Gujarat Titans became the first team to qualify for the playoffs after defeating Delhi Capitals by 10 wickets in Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket on Sunday after Sai Sudarshan and Shubman Gill opened the scoring.

With the performance of these two, Gujarat completed the target of 200 runs by scoring 205 runs in 19 overs. Sudarshan scored 108 off 61 balls and captain Gill remained unbeaten on 93 off 53 balls. Sudarshan hit 12 fours and 4 sixes and Gill hit 3 fours and 7 sixes. 

Earlier, KL Rahul became the first player to score a century in the IPL from three different franchise teams. Earlier he also scored centuries for Punjab and Lucknow Super Giants. After he scored an unbeaten 112 off 65 balls, Delhi scored 199-3. He hit 14 fours and 4 sixes. 

During his innings, Rahul completed 8000 runs in Twenty20 cricket. He has touched this figure in 224 innings. Before him, Chris Gayle 213 and Babar Azam completed 8000 runs in 218 innings. 

But Delhi's beginning was not like that. Mohammad Siraj and Arsad Khan bowled 15 dot balls in the first 4 overs to keep Delhi at bay. Opener Faf du Plessis could score only 5 runs in 10 balls. In 5 overs, Delhi could score only 28 runs after losing 1 wicket. In the last over of the power play, Rahul countered Kagiso Rabada by hitting 2 sixes and 1 four. Abhishek Porel got out for 30 off 19 balls, captain Akshar Patel scored 25 off 16 balls. Tristan Stubbs remained unbeaten on 21 runs with 2 sixes off 10 balls. 

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Punjab Kings have also secured their place in the playoffs due to Delhi's defeat. Gujarat is at the top with 18 points while RCB and Punjab have 17 points each. Mumbai Indians have 14 points and Delhi have 13 points. 

Punjab's Rabaf

Punjab Kings defeated Rajasthan Royals by 10 runs in the first match on Sunday. After Debrehate Nehal Wadhera scored 70 runs off 37 balls, Punjab won the toss and elected to bat, scoring 219-5 in Jaipur. After Shashank Singh scored an unbeaten 59, Punjab's score was tied. 

Priyansh Arya 9, Mitchell Owen nil, Prabhasimran Singh out for 21 runs. Captain Shreyas Iyer scored 30 runs off 25 balls with 5 fours. Wadhera hit the same 5 fours and a six. Punjab added 60 runs in the last 4 overs. Shashank hit 5 fours and 3 sixes in his 30-ball innings. Azmatullah Omarzai hit 3 fours and 1 six in 9 balls and scored an unbeaten 21 runs. Rajasthan's Tusar Deshpande took 2 wickets with 37 runs in 4 overs. 

After Omarzai took important 2 wickets, Rajasthan, which has already been out of the playoff race, lost 7 wickets and scored only 209 runs. Debrehate spinner Harpreet Brar, who came as an 'Impact' player, took 3 wickets for 22 runs. When Rajasthan needed 22 runs to win in the last over, Marco Jansen dismissed Dhruv Jirel and Wanindu Hasaranga in consecutive balls.

Jirel scored the highest 53 runs from Rajasthan. He hit 3 fours and 4 sixes off 31 balls. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi added 76 runs in 5 overs to give Rajasthan a great start. Suryavanshi played 15 balls and scored 40 runs by hitting 4 fours and a six. Jaiswal scored 50 runs off 25 balls with 9 fours and 1 six. Captain Sanju Samson, who returned to the team, was dismissed for 20 off 16 balls and Rian Parag scored 13 runs off 11 balls.