Titans two hot for Sunrisers!

GT skipper Shubman Gill en route his 41-ball 74 vs SRH in Ahmedabad yesterday; Sai Sudharsan during his 48; GT’s Jos Buttler vs SRH yesterday. Pics/Getty Images, PTI

Riding on an 87-run stand by openers Shubman Gill (76 off 38 balls) and Sai Sudharsan (23-ball 48) along with one-down batter Jos Buttler's quickfire 37-ball 64, Gujarat Titans beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 38 runs in the Indian Premier League here on Friday.

Gill, Sudharsan and Buttler fired in unison with their explosive batting to propel GT to 224-6. In reply, SRH managed only 186-6 in the allotted 20 overs. Opener Abhishek Sharma top-scored for SRH with 74 off 41 deliveries, while pacers Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna claimed two wickets each for the hosts. The victory ensured GT moved up to second position on the points table with seven wins from 10 matches.

Earlier, sent in to bat, skipper Gill got the innings underway for GT when he flicked a loose Mohammed Shami delivery over deep square leg 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 through the gap between mid-off and cover.

Cummins punished

It was a forgettable start for Cummins as Gill smoked the Australian speedster for a maximum over deep mid-wicket to collect 17 from that 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 off a 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 4,000 runs in IPL.

Worse was in store for SRH as Cummins dropped Gill after Harshal Patel deceived the batter with a slower ball. Gill was on 66.

Run-out drama

However, the GT captain did not last long thereafter as he was run out following a throw by Harshal at short fine-leg and Klaasen, instead of catching the ball deflected it onto the stumps. The TV umpire took his time before ruling in favour of SRH.

Buttler then propped up GT with his power-hitting.

Jaydev Unadkat (3-35) picked up three wickets in the 20th over that went for 12 runs.

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