GT Vs SRH, IPL 2024, Match 12: Gujarat Titans Beat Sunrisers Hyderabad By 7 Wickets - As It Happened

Here are the highlights of the Indian Premier League 2024 match between Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Mohit Sharma's death bowling and Afghan spinners - Noor Ahmad and Rashid Khan's economical bowling in the middle overs helped the Gujarat Titans restrict Sunrisers Hyderabad to 162/8 after Pat Cummins opted to bat first at the toss. The Shubnam Gill-led Titans never looked in trouble while chasing the easy target on a double-paced pitch and won the game with seven wickets and five balls to spare. Catch the highlights of the GT Vs SRH, match no. 12 in the IPL 2024, here. (Scorecard | Streaming)

The pitch looks good to bat on. There is a bit of grass on it. An absolute road there. The square boundaries are 66 metres and 63 metres respectively. The straight boundary is 73 metres. There is a cool breeze and a little humidity in the air. The temperature is 38 to 40 degrees Celcius and dew is out of the question here.

Just before the toss, bad news came from the SRH camp that Wanindu Hasaranga has been ruled out of the entire season due to an injury in his left heel.

Sunrisers Hyderabad have won the toss and have opted to bat

Teams:

Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, David Miller, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Umesh Yadav, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma, Darshan Nalkande

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Mayank Agarwal, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Jaydev Unadkat

Mayank Agarwal and Travis Head opened the batting for Sunrisers Hyderabad and Azmatullah Omarzai came to bowl the first over. Mayank took the strike and gave a single to Head who smashed back-to-back boundaries to gain 11 runs from the first over.

SRH - 11/0 (1)

Azmatullah Omarzai came to bowl his third over on the trot and got the crucial wicket of Mayank Agarwal on a short-pitch delivery. Darshan Nalkande took a fine catch at the deep backward square leg. Abhishek Sharma is the new batter at the crease.

SRH - 41/1 (5)

Mohit Sharma came into the attack in the 10th over and giving just five runs from the over, got rid of the set batter Abhishek Sharma with his go-to ball 'slower ball'. Shubman Gill took an easy catch at extra cover.

SRH - 74/3 (10)

Rashid Khan bowled the destructive batter Heinrich Klaasen just after the strategic time-out break. Shahbaz Ahmed comes to the crease and hit a four off Umesh Yadav's bowling. Yadav then got rid of the set batter Aiden Markram by getting him caught by Rashid Khan.

SRH - 122/5 (15)

Mohit Sharma, who is the designated death overs bowler for Gujarat Titans bowled economical overs in the end to restrict Sunrisers Hyderabad to 162/8 in 20 overs. He gave just three runs in the last over and also took two wickets of Shahbaz Ahmed and Washington Sundar.

SRH - 162/8 (20)

Brief Score: SRH - 162/8 (20)

Abdul Samad - 29 (14), Abhishek Sharma - 29 (20) | Mohit Sharma: (4-0-25-3)

Gujarat Titans started the chase with their designated openers Wriddhiman Shah and captain Shubman Gill. Bhuvneshwar Kumar started with the first over for Sunrisers Hyderabad. He conceded just seven runs from that.

GT - 7/0 (1)

Shahbaz Ahmed continued his attack and came to bowl his second over and broke the partnership on the first delivery. Shah tried to play an aerial shot and was caught at mid-on by Pat Cummins. Impact player Sai Sudharsan has come to the crease.

GT - 45/1 (5)

Mayank Markande came to bowl his second over right after the strategic time-out break and dismissed set batter Shubman Gill on the very first ball of the over. David Miller is the new batter at the crease. Just four runs from the over.

LSG - 78/2 (10)

David Miller and Sai Sudharsan take the game forward and with a few hits in between and rotating strikes on good balls, the equation has now come up to 49 runs in 30 balls. Seems like an easy chase for GT. Can SRH bowlers pull this off?

GT - 114/2 (15)

David Miller smashed a six on the first delivery of the last over to finish the game in Gujarat Titans' favour. Pat Cummins bowled an economical over but only run was needed in the final over. Jaydev Unadkat came to bowl the final over and the match ended on the first deliver.

GT - 168/3 (19.1)

Good game of cricket, was tight in the end, probably we needed 10-15 more runs. I think they bowled well, just losing a couple of wickets, didn’t have that one person who kicked on to get a fifty, that happens. Today it was, we thought the wicket was going to get a bit slow, the off-cutters did grip, we had 8 bowling options in our side. I thought the wicket played the same in both innings. It’s T20 cricket isn’t it? Had a fantastic couple of games with the bat, today we didn’t quite click.

To be able to win two matches at home, great. Hopefully we will have good momentum. The way our bowlers bowled in the middle overs, especially Noor and Rashid is a world-class bowler, and the way Darshan bowled a couple of overs was superb. (On Mohit) He's such an experienced player, especially on wickets like these. He comes in, bowls those yorkers and slower balls. In this heat, it's easier to score with the new ball. Our plan was to make them hit the slower ball to the longer side. (On his dismissal) The ball was there to be hit, I was backing my shot, but the ball hit the bottom of the bat. In T20, you have to keep your options open. We thought 160-170 would be a good score. Credit to all the bowlers to restrict them to that score. Everyone knows their roles, Sai has been playing well, Wriddhi bhai does well and Miller is back in form. Just cramps (on Miller's status).

Thank you sir for reminding me that I’m getting older day by day (chuckles). Practice is normal but the important thing is how to use the variation according to the game situation. Bowlers do have variations but it matters when and how to use it. It’s important when you have two balls in mind, the batters are also ready, they are ready for the slower bouncer but they are not ready for the slower short ball wide of the wicket so I mix and match. Dew is uncontrollable and we practice bowling with a wet ball. When it’s going well, I enjoy it. When the match is over, I like to reflect on where I did well and where I didn’t. Rashid and Noor bowled well, we went for a few runs in the back end but we came back well in the final few overs.

Gujarat Titans beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven wickets in another home-domination game. We will be taking your leave now. That's all from our side. Goodnight!