Hyderabad: Mohammed Siraj's (4/17) lethal bowling followed by Washington Sundar's stormy batting helped Gujarat Titans defeat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 wickets. In the 18th match of the Indian Premier League 2025, after winning the toss, Gujarat team invited Sunrisers to bat first. Sunrisers team, who came to bat first, somehow managed to score 152 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. In response, Gujarat showed a brilliant game and won the match with 3.2 overs remaining. This is the third win of Gujarat's team out of 4 matches in the 18th season. At the same time, Sunrisers have suffered their fourth consecutive defeat.
Gujarat Titans, who came out to chase the target against Sunrisers in the match, did not have a great start. Sai Sudarshan, who was in great form, could not do anything special in this match. Sudarshan was out after scoring 5 runs in 9 balls, while Jos Buttler could not even open his account. After two early wickets, it seemed that Sunrisers had dominated, but Sundar and captain Shubman Gill established their feet at the crease.
Sundar and Gill made the match one-sided
In IPL 2025, Washington Sundar got a chance to play in the first match for Gujarat. Sundar grabbed this opportunity with both hands. Sundar, who came to bat in the top order, played a strong innings of 49 runs in 29 balls, raining fours and sixes for Gujarat. During this, he also hit 5 fours and 2 sixes. Due to his batting, the match slipped out of the hands of Sunrisers.
During this, Gujarat captain Shubman Gill also showed his strength. Gill played a great role in supporting Sundar in batting. Captain Gill was earlier seen struggling a lot to score runs for his team, but in this match against Sunrisers, he played an unbeaten innings of 61 runs in 42 balls. Shubman Gill completed his half-century in 38 balls. Apart from this, Shefran Rutherford also contributed 35 runs in 16 balls from Gujarat.
Both Sunrisers' batting and bowling were flops
In this match against Gujarat, both Sunrisers Hyderabad's batting and bowling were ordinary. The team players disappointed in the first batting. Explosive opener batsmen Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma returned to the pavilion cheaply. Ishan Kishan, who scored a century in his first match for Sunrisers, once again remained silent with his bat. Nitish Kumar Reddy did try to take charge for a while, but he too got out after scoring 31 runs in 34 balls. Apart from this, Henry Klaasen contributed 27 runs in 19 balls for Sunrisers.
On the other hand, talking about Sunrisers' bowling, Mohammed Shami and captain Pat Cummins definitely achieved success in the beginning, but after that all the bowlers of the team were seen struggling against Sundar and Shubman Gill. This is the reason why Sunrisers had to face a bad defeat in this match. Due to this defeat, they remain at the last position in the points table.
