Gujarat Titans recorded an easy seven-wicket win against Sunrisers Hyderabad to register their second win of the IPL 2024 on Sunday. An impressive bowling spell from Mohit Sharma and a brilliant 45-run knock from Sai Sudharsan helped Gujarat chase down a 163-run target with 5 balls remaining at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
After a huge loss against Chennai Super Kings in their last game, Shubman Gill's Titans were impressive with both bat and ball throughout the game. Sunrisers Hyderabad, who recorded 204 and 277 in their first two games this season, struggled to find momentum despite a strong start.
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat first with no change in their playing eleven that posted 277 against Mumbai Indians in the last game. Gujarat Titans replaced Sai Kishore while Noor Ahmad came in the place of pacer Spencer Johnson.
Mayank Agarwal's poor form this season continued as he managed to score just 16 off 17 balls while Travis Head added quick 19 runs. Last game's hero Abhishek Sharma was impressive in the start as he smashed 29 off just 20 balls but was not able to convert into a big innings today.
SRH batters struggled for any meaningful partnership as Gujarat bowlers kept taking timely wickets. Abdul Samad smashed 29 off just 14 balls in the closing stages but an experienced pacer Mohit Sharma's another impressive spell in death overs restricted SRH to 162/8 in 20 overs.
Gujarat openers Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha added 36 runs for the first wicket with the latter scoring just 25 runs before getting dismissed by Shahbaz Ahmed in the fifth over. Gill's search for the maiden fifty in IPL 2024 continued as he scored 36 off 28 balls today.
Sunirsers seemed to make a comeback with impressive greedy spells in the middle overs but David Miller completely changed the momentum in the 16th over. Mayank Markande conceded 24 runs in the 16th over when Gujarat needed 49 runs to win the game.
Sai Sudharsan and David Miller added match-defining 64 runs for the third wicket with the former top-scoring with 45 off 36 balls. Miller remained unbeaten on 44 off 27 balls and finished the game with a six off Jaydev Unadkat to give Gujarat an easy win with five balls remaining.
With two wins in three games, Gujarat Titans jumped to fourth place in the points table while Hyderabad slipped down to sixth.
Gujarat Titans Playing XI: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, David Miller, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Umesh Yadav, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma (substituted by Sai Sudharsan), Darshan Nalkande.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI: Mayank Agarwal (substituted by Washington Sundar), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Jaydev Unadkat.
