Shubman Gill’s Gujarat Titans are on a roll this season, securing their third win by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad. Captain Gill won the toss and chose to bowl first. As usual, GT’s star bowler Mohammed Siraj was in top form, dismissing SRH openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma for just 8 and 18 runs, respectively.
SRH’s batting, which was their biggest strength last season, looked weak once again. Most batters got starts but couldn’t convert them into big scores. Ishan Kishan scored 17, while Nitish Reddy and Heinrich Klaasen struggled to build momentum, getting out for 31 and 27, respectively. Hyderabad’s rising star Aniket Verma and captain Pat Cummins played brief cameos that helped SRH cross the 150 mark.
What looked like a chaseable total, the Gujarat Titans were confident of chasing it without much trouble. However, Hyderabad bowlers Shami and Cummins bowled a solid opening spell, dismissing GT’s in-form batters Sai Sudharsan and Jos Buttler cheaply. Ashish Nehra took a gamble by sending Washington Sundar up the order to avoid exposing their unreliable middle order early. Fortunately for the Titans, the gamble turned out to be a masterstroke, as Sunder removed all the pressure by counter-attacking SRH bowlers.
He scored 20 runs in Simarjeet Singh’s over, completely shifting the momentum of the game. Unfortunately, he missed a well-deserved fifty by just 1 run and got out. After his dismissal, it was the Shubman Gill show, as he guided his team to victory alongside impact sub Sherfane Rutherford.
Gujarat Titans comfortably defeated SRH and moved up to second place on the points table with 6 points. The Delhi Capitals remain at the top due to a better net run rate. Things continue to go downhill for SRH, who are at the bottom of the table with 4 losses in 5 games.
Fans react to Gujarat Titans’ comfortable win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2025
After witnessing another one-sided match, fans questioned the quality of cricket of all teams. While some fans trolled SRH because of their mindset of always scoring 200 runs, other fans praised Gill’s captaincy despite many challenges.
One fan compared the Hyderabad team to politician Arvind Kejriwal, joking about their consecutive losses. Another fan praised Gill’s leadership, pointing out that GT won three matches without the services of Kagiso Rabada and even after the departure of key players like David Miller and Noor Ahmad. Here are some of the top fan reactions:
One user said GT is the underdog this season and could definitely make the top four. Another was confused about what went wrong with SRH after their first match, where they scored 286 runs. Many fans questioned Cummins’s captaincy after SRH suffered their fourth loss of the season.