IPL 2023: Gill’s century gives Gujarat Titans a 34-run win over SRH

1 of 1

Ahmedabad. Gujarat Titans defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 34 runs with the help of four wickets each from Mohammed Shami and Mohit Sharma after Shubman Gill’s first century in the IPL 2023 match played at the Narendra Modi Stadium here on Monday. Made a place Titans became the first team to qualify for the playoffs this season and are expected to finish in the top-two with 18 points in their kitty with one match to go, officially knocking Sunrisers out of the tournament Has gone.

Gill (101 off 58) and B. Sai Sudarshan (47 off 36) laid the foundation for a massive total with a 147-run partnership after GT lost momentum with the bat in the closing stages of the first innings. Just 41 runs came for the loss of seven wickets to post 188/9 in the death overs.

Shami (4-21) then tore apart SRH’s top-order and Mohit (4-24) chipped away at the middle-order as the hosts took 44 runs from Heinrich Klaasen (44) to restrict SRH to 154/9. But 64) defeated the struggling effort. It became the first team to qualify for the playoffs.

Chasing 189, Sunrisers were jolted early by Mohammed Shami’s triple strike in the power-play to reduce Sunrisers to 29/4. He dismissed opener Anmolpreet Singh in the first over. In the next over, Yash Dayal dismissed Abhishek Sharma for 4 runs.

Shami again dismissed Rahul Tripathi in the third over and got the big wicket of skipper Aiden Markram in the fifth over and Sanveer Singh dismissed him for maximum score on the last ball of the over.

Mohit got his third wicket in the form of Marco Jansen, who looked to drive it down the ground, but the ball took Moti inside the middle and the GT skipper took a simple catch and the Sunrisers finished on 59. Seventh wicket lost.

In between, the in-form Klaasen hit hard and brought up his half-century off 35 balls and shared a 68-run partnership for the eighth wicket.

With 66 needed off 24 balls, Shami broke a crucial 68-run partnership by sending back Klaasen in the 17th over, making it difficult for the Sunrisers to cross the line.

Mayank Markande hit Mohit for a six and a four in the last over. With 42 runs left in the final over, Rahul Tewatia conceded just seven runs as GT restricted SRH to 154/9 in 20 overs to register a crucial 34-run win.

Abbreviated Score :

Gujarat Titans 188/9 in 20 overs (Shubman Gill 101, Sai Sudarshan 47, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 5-30) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad (Heinrich Klaasen 64, Mohammed Shami 4-20, Mohit Sharma 4-28) by 34 runs.
–IANS

read this also – Click to read the news of your state / city before the newspaper