Gujarat Titans defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 38 runs. Batting first, Gujarat scored 224 runs for six wickets in 20 overs, in response, the Sunrisers team could only score 186 runs for six wickets in 20 overs. For Hyderabad, Abhishek Sharma scored 74 runs in 41 balls with the help of four fours and six sixes, but his innings could not lead the team to victory.

Status of the points table
This is Gujarat's fifth consecutive win in six matches against Sunrisers, out of which three have been in Ahmedabad. With this win, Gujarat has moved towards the playoffs and has reached the second position in the points table. Gujarat has 14 points with seven wins and three losses in 10 matches. On the other hand, Hyderabad's hopes, which came into the do-or-die game, have suffered a setback and the journey of IPL 2025 is almost over for them. Hyderabad has six points with three wins and seven losses in 10 matches and is ninth in the table.

Head Abhishek gave a great start.

Chasing the target, Travis Head and Abhishek gave a good start to the team and both added 49 runs for the first wicket. Prasidh broke this partnership by dismissing Head who was dismissed after scoring 20 runs. After this Ishan Kishan also returned to the pavilion after scoring 13 runs. However, Abhishek and Klaasen played a good partnership and Abhishek also completed his half-century, but Ishant Sharma broke this partnership by dismissing Abhishek. After this Klaasen also returned to the pavilion after scoring 23 runs.

Sunrisers' innings faltered.

Siraj then dismissed Aniket Verma after scoring three runs and on the next ball sent Kamindu Mendis to the pavilion without opening the account. However, he could not complete the hat trick. Pat Cummins and Nitish Reddy adopted an aggressive attitude in the end, but by then it was too late. Nitish returned unbeaten on 21 runs off 10 balls with the help of one four and two sixes and Cummins returned unbeaten on 19 runs off 10 balls with the help of one four and one six. For Gujarat, Mohammad Siraj and Prasidh Krishna took two wickets each, while Ishant Sharma and Gerald Coetze got one wicket each.

Gill-Butler hit half-centuries

Earlier, Sunrisers won the toss and decided to bowl first, but Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill and Jos Butler hit half-centuries. For Gujarat, Gill scored the highest 76 runs off 38 balls with the help of 10 fours and two sixes, while Butler scored 64 runs off 37 balls with the help of three fours and four sixes.

Sudarshan completed 2000 T20 runs.

Batting first, Gill and Sudarshan once again gave Gujarat a strong start and added 87 runs for the first wicket. With the help of brilliant batting by Gill and Sudarshan, Gujarat also made its highest score in the powerplay. With this, Sudarshan completed 2000 runs in T20 and became the first Indian and the second batsman in the world to do so in fewer innings. Sudarshan, however, could not complete his half-century and returned to the pavilion after scoring 48 runs. After this, Gill and Butler took charge. Gill completed his half-century, but he returned to the pavilion after getting a run.

Butler then continued to play an aggressive innings and completed his fifty in 31 balls. Butler also got out while trying to play a long shot. When Butler got out, Gujarat's score had crossed 200. Pat Cummins sent Unadkat to bowl the last over. He dismissed Washington Sundar on the second ball, who was out after scoring 21 runs with the help of a six in 16 balls. After this, Rahul Tewatia also returned to the pavilion after scoring six runs on the fifth ball and then Rashid Khan was out without opening the account on the sixth ball. Shahrukh Khan returned unbeaten after scoring six runs off two balls. Apart from Unadkat, Cummins and Zeeshan Ansari got one wicket each for Sunrisers. Meanwhile, Jaydev Unadkat took three wickets in the last over.

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