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GT vs SRH, IPL 2023 Live Scores and UpdatesShubman Gill and B Sai Sudharsan have got GT’s innings off to a rapid start after Bhuvneshwar Kumar provided SRH the early wicket of Wriddhiman Saha. Aiden Markram won the toss for SRH and opted to field first. The defending champions have turned up in special lavender-colored jerseys in support of a cancer initiative.

Hello and welcome to India Today’s live coverage of Gujarat Titans vs SunRisers Hyderabad.

20:32 IST:

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Score 131/1

BatsmanShubman Gill 77(40b 11*4 1*6)
BowlerAbhishek Sharma 1-0-13-0
20:32 IST:

11.6Abhishek Sharma to Shubman Gill, No run.

20:32 IST:

11.5Abhishek Sharma to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Through the gap! Fraction short outside off. Shubman Gill hangs back and cuts it hard in the gap between backward point and short third for a cracking boundary.

20:31 IST:

11.4Abhishek Sharma to Shubman Gill, Tossed up outside off, driven straight to the extra cover fielder.

20:31 IST:

11.3Abhishek Sharma to Shubman Gill, SIX! HAMMERED! Shortish and down the leg again. Shubman Gill picks this early and whacks it over the deep square leg fence for a maximum.

20:30 IST:

11.3Abhishek Sharma to Shubman Gill, WIDE! Bowls it short and down the leg. Gill misses on the pull and this is called a wide.

20:30 IST:

11.2Abhishek Sharma to Sai Sudharsan, Yorker-length ball on off. Sai Sudharsan skips down and drills it to long on for one.

20:30 IST:

11.1Abhishek Sharma to Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma comes from round the wicket and bowls it slower through the air outside off. Shubman Gill drives it through covers for one.

20:30 IST:

Abhishek Sharma to roll his arm over.

Score 118/1

BatsmanSai Sudharsan 42(30b 6*4 1*6)
BowlerMarco Jansen 3-0-32-0
20:28 IST:

10.6Marco Jansen to Sai Sudharsan, The yorker tailing into the stumps. Sai Sudharsan digs it out and bunts it back to Jansen. A fine end to the over.

20:29 IST:

10.5Marco Jansen to Shubman Gill, Slower ball into the surface around off. Shubman Gill taps it past point for one.

20:27 IST:

10.4Marco Jansen to Sai Sudharsan, On a good length and outside off. Sai Sudharsan opens the bat face and runs it down to the third man region for one.

20:26 IST:

10.3Marco Jansen to Sai Sudharsan, DROPPED AND FOUR! Bangs it short and around off. Sai Sudharsan pulls it straight into the hands of Bhuvneshwar Kumar at the wide long on fence. He drops the catch and bunts it over the ropes for four runs. Three extra runs were given away by Hyderabad.

20:25 IST:

10.3Marco Jansen to Sai Sudharsan, WIDE! Full and bowls it wide outside the tramline. Sai Sudharsan reaches for it and misses. Wided by the umpire.

20:25 IST:

10.3Marco Jansen to Sai Sudharsan, SIX! INNOVATIVE! Full and angled into the middle and leg. Sai Sudharsan gets across and ramps it over the fine leg fence for a maximum. No ball was signaled by the umpire. Insult to the injury for Jansen.

20:24 IST:

10.2Marco Jansen to Shubman Gill, Fuller length angling into the leg peg. Shubman Gill makes room and pushes it to mid off for a quick run.

20:22 IST:

10.1Marco Jansen to Shubman Gill, Jansen comes in from round the wicket and bowls it on a good length and on off. Shubman Gill dabs it to point.

Score 103/1

BatsmanSai Sudharsan 31(26b 5*4 0*6)
BowlerMayank Markande 2-0-19-0
20:21 IST:

9.6Mayank Markande to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR! Just wide! This is floated up on a shorter length and outside off. Sai Sudharsan rocks back and forces the cut short. Sudharsan hits it uppishly but to the left of a diving cover-point fielder. The ball rolls away into the fence. The 100 also comes up for Gujarat now.

20:21 IST:

9.5Mayank Markande to Shubman Gill, On the pads, nudged away ’round the corner for one more.

