IPL 2025: Gujarat Titans Defeat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 Wickets; Shubman Gill and Mohammed Siraj Star
In today’s IPL 2025 match (April 6), held at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, Gujarat Titans secured a dominant 7-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad. After winning the toss, Gujarat opted to field first, restricting Hyderabad to 152 runs for 8 wickets in their 20 overs. In response, Gujarat chased down the target comfortably in just 16.4 overs, finishing at 153/3.
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Struggles Continue
Sunrisers Hyderabad continued their underwhelming performance in this IPL season. The batting lineup failed to post a competitive total, with Nitish Kumar Reddy top-scoring with 31 runs. Heinrich Klaasen added 27, Abhishek Sharma 18, Aniket Sharma 18, Ishan Kishan 17, Travis Head 8, and Pat Cummins remained unbeaten on 22.
Siraj’s Brilliant Bowling Performance
Mohammed Siraj was the standout performer with the ball for Gujarat, taking an impressive 4 wickets. Prasidh Krishna and Sai Kishore supported him well, picking up 2 wickets each.
Points Table Update
Gujarat Titans have now played 4 matches in the tournament, winning 3 and losing 1. In contrast, Sunrisers Hyderabad have played 5 matches, managing just 1 win and suffering 4 losses. Their only victory came in the opening match against Rajasthan. Since then, they have faced consecutive defeats—against Kolkata by 80 runs, Lucknow by 7 wickets, Delhi by 7 wickets, and now Gujarat by 7 wickets.
Gujarat Titans Playing XI
Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (Captain), Jos Buttler (Wicketkeeper), Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Washington Sundar, Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Kamindu Mendis, Pat Cummins, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Shami.
One Change in Each Team
Gujarat Titans made one change to their lineup, bringing in Washington Sundar in place of Arshad Khan. Sunrisers Hyderabad also made a change, replacing Harshal Patel with Jaydev Unadkat.
