M
atch No. 56 of the Indian Premier League was played on May 12 between Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad at Narendra Modi Stadium. In this match, Gujarat Titans won by 82 runs, securing a big and dominant victory.
In the match, Gujarat Titans set a target of 169 runs for Sunrisers Hyderabad. However, SRH failed to chase the target, and their entire team was bowled out for just 86 runs. With this dominant victory, Gujarat Titans moved to the top of the points table in the Indian Premier League.
Both Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad are strong playoff contenders. Currently, Gujarat Titans are at the top of the points table, while Sunrisers Hyderabad are in third position in the Indian Premier League standings.
The Gujarat Titans have played 12 matches so far, out of which the team lost only 4 matches against the Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians, and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
The team won the remaining 8 matches against Delhi Capitals, Lucknow Super Giants, Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals, and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League
Sunrisers Hyderabad have also played 12 matches so far. The team lost 5 matches against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Lucknow Super Giants, Punjab Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, and Gujarat Titans.
They won 7 matches against Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians, and Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League.
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Gujarat Titans did not score at a very high run rate (RR: 8.40) in this match, but the team still managed to post 168 runs.
Sai Sudharsan was the top scorer with 61 runs off 44 balls, hitting 5 fours and 2 sixes. After him, Washington Sundar also contributed well for the team, scoring 50 runs off 33 balls, including 7 fours and 1 six.
In this match, two key players of Gujarat Titans had a quiet outing. Shubman Gill (captain) scored only 5 runs, while Jos Buttler managed just 7 runs.
Towards the end of the innings, Nishant Sindhu scored 22 runs off 14 balls, hitting 3 fours and 1 six for Gujarat Titans.
Jason Holder remained not out on 11 runs, while Rahul Tewatia scored 4 runs off just 1 ball.
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Sunrisers Hyderabad had a very poor outing in this match, as the entire team was bowled out for just 86 runs.
Pat Cummins (captain) was the top scorer with 19 runs, while all the other players scored fewer than 19 runs.
- Travis Head – 0 (4 balls), 0 fours, 0 sixes
- Abhishek Sharma – 6 (4 balls), 0 fours, 1 six
- Ishan Kishan – 11 (7 balls), 1 four, 1 six
- Ravichandran Smaran – 9 (15 balls), 1 four, 0 sixes
- Heinrich Klaasen – 14 (16 balls), 2 fours, 0 sixes
- Salil Arora – 16 (13 balls), 3 fours, 0 sixes
- Nitish Kumar Reddy – 2 (4 balls), 0 fours, 0 sixes
- Shivang Kumar – 4 (6 balls), 0 fours, 0 sixes
- Praful Hinge – 3 (8 balls), 0 fours, 0 sixes
- Eshan Malinga – 0 (3 balls), 0 fours, 0 sixes
Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Nishant Sindhu, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj
Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Smaran Ravichandran, Pat Cummins (c), Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge
