Gill, Gujarat Titans knock Sunrisers over in fine style

The Cummins-led side conceded ground while Titans were batting and were unable to recover it

- Somshuvra Laha

KOLKATA: Shubman Gill hit only two sixes yet he scored 76 off 38 balls. Three wickets were lost in the last over but Gujarat Titans still ended with 224/6. Only one side could have chased it down, but Sunrisers Hyderabad are now a shade of their not-so-distant past, and so the 38-run defeat was on expected lines.

#Travishek were poised to give Sunrisers the start they would have needed but Rashid Khan sprinted 32m from deep square leg, dived full length and pulled off a sensational catch to send back Travis Head in the fifth over.

Abhishek Sharma still tried, getting 74 off 41 balls. Using Gerald Coetzee's pace, he picked up a six over long leg before drilling Rashid for a four and a six off consecutive balls. The strike rate had dropped below 200 after a long time but as long as Abhishek was farming the strike with Heinrich Klaasen, Sunrisers' hopes stayed afloat. Till Ishant Sharma bowled a length delivery that Abhishek couldn't quite pull properly and Mohammad Siraj did the rest. Klaasen departed next over to a quiet dismissal after failing to connect a lap shot. Next over Siraj almost took a hat-trick and that was that for Sunrisers Hyderabad.