Are Shubman Gill & Sai Sudharsan IPL's Most Successful Pair Ever? Here's What History Says

IPL 2025: Shubman Gill & Sai Sudharsan have blown away opposition sides in IPL 2025 with their scintillating batting, as Gujarat Titans have already sealed their playoffs spot, and are well-positioned to finish their group stage in the Top 2 of the points table.

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The Indian pair, who's rumoured to be the national side's opening duo for the Test series in England, are on course of becoming IPL's most successful pair.

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In merely 12 innings, the duo have 839 runs, which includes three 100 runs+ stands, and do have a minumim of three matches at their disposal to become the first pair ever in the league's history to touch the 1000-run mark for a single season.

Most Runs by an Indian Pair in a Single IPL Edition

  • 839 - Shubman Gill & B Sai Sudharsan (GT, 2025)*
  • 744 - Shikhar Dhawan & Prithvi Shaw (DC, 2021)
  • 671 - Mayank Agarwal & KL Rahul (PBKS, 2020)
  • 602 - Mayank Agarwal & KL Rahul (PBKS, 2021)
  • 601 - Virat Kohli & Devdutt Padikkal (RCB, 2021)

Even though the duo has now become the most successful Indian pair in IPL's history, they still sit 90 runs short off the all-time record, which belongs to arguably IPL's most legendary pair — Virat Kohli and Ab De Villiers, who scored 939 runs in 13 innings, in the 2016 edition.

The second pair on the list is also from RCB, and it does include Virat Kohli, as him and Faf Du Plessis too scored 939 runs in 14 innings, in the 2023 edition.

The third pair on the list is CSK's 2023 opening duo of Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway, who scored 849 runs in 15 innings.

Here's What GT Skipper Said After Historic Win Vs DC

Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans Captain):

"Feels great. To be able to get that Q on the board. But I think still 2 important games left for us. Getting momentum into the playoffs is key for us."

"Feels amazing. I have talked about this a lot. When I am batting, I want to play as a batter and not think about captaincy much. Last year, it was a learning experience for me. In the backend of last year, that's what I learned."

"Yeah, we were right back in the groove. Our fielding has been below par, we dropped a lot of catches leading up to this game and we got the time to reflect on that."

"When you are in form, Sai has been in tremendous form. The way he is able to convert the starts, you don't talk about much. You are playing the ball, you are seeing the situation and condition and you just tell yourself to go back a little and not to let yourself go in the flow. When we were batting in the middle tonight, we talked about finishing the game and not to leave it to someone else. On this wicket, you never know."

"Honestly, at the halfway point, we felt we gave away 15 runs extra. They kept wickets in the hand and utilised the wicket pretty well. When we went out to bat, we decided to play good cricketing shots. Once we are in the flow, we can take the game from there."

"Not much, I got sick so the break came in handy for me. Yes, definitely. Two more important games for us, we want to get into the playoffs with as much momentum as possible."

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