Shabman Gul Sai Sudharsan’s freakish back-to-back hit wickets opened Gujarat Titans’ emphatic win in Qualifier 2. Rajasthan RoyalsAdmitting that he had never seen anything like it before.After scoring a record-breaking century to guide GT to the IPL 2026 final, Gill responded with open arms to Sudharsan’s freak-hit wicket-out, which happened in the second game in a row. Sudharsan once again lost control of his bat while playing the shot and disturbed the stumps in a strange way.“I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything. Nobody’s seen anything like that, two games, back to back. The way he got out,” Gayle said after the match.The Gujarat Titans skipper even joked that he might need to follow the same trick suggested by fans online to avoid a repeat of the incident.“I saw some video on social media where his hand was taped, I think I’ll have to do that in the next match,” he jokingly added.Despite the odd dismissal, Sudharsan was once again instrumental in Gujarat Titans’ emphatic seven-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals. Chasing 215 in Qualifier 2, Gayle and Sudharsan completely decimated the RR bowling attack with a brilliant opening partnership of 167 off just 77 balls, which is now the highest stand in IPL playoff history.Gayle scored a brilliant 104 off 53 balls which turned out to be one of the best innings of the season. His innings included 15 fours and three sixes as he scored the fastest century in IPL playoff history. Sudharsan rounded them off with a blistering 32-ball 58 before his extraordinary dismissal once again became one of the biggest talking points of the night.Gayle admitted that the rapport between him and Sudharsan has been the Gujarat Titans’ biggest strength this season.“I think we complement each other very well. We understand each other’s game very well. And our communication is very good when we are out there batting. We know when one of us has to get the bowler off,” explained Gill.The GT skipper also revealed that he was batting in a certain rhythm where everything flowed naturally.“I was in a zone where I was just looking at the space and looking at the bowlers and seeing where I wanted to hit the ball. I didn’t want to hit the ball too hard,” Gill said.Interestingly, Gujarat Titans did not expect such a big target when Rajasthan Royals appeared to be heading towards 180-190 at one stage. However, Donovan Ferreira’s brutal attack on Rashid Khan in the last over, where RR scored 27 runs, took the total to 214/6.Earlier in the evening, teenage sensation Vibhu Suryavanshi once again stole the spotlight with a sensational 96 off 47 balls as Rajasthan lost Yashvi Jaiswal and Dhruv Jorrell in the opening two overs.But even Suryavanshi’s intelligence proved insufficient once Gul and Sudharsan launched their extraordinary attack in pursuit. Gujarat Titans finally completed the most successful chase in franchise history and booked a blockbuster IPL 2026 final against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad.
