Hyderabad : Gujarat Titans recorded 3rd consecutive IPL 2025 win after defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 wickets at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. Md Siraj & Shubman Gill starred with their 4-fer & half century respectively.
Bowling first, Siraj dismissed both Travis Head (8) and Abhishek Sharma (18) within powrplay. The pacer finished his spell with 4/17.
SRH were struggling at 50/4 in 8th over when Heinrich Klaasen (27) & Nitish Reddy (31) came to rescue with 50 runs partnership.
However, SRH’s innings fumbled yet again, it was skipper Pat Cummins (22*) who smashed crucial runs including 17 runs off 20th over of Ishant Sharma, taking SRH to 152-8 (20).
Defending 153 runs, the Orange Army picked wickets of in form Sai Sudarshan (5) & Jos Buttler (0) for 16 runs in 4 overs.
The game turned with 90 runs partnership between skipper Shubman Gill (61*) & Washington Sundar (49).
After Sundar’s dismissal on 106 runs in 14th over, Sherfane Rutherford (35*) played an aggressive innings joining Gill for 47 runs partnership.
Gill played captain’s knock of 61* (43) including 9 boundaries that guided GT past the target in 16.4 overs.
Md Siraj bagged man of the match for his heroics .
Brief Scorecard :
1st innings :
SRH : 152-8 (20)
Nitish Reddy : 31 (34)
GT :
Md Siraj : 4-17-4
2nd Innings :
GT : 153-3 (16.4)
Shubman Gill : 61 (43)
SRH :
Md Shami : 4-28-2
Result : GT won by 7 Wickets.
