Rajasthan Royals openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi are 3 runs shy of becoming the fastest pair to 500 IPL partnership runs by balls faced, aiming to break the record held by Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir.
Jaiswal-Suryavanshi on Cusp of IPL Partnership Record
The Rajasthan Royals (RR) opening pair of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi stand on the verge of becoming the fastest pair in the Indian Premier League (IPL) history to reach 500 partnership runs in terms of balls taken. Jaiswal and Suryavanshi will be aiming to continue their fine run as RR's exciting young opening pair when they take on the Gujarat Titans (GT) at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium, with their opponents featuring another strong Indian pairing of Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan.
Currently, Jaiswal and Suryavanshi have scored 497 runs in 246 balls. The record for the 'fastest to 500 partnership runs' is currently held by Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, who achieved this record in just 309 balls during their playing days for Delhi Capitals (formerly known as Delhi Daredevils).
In the previous match against five-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Jaiswal and Suryavanshi put up a quickfire 75-run stand while chasing 128 runs, with Suryavanshi making a 17-ball 52 and Jaiswal scoring an unbeaten 38*.
A Look at the Players' Careers
Yashasvi Jaiswal
So far in his IPL career, Jaiswal has scored 2,204 runs in 68 matches and 67 innings at an average of 34.98, with a strike rate of 151.68, with two centuries and 15 fifties.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi
Suryavanshi on the other hand, had a fine start last year, as the youngest IPL player ever at the age of 14 years, scoring 252 runs in seven innings including a century, which made him the youngest T20 centurion and the fastest IPL centurion (among Indian batters). In his eight innings, he has made 304 runs at an average of 38.00, with a strike rate of 218.70, with a century and two fifties and a best score of 101.
Full Squads for the Clash
Gujarat Titans Squad
Gujarat Titans Squad: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Ashok Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Jason Holder, Jayant Yadav, Manav Suthar, Kumar Kushagra, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Ishant Sharma, Luke Wood, Tom Banton, Kulwant Khejroliya, Anuj Rawat, Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Brar, Nishant Sindhu.
Rajasthan Royals Squad
Rajasthan Royals Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel(w), Riyan Parag(c), Shimron Hetmyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Sandeep Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Brijesh Sharma, Donovan Ferreira, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Ravi Singh, Sushant Mishra, Tushar Deshpande, Adam Milne, Dasun Shanaka, Kuldeep Sen, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Shubham Dubey, Kwena Maphaka, Vignesh Puthur, Aman Rao Perala.
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