Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill’s sensational partnership overshadowed KL Rahul’s unbeaten ton as Gujarat Titans eased past Delhi Capitals by 10 wickets in their IPL 2025 match at Arun Jaitley Stadium.
With the win, GT, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings, all three booked spots for themselves in the IPL 2025 playoffs. KL Rahul played a special knock, helping DC post 199 for 3 in 20 overs after the side got an invitation to bat first. Rahul scored 112 not out in 65 balls with the help of 14 fours and 4 sixes.
He stitched a 90-run partnership with Abishek Porel (30 off 19) for the second wicket after DC were reduced to 16 for 1 in 3.2 overs. In reply, GT made mockery of the total as Gill (93 not out in 53 balls) and Sudharsan (108 not out in 61 balls) stitched an unbeaten 205-run partnership to seal the game and the playoff spot for the side.
Sai Sudharsan, Player of the Match, said, If feels great to make the team win. I missed out quite a few times at doing so this season and in the break, I was thinking about it and it paid off today. After the 6 overs, the 7-10 overs they bowled really well, the momentum went down, we were cool and calm enough to take the game deep. We got a couple of big overs from 12-13 which helped. Previous games I took chances and got out, but was aware enough to take the right matchups. I started to believe a bit more to be honest, mindset point of view belief has gotten better. Don’t think not many changes as a batter but mentally I have gotten better. When I look at the spinners, maybe I can get better at striking them. After the 15th over I have a lot of things to work on, I’m keeping a check on that. (about Gill) There’s a lot of understanding between us. Running between the wickets is one thing which we talk about and when I do a mistake he points out and similarly from my side as well.