Gujarat Titans almost confirmed playoff ticket in IPL 2026, Gill and company become table topper by defeating SRH by 82 runs

IPL 2026 GT vs SRH Match Highlight: The 56th match of IPL 2026 was played between Ahmedabad Gujarat Titans and Hyderabad. In this match, GT displayed brilliant bowling and won in a one-sided manner by defeating Sunrisers by a huge margin of 82 runs. Earlier, SRH captain Pat Cummins had won the toss and invited Gujarat to bat. After losing the toss and opting to bat first, Gujarat Titans scored 168 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Sunrisers Hyderabad team was all out for 86 runs in 14.5 overs. With this victory, Gujarat Titans have also topped the points table. Due to which now his hopes of reaching the playoffs are almost confirmed.

Sunrisers were all out for 86 runs.

The credit for this big victory of Gujarat Titans goes to its bowlers. Gujarat Titans bowlers destroyed the explosive batting order of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Deadly batsmen like Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy were seen begging for water in front of GT bowlers. Kagiso Rabada and Jason Holder took the maximum 3-3 wickets for Gujarat Titans. Apart from this, Prasidh Krishna took 2 wickets in his name. Whereas, Mohammad Siraj and Rashid Khan got 1-1 wicket.

No batsman could even touch the 20 run mark

In Sunrisers’ batting, no player could touch the 20-run mark. Captain Pat Cummins scored the maximum 19 runs of the team. Apart from this, Sahil Arora scored 16 runs. Whereas Heinrich Klaasen 14, Ishan Kishan 11, Abhishek Sharma 6, Nitish Kumar Reddy 2 and Travis Head could not even open their account.

Gujarat’s batting

Gujarat Titans had a very disappointing start. The team lost both its key batsmen with a score of just 26 runs. Captain Shubhman Gill returned to the pavilion after scoring only 5 runs, while Jos Buttler could also score only 7 runs. The team appeared to be under pressure after early wickets fell, but after this Sai Sudarshan took the responsibility of handling the innings. Along with Nishant Sindhu, he added runs at a fast pace for the third wicket and got the team out of a difficult situation. There was a partnership of 38 runs in 26 balls between the two batsmen. Nishant Sindhu scored 22 runs in 14 balls, which included 3 fours and 1 six.

Sai Sudarshan and Washington Sundar hit fifty

After Nishant’s dismissal, Sai Sudarshan along with Washington Sundar strengthened Gujarat’s innings. Both the batsmen added 60 runs in 41 balls for the fourth wicket and put the team in a strong position. Sudarshan batted brilliantly and scored 61 runs in 44 balls. His innings included 5 fours and 2 sixes. Washington Sundar also showed aggressive style and scored 50 runs in 33 balls. He hit 8 fours in his innings. In the last overs, Jason Holder also scored runs quickly and along with Sundar made a partnership of 40 runs in 21 balls, taking the team’s score to 168.