Sunrisers Hyderabad 52/4 in 8.1 Overs | IPL Live Score
After being sent in to bat, Gujarat found scoring difficult right from the start as SRH’s seamers extracted movement and bounce from the surface. Pat Cummins immediately applied pressure with hard lengths, while Praful Hinge produced two crucial breakthroughs to leave the hosts struggling at 34/2 in the powerplay.
Sai Sudharsan once again became Gujarat’s stabilising figure. The left-hander absorbed pressure early before opening up with elegant strokeplay once the field spread. Nishant Sindhu briefly changed the momentum with a brisk 22 off 14 balls, smashing Nitish Kumar Reddy for a huge six and finding boundaries regularly before mistiming Pat Cummins to Heinrich Klaasen at long-off.
Washington Sundar then produced one of his best innings of the season. Starting cautiously, Sundar settled quickly against spin and later attacked the pace bowlers with smart placement and controlled aggression during the death overs.
Sudharsan continued his excellent run this season with classy boundaries through the off side and a clean straight six. He completed his fifty with a sweep against Shivang Kumar before eventually falling for 61 off 44 balls to Sakib Hussain.
Sundar carried the innings forward with a fluent unbeaten 50 off 33 deliveries, while Rahul Tewatia added a boundary off the final ball to help Gujarat finish with a competitive total on a challenging batting surface.
