Shubman Gill guided his team to a magnificent seven-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2026 Qualifier 2. Batting first, RR posted 214/6 in 20 overs, on the back of a 96-run knock from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. In response, Gill smashed a brilliant hundred to help GT chase down the target with eight balls in hand. With this win, GT reached the IPL 2026 final, where they will play against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Sunday.
During the post-match press conference, GT Director of Cricket Vikram Solanki said, “Yeah, it was exactly as it has been throughout the, the five years that he’s been a part of this group. He was preparing exactly as he has done before. As I sort of said, he’s a wonderful talent. The fact, I think T20 cricket is a format that you have to ride the, the sort of indifferent times as much as much as work hard when you are playing well. So, that’s a given thing. He’s played so much cricket, he’s so experienced for somebody so young.”
“He knows how to deal with all of those matters-success, failure. Professional sport is about dealing with exactly that. He was very measured when he arrived in our camp. His preparation has been on point, as it always is. Regardless of format, regardless of whatever jersey he’s wearing, I’m pretty sure his preparation is on point. And that’s exactly how he arrived this year,” he further added.
However, Shubman Gill has scored 722 runs this season, scoring the bulk of the runs for his side alongside opening partner Sai Sudharsan (710). Both are batting at a healthy strike rate of 160 as well.
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