गुजरात vs हैदराबाद, मैच 56, नरेंद्र मोदी स्टेडियम, अहमदाबाद, 12 May 2026 - कमेंट्री

Low full toss first up by Rashid, around off. Praful Hinge dances down the track and swings at it. Slices it off the outer half over extra cover for a couple of runs.

Attacks the stumps with a googly, on a good length. Praful backs away and hits it down to long on for a single.

A mix-up but no harm done! Full and landing outside the line of the leg stump. Malinga attempts the sweep but the ball is too full for the shot. It goes off the pads towards short fine leg. Hinge gets across but Eshan is late to set off for the run. There is a shy at the bowling end, but it does not hit the stumps, and Eshan gets home.

Out comes the wrong'un and the length is pulled back. Turning into the right-hander, Praful makes room and looks to swing it away on the leg side but misses and gets hit on the pads.

OUT! STUMPED! Rashid Khan completes the clean-up job. A resounding win for the Gujarat Titans by a margin of 82 runs. Dragged down by Rashid and it is another googly, on middle and leg. A premeditated charge by Praful Hinge but he is nowhere near the pitch of the ball. The ball lands and spins back to go past the inside edge. Jos Buttler moves to his left, gathers the ball cleanly and whips the bails off with Hinge at a point of no return.

FOUR! Nicely adjusted! Krishna slips in a good-length ball, tucking the batter up for room. Cummins swivels a bit and clears the front leg. He brings his bat out in front and whips it over mid-wicket to pick up a boundary.

SIX! All the way! A bit fuller than the previous ball, off and middle. Cummins gets the front leg out of the way and has a hoick across the line. Hits it right between deep square leg and deep mid-wicket and gets enough bat to clear the ropes.

Krishna hits the hard length, outside off. Pat hangs back and swings with all his might but is beaten on the outside edge.

OUT! CAUGHT! Pat Cummins falls now. Seam-up ball, on a back of a length, on the off stump. This is bowled at 144.3 kph, Cummins continues to stay leg side of the ball and has a heave across the line. It is sliced off the outer half down to deep third, where Mohammed Siraj is placed a bit fine. He comes in off the ropes and could have taken another step forward but he hangs back and takes the catch around his shin.

From around the wicket, pitched up, just outside the off stump. Malinga swings hard to force it through the off side but is beaten.

Hurls it on a good length, on off. Eshan steers it to backward point.

Back of a length, angled well into the batter. Cummins dabs it down through wide mid on and collects a single.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Another one bites the dust. Shivang Kumar is early to shuffle across the off stump, and Jason Holder smartly takes pace off, bowling it full and around off. Kumar tries to lap it away but the ball dips and takes the handle of the bat, lobbing up wide to the left of the keeper. Jos Buttler scampers across and puts in the dive to take another fine catch as Holder picks up his third wicket.

Full and around the off stump. Hinge watchfully keeps it out on the off side.

Dug in short, over middle. Hinge swings across for the pull, but the ball sails over his blade.

Holder goes into the surface again but the line is outside off. Praful backs away and gets his hands high to slam it through the off side, only to miss.

Fuller and sliding onto the pads. Hinge wrists it through square leg. He sets off for the run as the ball goes to the deep but is sent back by Cummins.

Pitched fuller, on off and middle, Pat Cummins hops back and tentatively blocks it to point.

SIX! Cummins' got a hold of that one, alright. Short ball on off, Pat Cummins pulls it well in front and clobbers it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie.

Short of a good length and outside off, played away with an angled bat and through backward point for a single.

Jumps off a good length, darting back into the batter. Kumar looks to drive but gets it high on the bat and towards cover.

Length ball on off, Shivang Kumar takes it on and hoists it over mid off. The ball plugs in the outfield around long off and Kumar gets a couple of runs.

Looking to go full but ends up being a full toss on middle and leg. Kumar drives it away wide of long on and picks up another brace. 

