In the run chase of 200 runs during the IPL 2025 match against Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Titans' opening pair, Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill, displayed an extraordinary batting show
Sai registered an unbeaten century to his name by scoring 108 runs in just 61 balls, including 12 boundaries and four sixes. On the other hand, Gill played an unbeaten knock of 93 runs off 53 deliveries, which was laced with three boundaries and seven maximums
With this, the duo has scored 839 runs as a batting pair, which is the highest by any Indian duo in a single edition of the IPL. They surpassed Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw's duo, who scored 744 runs in the 2021 season
With a partnership of 205 runs, they are now the second-highest opening pair in the tournament's history. KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock's pair (unbeaten 210 runs in IPL 2022) is the joint-highest with Shubman-Sai's partnership knock of 210 runs in IPL 2024
Gujarat's lefty-righty duo also has seven 100-plus runs partnerships to their name. They are behind Virat Kohli-AB de Villiers (10 100-plus partnerships) and Virat-Chris Gayle (nine 100-plus partnerships) in the history of the league
In the ongoing season, they have also registered seven fifty-plus runs partnerships, which is the joint-second by any pair in a single edition. In the IPL 2023, Virat and Faf du Plessis smashed eight fifty-plus partnerships, which remains at the top of the list
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