Sudharsan 61 and a Rabada-Holder strangle drive GT to an 82-run rout of SRH and top spot in IPL 2026
Gujarat Titans hammered Sunrisers Hyderabad by 82 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday, posting 168 for 5 and then dismantling Pat Cummins' side for 86 to climb to the top of the IPL 2026 table.
Sudharsan 61 and Washington's 50 hold GT's innings together
Pat Cummins won the toss and bowled first, and Praful Hinge made the call look smart inside the powerplay. The seamer picked off Shubman Gill for 5 in his first over and trapped Jos Buttler for 7 in his second to leave GT 34 for 2 at the end of the six. The opening platform GT have leaned on all season was suddenly gone.
Sai Sudharsan held the middle stretch with his usual patience, working five fours and a pair of sixes on his way to 61 off 44 balls. Nishant Sindhu chipped in with a 14-ball 22 that briefly threatened to break the choke before Cummins had him caught for 22. Then Washington Sundar pulled GT clear in the back half. His 50 off 33 came with seven fours and a six, timed rather than slogged, and handed Jason Holder and Rahul Tewatia a runway at the death.
Sakib Hussain finished with the best figures for SRH at 2 for 37, but the over that genuinely hurt them was Eshan Malinga's, who conceded 46 across his four. A par-plus 168 left SRH needing exactly 8.5 an over.
Rabada and Holder rip through the chase
The runs were the headline; what followed was the demolition. Kagiso Rabada bowled Abhishek Sharma in the second over and had Ishan Kishan caught behind by Buttler not long after. Jason Holder, swinging the new ball away, then picked up Heinrich Klaasen for 14 and never let the rebuild start. By the time Prasidh Krishna came back for his second spell, SRH were already five down and the required rate was past 15.
Rabada finished with 3 for 28, Holder with 3 for 20, and Prasidh added two more. Mohammed Siraj and Rashid Khan picked up one apiece, the latter stumping Praful Hinge for 3 to wrap up the innings on 86. Pat Cummins' late 19 off 9 was the highest individual score for SRH; no other batter past him went beyond Salil Arora's 16.
GT take top spot and put a foot in the playoffs
The 82-run margin is Gujarat Titans' biggest IPL win by runs, ahead of the 77-run rout they handed Rajasthan Royals. It also rewrites the top of the table. GT move to 16 points with a +0.551 net run rate and overtake Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad in one swing. RCB stay second on 14 with a superior +1.103 NRR; SRH drop to third on the same points but a much-thinned +0.331 after losing 82 runs of NRR buffer in one evening.
For SRH the math has narrowed sharply. The bottom half of the batting order has been the recurring problem for weeks, and Tuesday's collapse extended the trend. GT, by contrast, look like the team to beat with two league matches still to come.
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