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The 59th match of the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was played between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings. In the match played in Ahmedabad, Gill and Gujarat team captain Sudarshan batted stormily, defeating the Chennai bowlers. In this match, both the opening batsmen broke many records by scoring centuries.
Recorded match of IPL
Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan not only scored centuries but also equaled the IPL record by making an opening partnership of 210 runs in 104 balls. Thanks to this opening partnership, Gujarat Titans scored 231 runs for three wickets against Chennai Super Kings. This is Gujarat's second highest score in IPL. Whereas this is also the highest score of IPL against CSK. So far 13 batsmen have scored centuries in this IPL, which is more than all the previous seasons. Earlier in 2023, 12 centuries were scored.
Third highest partnership for any wicket in IPL history
Gujarat captain Gill scored 104 runs in 55 balls with the help of nine fours and six sixes and Sudarshan scored 103 runs in 51 balls with the help of five fours and seven sixes. Earlier, KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock made a big partnership of 210 runs for Lucknow. This is the third highest partnership for any wicket in IPL history. This is also the biggest partnership of IPL 2024. This is the third time in IPL that two centuries have been scored in the same innings.
Both openers completed centuries in 50 balls.
Gill completed his fourth IPL century in 50 balls by hitting a four in Simarjeet's over. Sudarshan also completed his first IPL century in 50 balls by hitting a six in the same over. Both also completed a partnership of 200 runs.
Gill's fourth century in Ahmedabad
This was Gill's fourth century in Ahmedabad. He has come second in terms of scoring most T20 centuries on any ground. The record of scoring most centuries at any one place is in the name of Chris Gayle. He has scored five centuries in Mirpur, Bangladesh. This was the sixth century of Shubman Gill's T20 career. Virat Kohli has the most centuries in this format. Kohli has scored nine centuries.