GT vs SRH, IPL 2024: Mohit Sharma’s masterclass, David Miller’s brilliance propel Gujarat Titans to victory over SunRisers Hyderabad | Cricket News

Gujarat Titans put on an all-round performance as they defeated the ambitious Sunrisers Hyderabad with a clinical seven-wicket win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Performance. Veteran Mohit Sharma showed his deceptive best in the final over with brilliant figures of 3/25 while Afghanistan spinners Rashid Khan and Noor Noor Ahmad dominated the middle overs and GT restricted the predatory SRH to a modest 162/8 after Pat Cummins chose to bat. SRH must be disappointed with themselves after posting a stunning 277 for five in the last match.

South Africa batsman David Miller, who found his talent in making 44 clean sheets from 27 balls, sealed the win in the mini-chase despite suffering cramps and won the match in The match ended with a six-run knock off Jaydev Unadkat off the first ball of the final over.

Sai Sudharsan also upped his game as he was the top scorer for Team GT with 45 off 36 balls as Team GT eventually won by 5 balls.

GT has currently won both home games. Their only defeat came against Chennai Super Kings away from home.

SRH suffered two losses, one win and two points from three games.

GT had everything under control as they chased down a small target at home and Wriddhiman Saha did his part and set the tone. He took a boundary to Bhvneshwar Kumar and then pulled Jaydev Unadkat through square leg.

But Saha failed to change the starting XI and Shahbaz Ahmed was dismissed on 25 runs.

Starting with nine runs per over, GT suddenly struggled to keep up with the pace of the innings, with Sai Sudharsan usually slow at one end.

Gill looked smooth at the other end but Sudarsan was unable to rotate the attack and ate up a lot of balls, putting pressure on his skipper.

Gill ended up throwing away his wicket and bowled the ball softly to Abdul Samad at long on.

With Miller also struggling to get going, the Cummins-led side had their chances at half-time, with GT sitting at 78/2, needing 85 runs from the 10-man backfield.

Tamil Nadu youngster Sudharsan, who scored 18 off 20 balls, struck a left-arm pacer in the 12th over against Unadkat and once again found himself at the receiving end. end.

Miller started too early and this small target did not help the SRH cause.

SRH, who had just smashed a record 277 runs in their last match, were superb at 56/1 in the powerplay, but the young yet experienced Afghan duo of Noor (1/32) and Rashid ( 1/33) opened the crucial lead of the game in rounds 7-15.

Noor dismissed in-form SRH opener Travis Head (19) while Rashid sent back the explosive Heinrich Klaasen ) (24), then made a brilliant diving forward catch at long-on that saw the back of Aiden Markram (17).

After dismissing the in-form Abhishek Sharma in the 10th over, Mohit returned to action with two wickets in the final over, Shahbaz Aha Shahbaz Ahmed (22 points) and Washington Sundar (0 points).

The 35-year-old deftly changed his tempo and bowled a yorker to the wicket in the final over, with a slow chip to smother SRH in a match that took three wickets for three runs, including Including runs from Abdul Samad (29).

A 2014 Purple Cap winner and 2015 World Cup semi-finalist, Mohit returned from GT racing oblivion two seasons ago, conceding just one goal – six – in his four rounds.

In the last five overs, SRH has scored just 40 runs and lost five wickets.

After plundering runs at a blistering pace in the previous game, the Orange had no hesitation in opting to bat first and deciding the tempo of the game with their heads in front.

The Australian left-hander kept charging and Mayank Agarwal (16) struggled again before being dismissed by Azmatullah Umarzai.

Abhishek, the hero of the last match, smashed Rashid for two sixes on both sides, which brought back memories of his last match partnership with Hyder.

But left-arm wrist spinner Noor bowled a brilliant first ball to bring SRH back within one.

The in-form SRH opener had a sweep at the top, but the 19-year-old Afghanistan spinner deceived him with an errant sweep. The ball was bowled outside his off-stump and then took a sharp turn and hit the middle stumps.

The runs suddenly dried up and Rashid conceded just four runs from the second over, with two wrist-spinners bowling in tandem to squeeze SRH into the mix.

Gill picked up another wicket with a captain’s superb stroke off Mohit’s delivery in the 10th over, leading to the dismissal of Abhishek (29) by the veteran seamer.

The left-hander chipped the ball straight to Gill at extra cover and it seemed to be a perfect set-up for the young Indian batsman.

But Klassen ensured the calm didn’t last much longer, launching two tough sweeps past mid-wicket to young Noor in the final over.

However, Rashid had the last laugh as he shortened the innings of SRH six-hit machine Klassen in the 14th over.

The South Africans completely missed Rashid’s brilliant performance as he was cleared in the match.

In the next over, Rashid took a superb deep diving catch to beat Aiden Markram (17).

Markram collected Yadav’s slower delivery and Rashid raced forward, made a last-minute adjustment and collected a stunning diving catch that rolled forward.

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