Centuries for both openers, a rare in T20 cricket; record number of sixes in IPL

Centuries for both openers a rarity in T20 cricketIts rare to see a century in T20 cricket However the match between Gujarat Titans GT and Chennai Super Kings CSK saw two players scoring hundreds in one innings Batting first GT openers Shubman Gill 104 and B Sai Sudharsan 103 scored tons to put on 210 runs for the first wicket thus becoming only the second opening pair in the IPL to smash centuries in the same innings after Sunrisers Hyderabad SRH openers David Warner and Jonny Bairstow did it against Royal Challengers Bangalore RCB in 2019Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill left and Sai Sudharsan during their 210run stand against CSK at Ahmedabad recently PICPTIFourth consecutive defeat for Rajasthan RoyalsThough Rajasthan Royals have already qualified for the Playoffs thanks to their fourmatch winning streak twice in the first nine matches the then topofthetable team had a contrasting result this month losing all four matches two of them coming this week itself as they were restricted to less than 150 against CSK and Punjab Kings The Sanju Samsonled side wont have an easy outing against table toppers Kolkata Knight Riders KKR in their last league game However a victory over KKR will ensure a secondplaced finish for the inaugural championsRR players celebrate a Punjab Kingsrsquos wicket onWednesday PICAFPRecord number of sixes in IPLApart from numerous records smashed this season IPL17 also witnessed the highest number of sixes hit in a single edition of the cashrich league A total of 20 sixes were smashed during the Delhi Capitals DC versus Lucknow Super Giantss LSG tie on Thursday which took the tally to 1125 surpassing 1124 maximums smashed during the previous edition As of Thursday 1133 sixes were hit in IPL17 Apart from this the KKR v Punjab Kings game last month witnessed 42 sixes the most in a T20 match while SRH opener Abhishek Sharma has sent 35 deliveries over the boundary line the most this seasonSRHrsquos Abhishek Sharma smashes one for a six against LSG recently PICAFPUnwanted record for KarthikRCBs Dinesh Karthik now holds the alltime record of 18 ducks in IPL history The wicketkeeperbatter went past Mumbai Indians MI opener Rohit Sharma 17 ducks and teammate Glenn Maxwell 17 after he was caught by Delhi Capitalss DC Kuldeep Yadav off pacer Khaleel Ahmed Karthik getting out for a twoball nought didnt affect the teams morale as the Bangalore side beat DC by 47 runs in a mustwin tieRain pain for Gujarat TitansGT are the unluckiest team this season with their last two matches being washed out without a ball being bowled GT who have won five matches this season were knocked out of the Playoffs race after their home match against KKR was abandoned due to rain on Monday Unfortunately the 2022 championsrsquo last league match against SRH was also washed out Last yearrsquos runnersup thus ended the season with 12 points from 14 games The washout however led to GTrsquos opponents KKR and SRH confirming their Playoffs spotGT captain Shubman Gill right and his SRH counterpart Pat Cummins greet each other after their match was abandoned due to rain in Hyderabad onThursday PICAFP