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Shubman Gill and his begetter Lakhwinder Singh (Image credit: X)
NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill was afloat of vigor erstwhile helium arrived astatine the Sawai Mansingh Stadium successful Jaipur for Saturday’s IPL 2026 clash against Rajasthan Royals.Dressed successful grooming shorts and a T-shirt, Gill entered the stadium premises and shared a heartwarming infinitesimal with his father, Lakhwinder Singh, who was lasting adjacent the entranceway gate.
The Gujarat Titans skipper archetypal saluted his begetter earlier giving him a high-five, and the wholesome video rapidly won hearts connected societal media.
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Gill aboriginal backed up the cheerful pre-match temper with a sensational sound aft Gujarat Titans were enactment successful to bat. The stylish opener smashed a superb 84 disconnected conscionable 44 balls to powerfulness GT to a monolithic 229/4 successful 20 overs. His explosive innings was studded with 9 fours and 4 sixes.Gill besides stitched unneurotic a commanding 118-run opening concern with Sai Sudharsan, giving Gujarat Titans the cleanable platform. Sudharsan contributed 55 disconnected 36 deliveries, smashing six boundaries and 2 sixes during his fluent knock.
Apart from Gill and Sudharsan, Washington Sundar played a important cameo, remaining unbeaten connected 37 disconnected conscionable 20 balls to further boost GT’s total.Earlier, Rajasthan Royals stand-in skipper Yashasvi Jaiswal won the flip and opted to vessel archetypal against Gujarat Titans.
Jaiswal led the broadside successful the lack of regular skipper Riyan Parag, who missed the crippled aft suffering a hamstring wounded successful the erstwhile match.GT made 1 alteration to their playing XI, bringing successful Prasidh Krishna successful spot of Manav Suthar, portion Rajasthan Royals included Shimron Hetmyer and Yash Raj Punja.Teams:Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal (c), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Shubham Dubey, Dasun Shanaka, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Punja.Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj.
