The pair of Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan, who are in amazing form in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, have created history. Gujarat Titans (GT) openers have equaled the world record of Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle by making a partnership of 125 runs against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Thursday (May 21). Gill-Sudarshan have jointly reached number-1 in terms of making the highest century partnership in T20 cricket.

Chris Gayle-Virat Kohli, Babar Azam-Mohammad Rizwan and AB de Villiers-Virat Kohli had made 10-10 century partnerships. There have also been 10 century partnerships between Gill and Sudarshan. The special thing is that both of them have made this record in just 46 innings, which is the lowest.

Highest century partnerships in men’s T20 cricket

• 10 – Shubhman Gill, Sai Sudarshan (46 innings)


• 10 – Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli (63 innings)


• 10 – Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan (75 innings)


• 10 – AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli (77 innings)

Shubman Gill completed 6000 T20 runs

GT captain Shubhman Gill played an aggressive inning of 64 runs in 37 balls against CSK, which included 7 fours and 3 sixes. Gill crossed the mark of 6000 runs in T20 cricket during this innings. He became the seventh fastest batsman to reach this milestone in terms of innings. Gill completed 6000 runs in his 185th innings. Babar Azam is the fastest batsman to score 6000 T20 runs. He had achieved this milestone in just 162 innings.

Fastest 6000 runs in T20

• Chris Gayle – 162 innings


• Babar Azam – 165 innings


• KL Rahul – 166 innings


• Shaun Marsh – 180 innings


• Devon Conway – 180 innings


• Virat Kohli – 184 innings


• Shubman Gill – 185 innings

Sudarshan made this record

Gill’s partner Sudarshan scored 84 runs in 53 balls with the help of 7 fours and 4 sixes. In IPL 2026, he scored 50 plus score in the fifth consecutive match. With this, he has equaled legends like Virender Sehwag, Jos Buttler and David Warner in terms of crossing the 50 mark most consecutive times in IPL.

Most consecutive 50 plus runs in IPL

• Virender Sehwag – 5 times (2012)


• Jos Buttler – 5 Times (2018)


• David Warner – 5 Times (2019)


• Sai Sudarshan – 5 Times (2026)