{"id":135605,"date":"2026-05-21T13:09:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/ipl-2026-record-shubman-gill-and-sai-sudharsan-become-first-opening-pair-in-ipl-history-to-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T13:09:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:09:40","slug":"ipl-2026-record-shubman-gill-and-sai-sudharsan-become-first-opening-pair-in-ipl-history-to-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/ipl-2026-record-shubman-gill-and-sai-sudharsan-become-first-opening-pair-in-ipl-history-to-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026 | Record! Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan become first opening pair in IPL history to &#8230; | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/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\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan (Image credit: BCCI\/IPL Photo)\">Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan (Image credit: BCCI\/IPL Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans openers <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 sensational form in IPL 2026 with yet another dominant opening partnership, this time against <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/chennai-super-kings\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Chennai Super Kings<\/a> at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Already through to the playoffs, Gujarat Titans once again got off to a blazing start as Gill and Sudharsan stitched together a superb 125-run opening stand, leaving the CSK bowlers searching for answers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>The duo has been the backbone of Gujarat Titans\u2019 campaign this season, consistently providing solid starts and laying strong foundations at the top.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Both Gill and Sudharsan have now crossed the 600-run mark in IPL 2026, making them the only pair from the same franchise in IPL history to have two batters score 600-plus runs in back-to-back seasons. <!-- -->The GT openers had also achieved the feat in IPL 2025.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Before the GT duo, several teams had produced two 600-plus run-scorers in a single season, but no franchise had managed to repeat the feat with the same pair in multiple seasons.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Interestingly, Virat Kohli has crossed the 600-run mark three times in IPL history &#8211; in 2013, 2016 and 2023 &#8211; but with a different batting partner each time. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>He achieved the milestone alongside Chris Gayle in 2013, AB de Villiers in 2016 and Faf du Plessis in 2023.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"26\">\n<ul>\n<li>600-plus runs by two different batters for a team in an IPL edition:<\/li>\n<li>Chris Gayle &amp; Virat Kohli (RCB, 2013)<\/li>\n<li>Virat Kohli &amp; AB de Villiers (RCB, 2016)<\/li>\n<li>Ruturaj Gaikwad &amp; Faf du Plessis (CSK, 2021)<\/li>\n<li>Virat Kohli &amp; Faf du Plessis (RCB, 2023)<\/li>\n<li>Shubman Gill &amp; Sai Sudharsan (GT, 2025)<\/li>\n<li>Shubman Gill &amp; Sai Sudharsan (GT, 2026)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>Gill led the charge with a sparkling 64 off just 37 deliveries before falling to Spencer Johnson, while Sudharsan continued his golden run with another fluent half-century, bringing up his fifty in only 35 balls.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>The knock also marked Sudharsan\u2019s fifth consecutive 50-plus score in IPL 2026, putting him alongside some of the biggest names in tournament history.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"32\">\n<ul>\n<li>Most consecutive 50-plus scores in IPL history:<\/li>\n<li>5 \u2014 Virender Sehwag (2012)<\/li>\n<li>5 \u2014 Jos Buttler (2018)<\/li>\n<li>5 \u2014 David Warner (2019)<\/li>\n<li>5 \u2014 Sai Sudharsan (2026)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026\/shubman-gill-and-sai-sudharsan-are-the-only-batters-of-a-team-in-ipl-history-to-score-600-plus-runs\/articleshow\/131248975.cms\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\nMore: https:\/\/theglobaltrack.com\/<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/corinthiames.com.br\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan (Image credit: BCCI\/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans openers Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan continued their sensational form in IPL 2026 with yet another dominant opening partnership, this time against Chennai Super Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday.Already through to the playoffs, Gujarat Titans once again [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135606,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow2JLhCw:productID":"","_gspb_post_css":"","maa_idioma":"","maa_pais":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7833,17829,4441,24253,3109,6231,16449,5024,10759,36745,31249],"class_list":["post-135605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ubirata","tag-cricket","tag-gill","tag-history","tag-ipl","tag-news","tag-opening","tag-pair","tag-record","tag-sai","tag-shubman","tag-sudharsan"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IPL 2026 | Record! 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