IPL 2025, GT humble SRH in Ahmedabad: Report and stats
02 May 2025
Gujarat Titans (GT) humbled Sunrisers Hyderabad in Match 51 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season on Friday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Hyderabad.
GT's top three batsmen, B Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler, and Shubman Gill were instrumental in this win. They scored 48, 64, and 76 runs respectively.
For SRH, Jaydev Unadkat claimed a three-fer.
In response, Abhishek Sharma's 74-run knock wasn't enough. For Gujarat, Prasidh Krishna was sensational.
Sudharsan and Gill shine for Gujarat
Batting brilliance
Sudharsan and Gill added a solid 87 runs for the 1st wicket. Notably, the two were on song in the powerplay, making a record for Gujarat's highest total in this phase by adding 82 runs.
Sudharsan was dismissed in the 7th over by Zeeshan Ansari. His 48-run knock had 9 fours. He faced 23 balls, striking at 208.70.
Buttler joined Gill and the two batted well. Gill maintained a positive approach and reached a 25-ball fifty.
Sudharsan becomes fastest Indian to score 2,000 T20 runs
Sudharsan
Sudharsan scripted history by becoming the fastest Indian to score 2,000 runs in T20 cricket.
Sudharsan's feat is better than Sachin Tendulkar, who was the fastest Indian to get to 2,000 T20 runs before this.
Tendulkar reached the milestone in his 59th inning back in 2011.
Fastest Indians batters to reach 2000 T20 runs (innings):
54 innings - Sai Sudharsan
59 innings - Sachin Tendulkar
60 innings - Ruturaj Gaikwad
61 innings - Devdutt Padikkal
61 innings - Rajat Patidar
Sudharsan surpasses 1,500 IPL runs and reaches 150 fours
Mistakes
Overall in the 20-over format, Sudharsan has raced to 2,016 runs from 55 matches (54 innings), as per ESPNcricinfo.
He averages 42 with his strike rate being 135.66. He has 1 ton and 13 fifties.
He has hit 195 fours and 51 sixes.
Meanwhile, 1,538 of his T20 runs have come in the IPL at an average of 48.06. Notably, he has now reached 150 IPL fours. He has also smashed 47 sixes. He owns 11 fifties and a ton.
500 runs in IPL 2025 for Sudharsan
Fact
Sudharsan became the 1st batter in IPL 2025 to complete 500 runs. In 10 matches, he owns 504 runs at 50.40. He has struck at 154.12 with the help of 5 fifties. He has smoked 55 fours and 16 sixes.
Shubman Gill slams his 25th half-century in IPL
Gill
Gill's knock of 76 had 10 fours and 2 sixes. He struck at 200. In 113 IPL matches (110 innings), he has raced to 3,681 runs at 39.15. He owns 25 fifties and 4 tons.
As per ESPNcricinfo, versus SRH, the batter has scored 535 runs at 48.63 from 15 matches. He now owns 4 fifties and a ton versus SRH (SR: 131.77).
Gill's love affair with Ahmedabad continues
Runs
Overall in the 20-over format, Gill has scored 4,936 runs at 37.67 from 155 matches (152 innings). He clobbered his 31st fifty. Notably, he has six hundreds in the format. His strike rate is 138.76.
Gill averages a sensational 61.75 at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad in T20s. He has scored 1,235 runs from 24 games, striking at 165.10. He now owns 5 fifties and 4 tons here. Gill also reached 50 sixes at this venue (4s: 112).
465 runs in IPL 2025 for Gill
Fact
In 10 matches this season, Gill owns 465 runs at an average of 51.66. He registered his 5th fifty of the season. He has clobbered 58 fours and 15 sixes.
Buttler scores 64 runs versus SRH
Jos
Buttler came to the crease when his side was 87/1. He was solid in his approach and played an entertaining knock, adding 62 runs alongside Shubman Gill (76) and another 57 with Washington Sundar.
Buttler, who was dropped in the 12th over by Pat Cummins, was eventually dismissed by the latter in the 19th over. He scored 64 runs from 37 balls.
Jos Buttler completes 4,000 runs in Indian Premier League
4,000
Buttler has now gone past 4,000 IPL runs. Buttler needed 12 runs to complete the milestone.
Playing his 117th match in the IPL, Buttler has raced to 4,052 runs from 116 innings. He averages 40-plus with the help of 7 tons and 24 fifties. His strike rate is close to 150.
Notably, he surpassed 400 fours (401) during this knock.
Buttler becomes 3rd-fastest to 4,000 IPL runs (by balls)
Record
As per Cricbuzz, Buttler is now the 3rd-fastest to 4,000 IPL runs in terms of balls taken.
Least balls taken to reach 4000 IPL runs:
2,653 - Chris Gayle
2,658 - AB de Villiers
2,677 - Jos Buttler*
2,714 - Suryakumar Yadav
2,809 - David Warner
His IPL numbers vs SRH and overall T20 stats
Numbers
As per ESPNcricinfo, Buttler has raced to a total of 445 runs from 15 matches against SRH. He averages 29.66. He owns a ton and three fifties against the Sunrisers.
Overall in the 20-over format, Buttler now owns 12.583 runs from 444 matches at 35.64 (419 innings). He slammed his 89th fifty (100s: 8).
SRH's Unadkat bowls a massive final over, claims three wickets
Jaydev
Unadkat took three wickets for 35 runs from his 4 overs against Gujarat Titans.
Unadkat's first three overs went for 23 runs. He came back to bowl the 20th over and delivered the goods.
He started by conceding a six before dismissing Washington Sundar. Rahul Tewatia slammed Unadkat for a six next before a dot ball followed.
Unadkat then dismissed Tewatia and Rashid Khan off the final two balls. His final over went for 12 runs (3 wickets).
Unadkat owns 105 wickets in the IPL
Scalps
Unadkat has now raced to 105 wickets in the IPL at 31.29. In the ongoing season, he owns six scalps from 4 matches at 16.16. His economy rate is 8-plus.
For SRH, the pacer has bagged 14 scalps across two seasons.
Overall in the 20-over format, Unadkat owns 240 scalps from 203 matches. His average is 24-plus (ER: 8-plus).
Summary of the other SRH bowlers
Fact
Mohammed Shami was ineffective. He conceded 48 runs from 3 overs. Pat Cummins picked 1/40 from his 4 overs. Harshal Patel proved to be costly (0/41) in three overs. Zeeshan Ansari managed 1/42 (4 overs). Kamindu Mendis bowled 2 overs and conceded 18 runs.