OUT! CAUGHT! This could be game, set and match for the Titans. Jason Holder bowls it on a hard length and around off. Holder extracts extra bounce due to his height as well. Heinrich Klaasen hangs back to pull, but it isn't short enough, and the ball skids through, taking the top edge. The ball sails towards short fine leg, but Jos Buttler, the keeper, calls for it. The short fine leg fielder backs away, and Buttler manages to scamper towards the ball and take a brilliant catch. SRH are now 6 down with 113 still needed for the win.

Back of a length and outside off, guided away down to deep third for a single.

Neatly tucked away. Good length, angling into middle and leg, Nitish Kumar Reddy clips it away wide to the right of mid on and picks up a couple of runs.

WIDE! Length again, on the pads and slanting down leg. Jason Holder appeals a bit for a caught behind, but there's nothing much from Jos Buttler behind the stumps. Actually, Shubman Gill has taken the review for a wide, which is given on-field. Nitish Kumar Reddy seems fairly confident that he hasn't nicked it, but the third umpire has a look. Nothing on UltraEdge and slanting well enough down the leg side that the wide call stays.

OUT! CAUGHT! Jason Holder has done it again, a second wicket in the over and the Sunrisers are in serious danger of not even crossing the three-figure mark. Holder bowls it back of a length and a tad wide outside off. Nitish Kumar Reddy rocks back and punches it fiercely but slightly in the air and straight to point. Washington Sundar takes a sharp catch and the Titans are in a commanding position now.

Dug in a bit shorter and into the batter, Shivang Kumar leans back and short-arm jabs it without any timing to mid on.

A good bumper to end the over, four runs and two wickets off it. Banged in short and over middle, right around the helmet. Kumar looks to take on the pull but is well beaten.

Starts with a length ball, attacking the front pad. Salil Arora hangs deep in the crease, brings his bat out in front and pushes it to long on for one.

Oh, so nearly went to hand! A bit more effort behind this ball by Prasidh Krishna. On a good length, honing in on the off stump. Klaasen looks to play it through the off side off the front foot but the ball kicks up to catch the splice of the bat. Luckily for Klaasen, the ball drops in front of Sundar at backward point. The batters cross for one.

Hits the deck hard, on a shortish length, on off. Salil dabs it to backward point.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Back in the side and back in the wickets is Prasidh Krishna. A wobble seam ball at 140.9 kph, bowled on a good length, in that channel on off. A tentative prod by Salil whilst staying leg side of the ball and his feet go nowhere. He pays the ultimate price as the ball catches the outside edge and the keeper, Jos Buttler gobbles it up to his right. SRH are 5 down for 56, needing 113 runs off 62 balls.

Bashed on a hard length, on off. Reddy stands tall and stabs it down on the off side.

Pushes the length up now, on off and middle. NKR pushes out in front with hard hands. It goes off the inner half to mid-wicket. End of a successful over for Krishna. A wicket and just 2 runs off it. SRH need 113 runs from 60 balls.

FOUR! Easy pickings! Too straight by Holder, at the hips, on a back of a length. Klaasen glances it fine of the man at deep fine leg for a boundary. The 50 comes up for SRH.

A bit of away shape, on off, Heinrich pushes away from his body. Miscues it to mid off.

Fuller now, on off, Klaasen gets forward and drives it to mid off.

Keeps it nice and tight, on a short of a length. HK hangs back and taps it back to the bowler.

Drifting onto the pads, Klaasen works this good-length ball behind square leg and crosses over.

Delivers it on a length and on off, Salil taps it to long off and keeps the strike with a single.

Rabada bashes the back of a length, on off. Klaasen hops to ride the bounce and plays it back to KG.

Very full, on off. Heinrich gets low to squeeze it out to point.

Not in control but safe! Rabada digs it in short, on off. Heinrich Klaasen rises with the bounce and swivels for the pull. He is through his shot early and the ball catches the top edge before sailing over the keeper. The man at deep third is placed fine and he mops it up. Single taken.

