13 May,2026 08:21 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Kagiso Rabada (Pic: File Pic)
In the IPL 2026 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Gujarat Titans (GT) emerged victorious by 82 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Following the victory, the Shubman Gill-led Titans are placed in the first position with a net run rate (NRR) of +0.551 and 16 points. They have won eight matches and suffered defeats in four games.
During the match against the Sunrisers, GT's star pacer Kagiso Rabada was named the "Player of the Match". He returned with the figures of three wickets for 28 runs in four overs.
Speaking about Gill's captaincy, Rabada said that he doesn't interfere in any of the players' plans.
"Shubham Gill is obviously a class player. Plays all formats, got all the shots. And as a captain, he doesn't really get too involved in what the players are trying to do. But as I said earlier, he's just going to keep driving what we all agreed on doing as a team throughout the entire tournament," he said.
In an attempt to chase the target of 169 runs, the Sunrisers were bowled out for 86 runs in 14.5 overs.
Impact Player, Travis Head, departed on a four-ball duck. Fellow opening batsman Abhishek Sharma was also dismissed for six off four balls, including a maximum.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan returned to the pavilion after scoring 11 runs in seven balls, including a boundary and a maximum. Soon after his wicket, Smaran Ravichandran also returned to the pavilion on nine runs in 15 balls, which included a boundary. Facing 13 balls, Salil Arora managed to score 16 runs, with the help of three boundaries.
Explosive batsman Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy managed to score 14 and two runs, respectively. Facing 16 balls, Klaasen smashed two boundaries, whereas Nitish faced four balls. Shivang Kumar also lost his wicket on four runs in six balls.
Skipper Pat Cummins played a cameo of nine balls. During his knock, he scored 19 runs, with the help of a boundary and two maximums. Later, Praful Hinge was also dismissed for three runs in eight balls.
Eashan Malinga stayed unbeaten on zero runs after facing three balls.
Gujarat's Kagiso Rabada and Jason Holder bagged three wickets each. Impact Player, Prasidh Krishna, claimed two wickets. Mohammed Siraj and Rashid Khan also chipped in with one wicket each.
Earlier, having been put to bat first, Gujarat Titans' (GT) captain Shubman Gill was dismissed on five runs in seven balls, including a boundary. Wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler also departed on seven runs in 11 balls, which included a boundary.
Nishant Sindhu registered 22 runs before returning to the pavilion. Facing 14 balls, he smashed three boundaries and a maximum.
Later, Sai Sudharsan delivered a crucial knock of 61 runs in 44 balls, which was laced with five boundaries and two maximums. Washington Sundar also smashed 50 runs. His knock came in 33 deliveries, including seven boundaries and a maximum. Jason Holder and Rahul Tewatia stayed unbeaten. Holder scored 11 runs in 10 balls, and Tewatia smashed a boundary in one ball. With this, the Titans posted a total of 168 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs.
Hyderabad's Praful Hinge returned with the figures of two wickets for 17 runs in three overs. Skipper Pat Cummins and Sakib Hussain also chipped in with one wicket and two wickets, respectively. Having completed his quota of four overs, Cummins leaked 20 runs, whereas Hussain was smashed for 37 runs in four overs. Nitish Kumar Reddy, Eshan Malinga, and Shivang Kumar went wicketless in the IPL 2026 match against GT.
(With ANI Inputs)
