase against Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier 2 on Friday.Gujarat Titans&#8217; opening pair became the first duo in men\u2019s T20 cricket history to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}