20:20 IST:

9.4Mayank Markande to Sai Sudharsan, Nicely tossed up around the pads, Sai Sudharsan looks for the sweep but gets a top edge over backward square leg and picks up a single.

20:20 IST:

9.3Mayank Markande to Sai Sudharsan, A bit shorter and outside off, Sai Sudharsan goes on the back foot and hits it away toward extra cover.

20:19 IST:

9.2Mayank Markande to Shubman Gill, Drifted onto the pads, Shubman Gill gets on the front foot and pushes it through mid on for another single.

20:19 IST:

9.1Mayank Markande to Sai Sudharsan, Floats it up around middle, Sai Sudharsan stays back and works it toward square leg for one.

Score 95/1

BatsmanSai Sudharsan 25(22b 4*4 0*6)
BowlerFazalhaq Farooqi 2-0-24-0
20:18 IST:

8.6Fazalhaq Farooqi to Sai Sudharsan, Nagging length on off, skidding through a bit. Sai Sudharsan gets it off the inside half of the bat toward backward square leg and picks up a single.

20:17 IST:

8.5Fazalhaq Farooqi to Shubman Gill, Banged in short and over off, pulled away down to wide long on for a single.

20:16 IST:

8.4Fazalhaq Farooqi to Shubman Gill, Excellent running! Slower one, bowled into the deck, Shubman Gill tucks it off the back foot and through mid-wicket. The early call is for two and they hustle back for the second run.

20:16 IST:

8.3Fazalhaq Farooqi to Sai Sudharsan, Length ball around off, hit away toward deep cover for another single. They look for two but have to settle for one.

20:15 IST:

8.2Fazalhaq Farooqi to Shubman Gill, On a hard length and angling into the off stump, Shubman Gill punches it through covers for a single.

20:14 IST:

8.1Fazalhaq Farooqi to Shubman Gill, Starts the over with a bumper. This is bowled from around the wicket and over the off stump, Shubman Gill leaves it alone.

20:13 IST:

Strategic break! Gujarat have raced off to 89 for 1 at the end of 8 overs and are going at over 11 runs per over. Saha was dismissed in the first over but Gill and Sudharsan have batted well and are scoring freely. Shubman Gill is going well at 58* off just 26 while Sai Sudharsan is giving good support at the other end. Hyderabad needs a few quick wickets to get back into the game and stem the flow of runs.

Score 89/1

BatsmanShubman Gill 58(26b 10*4 0*6)
BowlerMayank Markande 1-0-11-0
20:10 IST:

7.6Mayank Markande to Shubman Gill, Tossed up on the stumps, Shubman Gill leans on and works it through wide mid on for an easy single.

20:09 IST:

7.5Mayank Markande to Shubman Gill, Nicely flighted around off, Shubman Gill blocks it off the front foot.

20:09 IST:

7.4Mayank Markande to Sai Sudharsan, Floats it up around the pads, Sai Sudharsan stays back and tucks it through square leg for one more.

20:08 IST:

7.3Mayank Markande to Shubman Gill, Flatter one around off, cut away through cover-point for a single now.

20:08 IST:

7.2Mayank Markande to Shubman Gill, FOUR! At the moment, there are no fielders on the ground for Shubman Gill! Short again around middle, Gill hangs back and pulls it away to the right of deep mid-wicket and finds the fence.

20:07 IST:

7.1Mayank Markande to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Delightfully played and that is FIFTY for Shubman Gill. Gill has just breezed through so far. Mayank Markande starts off with a shortish delivery outside off. Gill pounces on it and cuts it behind point for a boundary.

Score 78/1

BatsmanShubman Gill 48(21b 8*4 0*6)
BowlerAiden Markram 1-0-13-0
20:05 IST:

6.6Aiden Markram to Shubman Gill, Flighted delivery on middle and leg, worked away through mid-wicket for a single.

20:05 IST:

6.5Aiden Markram to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Too easy for Shubman Gill at the moment. Another one that is dragged down. Gill pulls it hard and through mid-wicket to make it back-to-back boundaries.

20:04 IST:

6.4Aiden Markram to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Oh, that is a poor delivery! Aiden Markram drags this one well down the leg side and Shubman Gill pulls it away past backward square leg for a boundary.