A lucky escape for Salil Arora. On a hard length, on middle. Arora hangs deep in the crease and tries to defend it late, close to his body. The ball deflects off an inside edge onto the front boot. Arora initially sets off for a run before turning around in panic, only to helplessly watch the ball roll onto the sticks but the ball does not have enough momentum to dislodge either of the two bails.

Around off, on the shorter side, that is punched off the back foot but straight to the cover fielder.

FOUR! Off the edge! Kagiso hurls it on a hard length, outside off. Salil Arora throws his hands at the ball and it flies down to deep third. Mohammed Siraj sprints to his left and dives but in vain.

Angled in, on a good length, on middle. Klaasen taps it to long on for a single.

Beaten! Holder hits the deck hard, on a back of a length, on off. A loose poke away from the body by Salil and the ball whistles past the bat.

Keeps it at that in-between length, on off. Arora knocks it off the back foot. Washington Sundar moves to his right and cuts it off.

FOUR! Too straight and put away! Fuller in length, sliding onto the pads. Salil Arora plays the pick-up shot off the pads and it goes aerially behind square leg. Two fielders converge, one from deep fine leg and the other from deep square leg and the ball splits both of them to go into the fence.

Well bowled! Drags the length back and keeps it on top of off, Arora tries to tap it away but the ball comes back in to catch the inside edge and deflect onto the pads.

FOUR! Just a push and it fetches Salil Arora a boundary. Shubman Gill should have done better there, though. Holder goes full now, on off, Salil gets half-forward and plays a punchy drive between cover and mid off. Gill turns around and goes after it. He bends to flick the ball away from the fence but fails to do so and the ball goes into the ropes.

A peach from KG! At 142.7 kph, on a good length, landing just outside the line of the leg stump. Smaran pushes out in front of his body. The ball nips away to go past the outside edge and bounces over the sticks.

Hits the back of a length, over middle. Smaran hangs back and rides the bounce to stab it down on the off side.

Chance goes down! Mohammed Siraj did not pick that up at all. Rabada serves a well-directed bumper, around the right shoulder. Ravichandran Smaran gets his hands high and plays the pull. Hits it flat and straight to deep backward square leg, where Siraj does not pick the ball up and hangs back. Puts in a late dive but the ball dips under his hand and a chance goes begging. They cross.

Jagging back in on a nagging length at 148.9 kph, on the off stump. Klaasen looks to punch it away but ekes out an inside edge wide of mid-wicket for a run.

OUT! CAUGHT! Ravichandran Smaran has been put out of his misery. Mohammed Siraj will be a relieved man. A wobble seam ball at 148.4 kph, on a good length, on off. Smaran gets his hands through the ball and gets hold of it but neither does he get the elevation nor does he manage to find the gap. Shubman Gill makes no mistake at mid off as he snaffles it at waist height. SRH are 32/4, chasing 169.

Arora is underway with a couple. Honing in on the off stump, on a back of a length. Salil punches it on the up towards cover-point, where the fielder dives to his left and gets a hand on it. It trickles behind before the point fielder tidies up. After 6 overs, SRH are 34/4.

Oh, that's zipped through to the keeper. Fuller than a good length, around off, shapes away sharply at over 144 clicks. Smaran has a poke at it but is well beaten.

Fuller now, attacking the off stump and at 144 kph again. Smaran blocks it to covers.

Three dot balls to start the over. Pitched fuller again and a bit outside off, Smaran looks to drive but is late on it and plays it uppishly to the right of the point fielder.

Excellent line and length from Siraj again. The in-between length, lands it on off and Ravichandran Smaran watchfully defends it off.

No way out for Ravichandran Smaran at the moment, five dots on the trot. Hard length, angled across the off stump. Smaran extends the arms and plays it off the inner half of the blade towards cover.

Not a second maiden for Siraj, but still, just one run off it. Back of a length, in the channel and angled away down to deep third for a single. SRH are 30/3 after 5 overs.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Kagiso Rabada makes up for the dropped catch, and SRH are in big trouble now, at 23/3. KG holds a length and pushes the ball across the left-hander, into that corridor of uncertainty. Ishan Kishan leaves his bat dangling outside the line of off stump, and the ball just curves back in a touch, taking the outside edge on its way to the keeper. Jos Buttler pouches it safely, and up goes the umpire's finger.

