PHOTOS of the IPL 2023 match between Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Monday.
IMAGE: Shubman Gill hits his maiden ton. {Photograph}: BCCI
Shubman Gill hit his maiden IPL century to single-handedly energy defending champions Gujarat Titans to 188 for 9 regardless of a late comeback by Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar (5/30) in Ahmedabad on Monday.
Gill slammed 101 off simply 58 balls with the assistance of 13 fours and one six, and added 147 runs for the second wicket with Sai Sudharsan (47 off 36 balls).
In direction of the tip, SRH rode on Bhuvneshwar’s good bowling to limit GT underneath 200.
Despatched into bat, GT suffered an early blow as they misplaced Wriddhiman Saha for a duck within the third ball of the innings, nicking one to Abhishek Sharma at second slip.
IMAGE: Bhuvneshwar Kumar of Sunrisers Hyderabad celebrates the wicket of Wriddhiman Saha. {Photograph}: BCCI
After a sedate begin, GT broke the shackles within the third over with Gill and Sai Sudharsan hitting Bhuvneshwar for 3 beautiful boundaries to select up 15 runs.
Having discovered his contact, the in-form Gill pulled, drove and flicked to gather 4 consecutive boundaries off Fazalhaq Farooqi.
Each Sudharsan and Gill then dealt in boundaries to take GT to 65 for one in six overs.
Gill, specifically, was at his attacking greatest as he continued his onslaught and pulled SRH skipper Aiden Markram for 2 consecutive fours within the seventh over after which struck Markande for 2 extra boundaries within the subsequent over.
On the finish of the tenth over, GT have been 103 for one.
IMAGE: Shubman Gill performs a shot. {Photograph}: BCCI
It was mayhem thereafter with Gill and Sudharsan going hammer and tongs to take care of a wholesome run fee of over 10 until 14 overs.
Sudharsan lastly departed within the fifteenth over, caught by T Natarajan at backward level off the bowling of Marco Jansen.
GT skipper Hardik Pandya did not final lengthy, giving a simple catch to Rahu Tripathi at level, handing Bhuvneshwar his…
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