Shubman Gill becomes first captain to register massive IPL record after leading GT to IPL 2026 final

Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill played a stellar knock to guide his team to the final of the Indian Premier League 2026 after the seven-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in the Qualifier 2 on Friday, May 29. Gill scored a low-risk, high-reward knock of 104 from 53 balls to help his team gun down 215 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur. 

With his 104, Gill has become the first-ever captain to score a hundred in an IPL playoff game. The previous highest record for the top score in IPL knockouts belonged to David Warner and Rajat Patidar, both of whom had



scored unbeaten 93 each, with the former's knock coming against the Gujarat Lions in 2016 and the latter's against the GT in IPL 2026 Qualifier 1. 

Highest score by a captain in IPL playoffs:

1 - Shubman Gill: 104 vs RR in IPL 2026 Qualifier 2

2 - Rajat Patidar: 93* vs GT in IPL 2026 Qualifier 1

3 - David Warner: 93* vs Gujarat Lions in IPL 2016 Qualifier 2

4 - Shreyas Iyer: 87* vs MI in IPL 2025 Qualifier 2

5 - Adam Gilchrist: 85 vs Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2009 semifinal