Back of a length, around off, dabbed away towards point for a single by Heinrich Klaasen.

Full and wide outside off, at a searing 147.7 kph. Smaran reaches out and stabs it firmly to the left of deep backward point for a single.

Good length, around the top of off, nips back in. Klaasen pats it back down towards Rabada.

FOUR! All timing, that. Just back of a length and around off, Klaasen gets up on his toes and punches it gently, but through the gap at covers, and the ball speeds away to the fence.

Rabada bashes the hard length, bowling it on middle and the ball nips back in. Klaasen hops back to defend. 140 needed now off 96 balls.

FOUR! Now, that's some timing! Pitched well full and outside off, shaping it back in. Smaran gets a good stride across, bends the knee and just caresses it on the up, through the gap at covers and picks up a boundary.

Good length, darting just across off, Smaran stays back and taps it to point.

Back of a length, over middle and leg, Smaran stays back and upright, running the ball off his body and down to deep third for a single.

Full of a length, on middle and angling away. Kishan gets onto the front foot and solidly blocks it off.

FOUR! Just over! Pitched fuller and around off, Ishan Kishan picks it up and heaves it off the inner half of the blade and over to the left of mid on. Kagiso Rabada leaps up, but the ball goes through his hands for a boundary. That will go down as a DROPPED CHANCE!

Fuller and angled well across the left-hander, Kishan guides it down to Nishant Sindhu at wide third man and picks up a single.

SIX! Everything that's happened in the first 6 balls hasn't fazed Abhishek Sharma one bit, it seems. Pitched-up delivery, just outside off. Sharma stays put and collapses the front knee, nailing the lofted shot over long off for a biggie. SRH are off the mark as well now.

Excellent comeback from KG! On a good length, lands it well outside leg and shapes it away. Sharma gives the charge but misses, and the ball goes between the bat and the leg stump.

Back of a length, angling away, nudged down to backward point by Sharma.

OUT! TIMBER! Smart bowling from Kagiso Rabada, and he is delighted. KG sees Abhishek Sharma give him the charge and drags the length back, bowling it at the batter. Sharma gets cramped for room and tries to just play at it, but gets an inside edge that goes off the body and trickles back onto the stumps. The bails light up, and both of SRH's destructive openers are now back in the hut.

Shortish length outside off, Ravichandran Smaran comes forward and slices it down to deep third for a single.

SIX! High and handsome! Too full, swinging into the pads, Ishan Kishan effortlessly flicks it and dumps the ball a long way beyond the square leg fence. 13 runs and a wicket off the over.

Beaten straightaway! Siraj lands it on a good length and just slants the ball across the left-hander. Travis Head doesn't move his feet and has a loose poke at it but the ball goes well past the outside edge.

Another play and a miss! Good length, slightly wide outside off, nibbling away. Head gets a bit low and throws his hands at it but is beaten by the bounce.

Oh, that hasn't missed the stumps by much. The length is immaculate again from Siraj, lands it on middle and swings it back in this time. Head is taken by surprise and gets beaten as the ball goes past the inside edge and just over the top of the stumps.

OUT! CAUGHT! Mohammed Siraj draws first blood for GT and Travis Head departs for a four-ball duck in his 50th IPL game. The length is the same again from Siraj but this is bowled outside the line of the leg stump. Head has a tentative attempt at the flick but closes the bat face early and the leading edge is found. The ball flies down to deep backward point where Nishant Sindhu gobbles up the catch and SRH are 0/1.

Just drags the length back a bit and bowls it outside off, Kishan confidently taps it down to covers.

A wicket maiden to begin! Siraj hits the length hard and bowls it around the top of off and middle, angling it away. Ishan Kishan presses back to defend. What a start from Siraj.