Gujarat Titans' openers Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan produced a record-breaking partnership against Mumbai Indians in the crucial IPL 2024 game on Friday, May 10. Sai Sudharsan recorded his maiden IPL century and also completed 1,000 runs in tournament history.
After being forced to bat first, Gujarat openers produced a flying start at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The duo broke their own record for the highest partnership for any wicket for Gujarat Titans by adding an unbeaten 148 runs for the opening wicket.
Sudharsan, 22, became the fastest Indian and overall joint-third cricketer to reach 1,000 runs in IPL history. The young left-handed batter broke Sachin Tendulkar and Ruturaj Gaikwad's record of 31 innings to 1,000 runs comfortably in just 25 innings. The former Kings XI Punjab batter Shaun Marsh holds the record for fastest to 1,000 IPL runs in 21 innings.
Fastest to 1,000 IPL runs by Indian cricketers
- Sai Sudharsan - 25 innings
- Sachin Tendulkar - 31 innings
- Ruturaj Gaikwad - 31 innings
- Tilak Varma - 33 innings
Fastest to 1,000 runs in IPL history
- Shaun Marsh - 21 innings
- Lendl Simmons - 23 innings
- Matthew Hayden - 25 innings
- Sai Sudharsan* - 25 innings
- Jonny Bairstow - 26 innings
Meanwhile, Gill also registered his first hundred of the 2024 edition in just 50 balls. Both Gill and Sudharsan added 210 runs for the opening wicket, a joint-highest record partnership record for the first wicket. Gill top-scored with 104 runs off 55 balls while Sudharsan smashed 103 runs off 51 balls to decimate Chennai's injury-hit bowling attack.
Tushar Deshpande emerged as the best bowler for the defending champions as he dismissed both Gill and Sudharsan in the 18th over. Spin all-rounders Ravindra Jadeja and Mitchell Santner proved costly but Shardul Thakur walked away with greedy figures at Narendra Modi Stadium.
