02/05Result
51st Match (N), Indian Premier League at Ahmedabad, May 2 2025
GT won by 38 runs
Player of the Match
Prasidh Krishna
Prasidh KrishnaGujarat Titans
02/05Result
51st Match (N), Indian Premier League at Ahmedabad, May 2 2025
GT won by 38 runs
Player of the Match
Prasidh Krishna
Prasidh KrishnaGujarat Titans

END OF OVER:
20 | 12 Runs 3 Wkts | GT: 224/6 | RR: 11.20

  • M Shahrukh Khan6 (2b)
  • Jaydev Unadkat4-0-35-3
  • Pat Cummins4-0-40-1

Sai Sudharsan: I'm trying to time the ball rather than smash it. Touch is good, so I'm getting the distance. We aren't thinking about not losing wickets. Trying to react well. The way we're playing, it's helping us get good totals. I felt the wicket was a bit low and slow when we started playing. Our intent in the first six was good which was why we put up a good score. Feel the bowlers should be able to defend it.

SidB: "Given how GT was placed at one time, they'll think they finished 15 runs short. I have a feeling that either SRH will chase this down with an over to spare, or lose the game by 100 runs. No middle ground"

9:21pm: 224 is a strong score. Was quite the exhibition from GT's batters, the openers especially. It was clean hitting, orthodox shots yet the scorecard looked like Gill, Sudharsan smashed it everywhere. They whipped balls from middle stump, pulled length balls and drove crisply. It was more fours than sixes, so the risk was low. Shami was taken to the cleaners. Zeeshan bowled well, he got Sudharsan but still went over ten. The run out of Gill was anti-climactic but Buttler built on the platform with powerful and skilled hitting. If there's no dew or a Travishek show, this will be a tough ask.

19.6
W
Unadkat to Rashid Khan, OUT, Another wicket to finish. Wide and shortish, Rashid looked to cut it over point, top edged it right up. Bowler runs forward in follow-through and pouches it easily

Rashid Khan c & b Unadkat 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

19.5
W
Unadkat to Tewatia, OUT, Wide and slow again, Tewatia slashes this time. Looks to go square, gets it to the left of short third. Aniket races across and slides full length to take a good catch

R Tewatia c Verma b Unadkat 6 (2m 3b 0x4 1x6) SR: 200

19.4
0
Unadkat to Tewatia, no run, Wide and fullish, goes for the full-fledged reverse sweep. Almost a slog, misses

Over the wicket

19.3
6
Unadkat to Tewatia, SIX, Full toss down leg. Tewatis goes across and helps it over short fine with a lap shot. Harsha Bhogle predicted that on air too. Missed yorker from Unadkat, got it around knee-height.
19.2
W
Unadkat to Washington Sundar, OUT, Plops a wide full toss to deep midwicket. Just over shin-height, not far from the off-side tramline. Washington did go across and went for the slog sweep. Got it high. Easy catch for Reddy. Ends a laboured knock

Washington Sundar c Nitish Kumar Reddy b Unadkat 21 (33m 16b 0x4 1x6) SR: 131.25

19.1
6
Unadkat to Washington Sundar, SIX, Slower bouncer sits up. Goes straight on, Washington waits and pulls it hard over midwicket. Effectively a free hit. 73 metre six

Unadkat, not Harshal, to close out. Around

END OF OVER:
19 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | GT: 212/3 | RR: 11.15

  • M Shahrukh Khan6 (2b)
  • Washington Sundar15 (14b)
  • Pat Cummins4-0-40-1
  • Harshal Patel3-0-41-0

Ashish: "Ekanth, When you come it at current run rate above 12, and only two wickets down around 15th over, your job is not to rotate strike. Washi has taken the whole momentum out of GT. Doesn't matter what he does now. It should have been Shahrukh and Tewatia before him in that stage." Fair enough

18.6
6
Cummins to Shahrukh Khan, SIX, Into the pitch and it's heaved across the line. Sails over wide long-on. Shortish slower ball was close to the off-side tramline. Shahrukh leant out and got it off the bottom. Went far anyway
18.5
0
Cummins to Shahrukh Khan, no run, Makes room, Cummins goes slower bouncer outside off. Shahrukh reaches out for the upper cut. Misses

