The twelfth match of the Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024) was performed between the Shubman Gill-led Gujarat Titans (GT) and Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday, March 31.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) received the toss and opted to bat first within the match. The document holders of the best rating within the IPL historical past determined to subject an unchanged taking part in XI within the match. Titans, in the meantime, made two adjustments to their taking part in XI as spinner Noor Ahmad changed pacer Spencer Johnson whereas Darshan Nalkande got here in for R Sai Kishore.
Travis Head walked out to open the innings with Mayank Agarwal and the duo weren’t in a position to set the stage on fireplace. From one finish, Head was attempting to go all weapons blazing, however he didn’t obtain the much-needed assist from his opening companion Agarwal.
Head and Agarwal had been dismissed for 19 and 16 runs respectively and what adopted subsequent was GT making their grip tight within the match. Abhishek Sharma tried to play aggressively however was dismissed for 29 whereas Aiden Markram was cleaned up for 17. Ultimately, Heinrich Klaasen (24) and Abdul Samad (29) performed an attacking model of cricket whereas Shahbaz Ahmed chipped in with 22 runs as SRH posted 162/8 on the board.
Chasing the goal, Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill offered GT with a superb begin. The veteran opener batted with a superb strike price of 192.30 and smashed 25 runs. GT skipper, in the meantime, was cautious in his strategy and he scored a 28-ball 36 within the match.
Then, Sai Sudharsan batted nicely and scored 45 runs to put an ideal platform for GT’s win. The remainder of the job was finished by David Miller (44) and Vijay Shankar (14) because the Titans accomplished the run-chase in 19.1 overs to win by 7 wickets.
He is available in day in time out, he practices his abilities and he’s so expert – Shubman Gill praises Mohit Sharma
On the post-match presentation ceremony, Gujarat Titans (GT) captain Shubman Gill stated that successful back-to-back matches at house feels nice. Shubman Gill stated:
“To have the ability to win two matches at house, nice. Our subsequent match can be right here after which we’ve received a few matches on the highway. Hopefully by the point we come again, we can have good momentum into this event.”
Shubman Gill praised his bowling unit for performing brilliantly in opposition to the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and labeled Rashid Khan as a world-class spinner. Shubman Gill acknowledged:
“The way in which our bowlers bowled within the center overs, particularly Noor … clearly Rashid bhai is a world-class bowler and he’s all the time coming in and giving his finest, however the way in which Darshan got here in and bowled these two essential overs on the dying was crucial for us.”
Shubman Gill additional spoke extremely of the veteran pacer Mohit Sharma, who received the Participant of the Match award for his superb figures of three/25. Shubman Gill elaborated:
“(On Mohit) He’s such an skilled participant, particularly on wickets like these. He is available in day in time out, he practises his abilities and he’s so expert. It’s not straightforward on this warmth to bowl 4 overs back-to-back, generally three overs back-to-back. However he is available in, bowls these yorkers, slower ones and mixes it so nicely.
“The credit score has to go to him for practising these abilities and to have the ability to have the arrogance to execute them within the match. On this warmth, wherever we play within the day match, it’s simpler to attain with the brand new ball. As soon as the ball will get previous and the wickets will get gradual, it’s troublesome to hit these sixes, particularly on the longer facet and that was our plan – to have the ability to allow them to hit the slower ones on the longer facet.”
GT skipper received out within the tenth over through the run-chase as he tried to smash the ball for a boundary however was caught. When requested about his dismissal, Shubman Gill acknowledged that he backed his shot, however was advantageous together with his dismissal. He asserted:
“(On his dismissal) The ball was there to be hit, I used to be simply backing my shot, however the ball hit the underside and it didn’t bounce as a lot as I anticipated it to be however that’s advantageous. In T20, you need to all the time maintain your choices open and if the ball is there, you need to go for it.”
Shubman Gill signed off by showering reward on his batters and bowlers for doing a superb job in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). He additionally dropped an replace on David Miller, saying that he didn’t have any main damage and was struggling cramps. Shubman Gill stated:
“As soon as we noticed how our spinners had been bowling, we thought 160-170 can be a great rating. Credit score to the bowlers how they got here in and restricted them to that complete. Everyone is aware of their roles by way of batting or bowling, Sai has been taking part in nicely, Wriddhi bhai has been doing what Wriddhi bhai does and it was necessary for us to have the ability to get Miller again in type. Simply cramps (on Miller’s standing).”
