Images from the IPL 2025 match between Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday.
Gujarat Titans roared back to winning ways with a 38-run mauling of Sunrisers Hyderabad after Prasidh Krishna's outstanding bowling complemented Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler's explosive half-centuries in the IPL 2025 match in Ahmedabad on Friday.
The result meant SRH are all but out of the play-offs race, even as GT boosted their prospects.
The trio of Gill, Buttler and Sai Sudharsan fired in unison to propel GT to a might 224/6 in their 20 overs.
In reply, SRH were off to a blazing start too but could not sustain for long and finished on a disappointing 186/6.
Abhishek Sharma top-scored for SRH with 74 off 41 balls but none of the other batters could get past the 30-run mark.
GT jumped to second in the standings with 14 points from 10 games to inch closer to their third play-off in four seasons, while last year's runners up SRH inched closer to the exit after losing their seventh game out of 10 this season.
GT captain Gill blazed away to a 38-ball 76, and Sudharsan chipped in with a breezy 23-ball 48 while forging an opening stand of 87 runs in just 6.5 overs, following which Buttler took the hosts past 200 as he smashed an entertaining 64 off 37 deliveries.
Prasidh once again excelled with the ball for GT, finishing with excellent figures of 2/19 in 4 overs. The only cause of concern for GT this evening came when Ishant limped off the ground after failing to complete the final over.
SRH, though, meant business at the start of their innings as Mohammed Siraj (2/33) went for 22 runs in his first two overs, while Ishant Sharma conceded 20 in his first two.
However, a spectacular catch in the deep by Rashid Khan ended Travis Head's innings after he covered a lot of ground to reach the ball, having run from deep square leg and then change his direction to judge it to perfection.
Ishan Kishan perished for a disappointing 13 from 17 balls, as the required rate went over 14.
Despite the presence of Abhishek and Heinrich, the task kept getting difficult for SRH as the asking rate went beyond 16.
Meanwhile, an upset Gill engaged in an animated chat with the two umpires over a leg before wicket DRS involving Abhishek, who was seen trying to calm the GT captain.
Earlier, sent in to bat, Gujarat Titans skipper Gill got the innings underway with a flick off a loose Mohammed Shami delivery for a six.
Having conceded 11 runs in the first over, Shami looked off-colour as Sudharsan dispatched the seamer for five boundaries, including four on the trot.
SRH captain Pat Cummins brought himself into the attack, but the carnage continued as Gill launched into his opposite number, first greeting him with a cover drive and then playing an even better shot shot through the gap between mid-off and cover.
It was a forgettable start for Cummins as Gill smoked the Australian speedster for a maximum over deep midwicket to collect 17 from his first over.
The best part of their game was that both Gill and Sudharsan were toying with the SRH bowlers without taking any risks and instead relied on class to get the runs.
GT amassed 82 runs in the Powerplay, following which spin was introduced in the form of Zeeshan Ali and the leg-spinner gave his team a much-needed breakthrough by having Sudharsan caught by keeper Heinrich Klaasen after he edged the googly.
In the company of Buttler, Gill continued at the same pace and reached his half-century with a beautiful drive through extra cover for a four, taking 25 balls to get to his fifty.
Buttler also looked in good nick and smashed Ansari straight down the ground for a six, and three balls later, the Englishman crossed 4000 runs in IPL.
Worse was in store for SRH as Cummins dropped Gill (66) after Harshal Patel deceived the batter with a slower ball.
However, the GT captain did not last long thereafter as he was controversially run out by wicketkeeper Klaasen, who deflected the ball onto the stumps. The TV umpire took his time before ruling in favour of SRH.
Buttler took GT past the 220-run mark as he smashed the SRH bowlers all around the park, while Washington Sundar made 21 from 16 balls.