Samira Vishwas
Tezzbuzz|03-05-2025
Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen have been leading the side in a 225-run chase during the IPL 2025 game against Gujarat Titans on May 02 at Narendra Modi Stadium.
After the dismissal of Travis Head and Ishan Kishan for 20 and 13 runs, Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen are fighting back in the mammoth run chase.
Chasing the target, Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma went on to open the attack while Siraj opened the bowling attack.
However, Travis Head lost his wicket to Prasidh Krishna in the 5th over. Hyderabad went on to score 57 runs in the powerplay.
Meanwhile, Ishan Kishan lost his wicket to Gerald Coetzee in the 10th over. However, Klaasen joined the well settled batter Abhishek crossing the 100-run mark.
Batting first, Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill opened the innings while Mohammed Shami opened the bowling attack. The duo went on to score 82 runs in the powerplay and continued their onslaught against Hyderabad.
However, Zeeshan Ansari got the necessary breakthrough picking the wicket of Sudharsan for 48 runs, which included 9 fours. But SRH’s efforts went in vain as Gill, along with Buttler went on for aggressive boundaries at Ahmedabad.
Meanwhile, Gill went on to score fifty on 25 deliveries which included five fours and 1 sixes. He went on to assault Hyderabad bowling with boundaries before being dismissed on a run out for 76 runs.
Jos Buttler also went on to smash his fifty and scored 64 runs before being dismissed by Pat Cummins. His partnership with Washington Sundar saw 200-run mark.
Jaydev Unadkat went on to pick three wickets in the final over of the innings where Gujarat Titans scored 224 runs.
Gujarat Titans Playing 11: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (C), JOS Buttler (W), Washington Sundar, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Gerald Coetzee, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing 11: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen (W), Aniket Verma, Kamindu Mendis, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins (C), Harshal Patel, Jaydev UNadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Mohammed Shami