An 87-run opening partnership between Shubman Gill (76, 38b, 10×4, 2×6) and Sai Sudharsan (48, 23b, 9×4), and Jos Buttler’s 37-ball 64 (3×4, 4×6), helped Gujarat Titans (GT) to a 38-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Indian Premier League 2025 at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Friday.

Gill got underway with a flick that highlighted his quick wrist work. He attacked cricket’s finest bowlers in Mohammed Shami and Pat Cummins. Twice in a row off Cummins, Gill played his cover drive.

Sudharsan, on the other hand, played the ball through the fielders to pick boundaries. He hit four consecutive fours off Shami in the third over, the highlight being a delicate steer between short third and backward point.

GT vs SRH Highlights, as it happened: Sunrisers Hyderabad 186/6; Gujarat Titans wins by 38 runs

Together, they were persistent and laid the foundation once again, a formula that has worked for the side so far in the tournament. The ball was charmed to any part of the field they chose, as though they had in their hands not a bat but a wizard’s wand.

It ended soon after the PowerPlay, though. Leg-spinner Zeeshan Ansari, who head coach Daniel Vettori picked as one of the positives to come out of the season for SRH, had Sai Sudharsan caught behind in the seventh over.

Gill was run out. He was caught short by Harshal Patel’s throw from short fine leg – keeper Klaasen deflected the ball onto the stumps.

Buttler, then, accelerated with abandon until the 19th over, ensuring that the tempo didn’t plunge. He brought out his signature ramp for a six off Shami, who ended with a terrible economy of 16.

In the second innings, Abhishek Sharma made a riotous 74 (41b, 4×4, 6×6), but couldn’t drag his team past the finish line due to lakc of support from the other end. For GT, Ishant Sharma, went off the field, seemingly injured, in the 20th over that Sai Kishore completed.