Saifi: "@Ekant please don't tell me he was sent in to rotate the strike on this stage of an innings and that too against SRH!!" Don't think he tried, but it wasn't the worst outcome for GT

18.4
W
Cummins to Buttler, OUT, Buttler goes across but Cummins follows him and has him hole out to long-on. Bowled full and wide, Buttler got low and had a low swipe

JC Buttler c Abhishek Sharma b Cummins 64 (60m 37b 3x4 4x6) SR: 172.97

18.3
1
Cummins to Washington Sundar, 1 run, Head drops a low catch to the left at cover. He tried to take it with both hands but it popped out, he landed on his thigh and slid across without control. Was a full, wide ball that was cover driven. Off the toe of the bat

UNG: "Terrible innings by Sundar" It is poor strike rate but he's had two dots and rotated strike a lot

18.2
1
Cummins to Buttler, 1 run, Pulled hard, on the bounce to deep midwicket. Was a 115ks slower bouncer that turned in a bit and finished on fourth stump
18.1
1
Cummins to Washington Sundar, 1 run, Short and wide, cut hard but off the bottom of the bat. Rolls to deep point

Around

END OF OVER:
18 | 15 Runs | GT: 203/2 | RR: 11.27

  • Jos Buttler63 (35b)
  • Washington Sundar13 (12b)
  • Harshal Patel3-0-41-0
  • Zeeshan Ansari4-0-42-1
17.6
6
Patel to Buttler, SIX, Buttler special. So still while winding his torso and cracking it with a horizontal bat swipe. Was a length ball around fifth but Buttler made it look like it was much closer to the stumps. Mid-on was in
17.5
2
Patel to Buttler, 2 runs, Buttler goes across to fifth stump, gets a shin-high slower full toss that he short-arms sweeps through fine leg. Had to wait on that
17.4
4
Patel to Buttler, FOUR, Wide and full, slashed along the ground through extra. Pace on from Harshal
17.3
1
Patel to Washington Sundar, 1 run, Wide low full toss. Slow too. Washington reaches out and sweeps to long-on

Vkumar: "Sundar needs to retire out. SRK, Tewatia to come"

17.2
1
Patel to Buttler, 1 run, Wide and fullish, slapped to long-off
17.1
1
Patel to Washington Sundar, 1 run, Wide slow yorker, jammed to cover

Shami has been subbed out. He bowled three overs. Head is in.

END OF OVER:
17 | 16 Runs | GT: 188/2 | RR: 11.05

  • Jos Buttler50 (31b)
  • Washington Sundar11 (10b)
  • Zeeshan Ansari4-0-42-1
  • Pat Cummins3-0-31-0

Ankur: "if GT doesn't reach 240, the openers great work will be undone" Think even 230 would be fine. 42 off three isn't bad

16.6
4
Zeeshan Ansari to Buttler, FOUR, Good-batter stuff. Opens up a new area after one fails. Shifts his stance and reverse sweeps a similar ball to the last one, over short third
16.5
0
Zeeshan Ansari to Buttler, no run, Away from the arc does it. Length ball wide and slow. Spins away too. Buttler looks to carve it over extra, misses.
16.4
3
Zeeshan Ansari to Washington Sundar, 3 runs, Wide, full and slow. 85ks. Slashed just over the in-field at cover
16.3
1
Zeeshan Ansari to Buttler, 1 run, Cuts hard to long-off's left. Touch short, there was width on that

Tcj: "Switch to 6th gear, Jos."

16.2
6
Zeeshan Ansari to Buttler, SIX, Pulled with weight on the front foot. One of those Klaasen-esque quasi-pulls. Not that short a ball, zipping in at leg stump. Buttler cleared the front leg and launched it over midwicket

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SRH 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st49TM HeadAbhishek Sharma
2nd33Ishan KishanAbhishek Sharma
3rd57H KlaasenAbhishek Sharma
4th2H KlaasenAU Verma
5th4K Nitish Kumar ReddyAU Verma
6th0PHKD MendisK Nitish Kumar Reddy
7th41PJ CumminsK Nitish Kumar Reddy