Shubman Gill
On the basis of a century by Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill, Gujarat defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 34 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Monday and made it to the playoffs. Gujarat has become the first team to reach the playoffs in IPL 2023.
Shubman Gill
With nine wins in 13 matches, Gujarat Titans have 18 points and the team is all set to finish in the top two after the league stage. With this defeat, the Sunrisers team has become the second team after Delhi Capitals to be out of the play-off race.
Shubman Gill
Shubman Gill played an inning of 101 runs in 58 balls with the help of 13 fours and a six. Apart from this, he shared a 147-run partnership for the second wicket with Sai Sudarshan (47 runs), which helped Gujarat score 188 runs for nine wickets. Apart from these two, none of the Titans batsmen could reach double digits.
Shubman Gill
In response, the Sunrisers team could only manage 154 runs for nine wickets despite the half-century of Heinrich Klaasen (64) in front of the sharp bowling of Shami (4 wickets for 21 runs) and Mohit (4 wickets for 28 runs). Klaasen also added 68 runs for the eighth wicket with Bhuvneshwar Kumar (27).
Shubman Gill
Sunrisers started chasing the target very badly and the team lost four wickets for 29 runs in the fifth over. In the very first over, Shami got Anmolpreet Singh (05) caught by Rashid Khan at deep third man.
Shubman Gill
Abhishek Sharma (05) hit a four off Yash Dayal but was caught by wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha in the same over. Shami sent Rahul Tripathi (01) and captain Aiden Markram (10) to the pavilion in his next two overs. Tripathi caught Rahul Tewatia in the slip while Markram Dasun caught Shanaka.
Shubman Gill
The Sunrisers team could only manage 45 runs for four wickets in the powerplay. Sanveer Singh (07) opened the account with a six off Shami but was caught by Sudarshan at deep third man off Mohit’s bowling. Abdul Samad (04) also gave a catch to substitute player Shivam Mavi in the same over of Mohit, due to which the team’s score was 49 for six wickets.
Shubman Gill
Marco Jansen (03) was also caught by Hardik Pandya in Mohit’s next over. Klaasen, however, held one end. He hit sixes on Rashid and Noor Ahmed. However, he was lucky on Noor’s very first ball when David Miller dropped his catch at the boundary and the ball went for six runs.
