Washington, Gill and Siraj power GT to third straight win

Sunrisers Hyderabad continued to look like the shadow of their 2024-selves as they suffered their fourth straight defeat of the season - and second at home. The comprehensive seven-wicket win put Gujarat Titans on the opposite end of this spectrum, making it third straight win.

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On a slow surface where stroke-making was tough, SRH crashed and burned their way to a 150-plus total but were found wanting with the ball once again as Washington Sundar, playing his first game of the season, proved to be an excellent punt at No.4. He and Shubman Gill added 90-runs for the third wicket.

Where the match was won

In the middle-overs. Washington started GT's turnaround in the sixth over, after which he and Shubman Gill aced the middle-overs to put the game beyond SRH's reach. Twice in the day, Pat Cummins tried to single-handedly take his team towards the two points - first with the bat and then the ball in the PowerPlay, only for this GT pair to defy him through the middle phase.

Sunrisers Hyderabad

PowerPlay: Early exit for Travishek again

Sunrisers were greeted with a drier surface at home where hitting through the line was not easy. The hosts learnt it the hard way as they lost both Travis Head to Siraj in the first over - and Abhishek Sharma to Siraj again in the fifth. Between the two dismissals, Abhishek managed to get a few boundaries going against an erring Ishant Sharma before Siraj clipped the opener's wings. Ishan Kishan and Nitish Reddy took the team to 45/2 by the end of the PowerPlay the team's second-lowest score in this phase since 2024.

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