GT sealed their playoff spot in style by beating DC by 10 wickets in a record run chase. Their openers are still doing the job for them, and their consistency this season is unreal. With their third playoff appearance in their fourth season, GT is rising as a new IPL giant.
Record Run chase
DC gave GT the target of 200, and they chased it with one over to spare without losing a wicket. This is the first time a team has chased a 200-plus target without losing a wicket in the IPL.
Highest targets chased in IPL without losing a wicket:
- Shubman Gill & Sai Sudarshan ( GT ) – 200 vs DC ( 2025 )
- Gautam Gambhir & Chris Lynn ( KKR ) – 184 vs GL ( 2017 )
- Shane Watson & Faf Duplessis ( CSK ) – 179 vs PBKS ( 2020 )
- Virat Kohli & Devdutt Padikkal ( RCB ) – 178 vs RR ( 2021 )
Two Double hundreds
Gill and Sudarshan made a partnership of 205 runs yesterday. This is the second time that this pair has posted a 200-run partnership in the IPL. They became only the second pair after Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers to do this.
200-run partnership by Kohli & De Villiers :
- 229* vs GL ( 2016 )
- 215* vs MI ( 2015 )
200-run partnership by Gill & Sudarshan :
- 210 vs CSK ( 2024 )
- 205* vs DC ( 2025 )
Shubman Gill joins the 5000 club
Shubman Gill crossed 5000 runs in T20 cricket, he became the second fastest Indian after KL Rahul to achieve this feat. Overall, he is the 6th fastest to cross 5000 runs.
Fastest to cross 5000 runs T20 cricket :
- Chris Gayle – 132 innings
- KL Rahul – 143 innings
- Shaun Marsh – 144 innings
- Devon Conway – 144 innings
- Babar Azam – 145 innings
- Shubman Gill – 154 innings
100-run partnership
Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan pair has crossed 100-run partnership for the 7th time in IPL. They stand in the 3rd place for most 100-run partnerships in IPL history.
Most 100-run partnerships by a pair in IPL :
- Virat Kohli and AB De Villiers – 10 times
- Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle – 9 times
- Shuman Gill and Sai Sudarshan – 7 times
- Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner – 6 times
- Virat Kohli and Faf Du Plessis – 6 times
- KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal – 5 times
- David Warner and Jonny Bairstow – 5 times
- Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa – 5 times
8000 runs for KL Rahul
KL Rahul crossed 8000 runs in T20 cricket. He became the 6th Indian to cross this milestone and also the fastest to achieve this feat.
Indians to cross 8000 T20 runs :
- KL Rahul – 224 innings
- Virat Kohli – 243 innings
- Shikhar Dhawan – 277 innings
- Suresh Raina – 284 innings
- Suryakumar Yadav – 288 innings
- Rohit Sharma – 294 innings
5th ton for KL Rahul
KL Rahul smashed his 5th century in IPL. He is now standing at the 4th place in the list of most hundreds in IPL. He is second in the list of Indians after Virat Kohli.
Most hundreds in IPL :
- Virat Kohli – 8
- Jos Buttler – 7
- Chris Gayle – 6
- KL Rahul – 5
- Shubman Gill – 4
- David Warner – 4
- Shane Watson – 4
Intererstingly, KL has remained unbeaten in all of his 5 centuries. He has the record of scoring most unbeaten centuries in IPL.
Most unbeaten centuries in IPL :
- KL Rahul – 5
- Virat Kohli – 4
- Chris Gayle – 4
- Jos Buttler – 3
- AB de Villiers – 3
- David Warner – 3
KL Rahul and AB De Villiers are the only players to remain unbeaten in all of their IPL centuries.
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