Gujarat Titans defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 wickets. In this match played at Uppal Stadium, Hyderabad scored 152 runs while playing on their home ground. In response, Gujarat won this match by 7 wickets with 20 balls remaining. This is Gujarat’s third consecutive win in IPL 2025, while Hyderabad team has suffered its fourth consecutive defeat. Captain Shubman Gill and Mohammad Siraj were the heroes of Gujarat’s victory.
Gujarat Titans got a target of 153 runs. It was not easy to achieve this target on a slow pitch. Hyderabad also got off to a good start in bowling as in-form batsman Sai Sudarshan was out for 5 runs and Jos Buttler was out without opening the account. Due to this, Gujarat lost 2 wickets for just 16 runs.
Gill-Sundar turned the whole match
Gujarat had lost 2 wickets for 16 runs. From here Shubman Gill and Washington Sundar turned the whole match around. There was a partnership of 90 runs between the two, which brought Gujarat to the threshold of victory. Sundar’s wicket was certainly controversial, but Mohammad Shami got him caught by Aniket Verma at a score of 49. Captain Shubman Gill remained at the crease from the beginning till the end and played a brilliant match-winning innings by scoring 61 runs not out. After Sundar was out, Sherfan Rutherford supported Captain Gill. Rutherford ensured Gujarat’s victory by playing a quick innings of 35 runs in 16 balls.
Mohammad Siraj laid the foundation of victory
Mohammad Siraj laid the foundation of Gujarat Titans’ victory. SRH batsmen had surrendered in front of Siraj, he took four wickets for just 17 runs in 4 overs. He took the wickets of Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Aniket Verma and Simarjit Singh. Apart from him, Prasidh Krishna and Sai Kishore also took 2-2 wickets for Gujarat.
