Shubman Gill is on fire for the Gujarat Titans in their IPL 2026 match against the Chennai Super Kings
. In the fixture taking place at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday (May 21), at the end of eight overs of GT innings, he was batting on 51 runs from 26 balls. Gill, who captains GT in the IPL, has hammered 5 fours and 3 sixes so far during his stay at the crease and has also completed 6000 runs in this year’s IPL.IPL 2026 | Schedule | Results | Orange Cap | Purple Cap
Gill, who is playing his 13th match of IPL 2026 on Thursday, has scored 603* runs so far. He is only the third player in IPL history to score 600 or more runs in back-to-back IPL seasons as captain.
In the 2025 edition of IPL, Gill scored a total of 650 runs in 15 matches
for GT.
David Warner was the first captain in IPL history to score 600 or more runs in back-to-back IPL seasons. The legendary left-handed top-order batter from Australia scored 848 runs in 17 matches of IPL 2016 and amassed a total of 641 runs in 14 matches of the 2017 edition for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Captains to score 600-plus in back-to-back IPL seasons
| PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | RUNS | EDITION |
| David Warner | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 17 | 848 | 2016 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 641 | 2017 | |
| KL Rahul | Punjab Kings | 14 | 670 | 2020 |
| Punjab Kings | 13 | 626 | 2021 | |
| Lucknow Super Giants | 15 | 616 | 2022 | |
| Shubman Gill | Gujarat Titans | 15 | 650 | 2025 |
| Gujarat Titans | 13* | 603* | 2026 |
KL Rahul made his IPL captaincy debut in 2020 for Punjab Kings and scored 670 runs in 14 matches. In the 2021 season, he scored 626 runs in 13 matches as Punjab Kings captain, and in 2022, when he led Lucknow Super Giants, he amassed a total of 616 runs in 15 matches.
The record of scoring most runs in an IPL season as captain is in the name of Virat Kohli. Kohli played 16 matches as Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain in 2016 and scored 973 runs.
Most runs in a IPL season by captains
| PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | RUNS | EDITION |
| Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 16 | 973 | 2016 |
| David Warner | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 17 | 848 | 2016 |
| Kane Williamson | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 17 | 735 | 2018 |
| KL Rahul | Punjab Kings | 14 | 670 | 2020 |
| Shubman Gill | Gujarat Titans | 15 | 650 | 2025 |
| David Warner | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 641 | 2017 |
| Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 16 | 634 | 2013 |
| KL Rahul | Punjab Kings | 13 | 626 | 2021 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | Mumbai Indians | 15 | 618 | 2010 |
| KL Rahul | Lucknow Super Giants | 15 | 616 | 2022 |
| Shreyas Iyer | Punjab Kings | 17 | 604 | 2025 |
| Shubman Gill | Gujarat Titans | 13* | 603* | 2026 |
Legendary India batter Sachin Tendulkar was the first captain in IPL history to score 600-plus runs in a season. Tendulkar played 15 matches for MI as captain in 2010 and scored 618 runs. He finished as the highest run-getter that season and won the Orange Cap.
