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Gujarat Titans (GT) captain Shubhman Gill played a historic innings in the IPL 2026 Qualifier-2 match played against Rajasthan Royals, which has surprised the cricket world. Chasing a huge and mountain-like target of 215 runs, Captain Gill led the team from the front and scored a blazing century of 104 runs in 53 balls to get his team a ticket to the final. This was the 5th century of Shubman Gill’s IPL career. Gill has created a new history by completing his century in just 47 balls in this match. He has now become the batsman to score the fastest century (in the fewest balls) in the history of IPL playoffs. Earlier this record was in the name of Rajat Patidar of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), who scored a century in 49 balls against Lucknow Super Giants in the eliminator match of the year 2022. For the first time in the 18-year history of IPL, a captain did this feat. Due to his innings, Shubman Gill has achieved a position in the history of IPL, which even the legendary captains like MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma or Virat Kohli could not do till date. Gill has become the first captain in IPL history to score a century in a playoff (or knockout) match. Earlier, as captain, David Warner had definitely reached the score of 90s in the playoffs, but no captain was able to convert it into a century. Apart from this, Shubman Gill has also become the first batsman in the world to score more than one century in IPL playoff matches. Earlier, his first playoff century came against Mumbai Indians (MI) in Qualifier-2 of the year 2023, when he played an explosive inning of 129 runs. Century in less balls: Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Abhishek Sharma equalized. This is the second time in Shubman Gill’s IPL career, when he has completed his century facing less than 50 balls. In this matter, he has equaled the special records of young sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Abhishek Sharma. These three have now become such Indian batsmen, who have achieved the feat of scoring a century in less than 50 balls 2 times in IPL. Indian batsmen who scored a century in less than 50 balls: Shubhman Gill: 2 times Vaibhav Suryavanshi: 2 times Abhishek Sharma: 2 times broke the big record of Virat Kohli and KL Rahul. Shubhman Gill has completed his 5 centuries in IPL in just 130 innings. By doing this, he has left senior players like KL Rahul and King Virat Kohli far behind. Gill has become the fastest Indian batsman to score 5 centuries in IPL, while he is the third fastest player in the world in the overall list. West Indies’ explosive opener Chris Gayle is at the top in this list. Top batsmen who scored 5 IPL centuries in the least number of innings: Player name Number of innings Chris Gayle 75 innings Jos Buttler 80 innings Shubman Gill* 130 innings KL Rahul 134 innings Virat Kohli 164 innings Sanju Samson 179 innings The title match will be held in Ahmedabad on May 31. After defeating Rajasthan Royals, now Gujarat Titans will face defending champion Royals in the final. Will be from Challengers Bangalore (RCB). This grand-final match of IPL 2026 is to be played tomorrow i.e. on 31st May at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Cricket fans will hope that captain Shubman Gill will repeat his magical form on this grand stage of the finals and make his team champion once again.