Shubman Gill crafted a composed unbeaten 61 to guide Gujarat Titans to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad, with 20 balls to spare, in Sunday’s Indian Premier League match.
It was Gill’s first fifty of the season and played a key role in Gujarat registering their third straight win, lifting them to second in the standings. His 43-ball knock featured nine boundaries.
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All-rounder Washington Sundar chipped in with a rapid 49 off 29 deliveries in the successful chase, as Gujarat reached 153-3 in 16.4 overs.
Hyderabad, after losing the toss, posted 152-8 in 20 overs following another lacklustre batting performance. Fast bowler Mohammed Siraj starred with 4-17 from his four overs.
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The defeat marked Hyderabad’s fourth loss in a row, leaving them anchored at the bottom of the 10-team table.
The top-order failed to fire again, crumbling under pressure from Siraj’s new-ball spell. Travis Head was dismissed for eight, while Abhishek Sharma managed only 18.
Ishan Kishan, who had scored a century in the opening match, could only muster 17 before being removed by Prasidh Krishna. The 2024 runners-up found themselves struggling at 50-3 in the 8th over.
Despite the early damage, Nitish Reddy and Heinrich Klaasen put on a 50-run stand off 39 balls for the fourth wicket.
Klaasen, the costliest overseas player this season, is yet to reach a half-century in five outings. He made 27 off 19 balls, striking two fours and a six.
Reddy top-scored with 31 off 34 balls, including three boundaries, but Gujarat’s spinners tightened the screws. Sai Kishore returned figures of 2-24 from four overs, while Rashid Khan went wicketless, conceding 31 runs.
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Following the end of the fourth-wicket stand in the 14th over, Hyderabad kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Captain Pat Cummins provided a late flourish with an unbeaten 22 off nine balls, laced with three boundaries and a six, pushing the total past 150.
Shaky start for Gujarat
Gujarat’s innings got off to a shaky start.
Mohammed Shami (2-28) removed Sai Sudharsan for five early on, and Cummins took the big scalp of in-form Jos Buttler, who was caught behind for a three-ball duck.
That set the stage for a match-winning third-wicket partnership between Gill and Sundar.
The pair added 90 runs off 56 balls, with Sundar taking the aggressive approach. Promoted to No. 4, he struck five fours and two sixes.
Shami broke the stand early in the 14th over, dismissing Sundar, but Sherfane Rutherford, brought in as an impact player, picked up the pace.
The West Indies all-rounder blasted an unbeaten 35 off just 16 balls, featuring six boundaries and a six, sealing the win swiftly for Gujarat.
Gill brought up his half-century in 36 balls and remained unbeaten to finish the job.
Schedule change on Sunday
Only one match was played on Sunday instead of the planned doubleheader. The Kolkata Knight Riders’ home fixture against Lucknow SuperGiants was postponed to Tuesday at the request of Kolkata police due to religious festivities in the city.
Tuesday will now feature two matches, with Punjab hosting Chennai in the evening after the rescheduled Kolkata-Lucknow game.