Shubman Gill led from the front for the Gujarat Titans on Friday night, guiding them to a stunning seven-wicket victory over the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2026 Qualifier 2. Batting first, RR posted 214/6 in 20 overs, on the back of a blistering 96-run knock from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. In response, Gill smashed a brilliant century to help GT chase down the target with eight balls in hand.

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.”

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“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.

Shubman Gill has scored  722 runs this season, alongside opening partner Sai Sudharsan (710). Both are operating at a healthy strike rate of 160 as well.