20:04 IST:

6.3Aiden Markram to Shubman Gill, Good running! Short again around middle, Shubman Gill just nudges it away toward the vacant mid-wicket region and races back for the second.

20:03 IST:

6.2Aiden Markram to Sai Sudharsan, On the shorter side and close to the off stump, Sai Sudharsan backs away and cuts it hard toward deep point for a single.

20:02 IST:

6.1Aiden Markram to Shubman Gill, Aiden Markram starts off with a floated delivery on off stump, Shubman Gill pushes it in front of mid-wicket and picks up a single.

Score 65/1

BatsmanShubman Gill 36(16b 6*4 0*6)
BowlerT Natarajan 1-0-10-0
20:01 IST:

5.6T Natarajan to Shubman Gill, Slower and a bit shorter around off, this is cut away off the back foot toward third man for a run. At the end of the Powerplay, Gujarat are flying at 65/1!

20:01 IST:

5.5T Natarajan to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Thumped away! Fuller one around off, Shubman Gill walks toward the ball and plays a high-elbow straight drive past mid on for yet another boundary.

20:00 IST:

5.4T Natarajan to Shubman Gill, Comes from around the wicket now and angles in a length ball from outside off. Shubman Gill presses forward and punches it sweetly to extra cover.

19:59 IST:

5.3T Natarajan to Sai Sudharsan, Back of a length and angled into middle and leg, this is worked away past square leg for an easy single.

19:59 IST:

5.2T Natarajan to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR! Through the gap! Good length again around off, Sai Sudharsan stands tall and drives it on the up beautifully through the extra cover region and the ball speeds away to the fence.

19:58 IST:

5.1T Natarajan to Sai Sudharsan, Starts from over the wicket and bowls a good-length ball over off. Sai Sudharsan stays back and tucks it toward mid-wicket.

19:58 IST:

T Natarajan is into the attack now.

Score 55/1

BatsmanShubman Gill 31(13b 5*4 0*6)
BowlerMarco Jansen 2-0-17-0
19:57 IST:

4.6Marco Jansen to Shubman Gill, Bowls it full, and brings it back into the middle and leg. Shubman Gill turns it toward the deep backward square leg region and comes back for a brace.

19:56 IST:

4.5Marco Jansen to Shubman Gill, Short of a length angling outside off. Shubman Gill cuts it to the man at backward point.

19:55 IST:

4.4Marco Jansen to Shubman Gill, On a good length and on the pads. Shubman Gill bunts it to short mid-wicket.

19:55 IST:

4.3Marco Jansen to Sai Sudharsan, Good length delivery coming back into the batter. Sai Sudharsan looks to whip this one but inside edges it and the ball rolls away toward the short third man for one.

19:54 IST:

4.2Marco Jansen to Shubman Gill, Back of a length around off. Shubman Gill is squared up and gets a thick edge that flies on a bounce to the man at point for one.

19:53 IST:

4.1Marco Jansen to Sai Sudharsan, Fuller-length ball outside off, driven through covers for one.

19:53 IST:

Marco Jansen (1-0-12-0) is back on.

Score 50/1

BatsmanShubman Gill 28(9b 5*4 0*6)
BowlerFazalhaq Farooqi 1-0-18-0
19:52 IST:

3.6Fazalhaq Farooqi to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Slower and short ball down the leg. Shubman Gill pulls it past the short fine leg fielder for a boundary to end the over. 18 coming off the over.

19:54 IST:

3.5Fazalhaq Farooqi to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Gill is unstoppable at the moment! Hard length into the surface around off. Shubman Gill waits and carves it through the point region for yet another boundary. Abdul Samad misfielded this and allowed the ball to go through.

19:51 IST:

3.4Fazalhaq Farooqi to Shubman Gill, FOUR MORE! SHOT! Back of a length on the pads. Shubman Gill tucks it wristly through the square leg region for back to back boundaries.

19:50 IST:

3.3Fazalhaq Farooqi to Shubman Gill, FOUR! BOOM! Short of a length outside off. Shubman Gill plays the short arm jab through mid as the ball rockets away to the fence for four runs.

19:49 IST:

3.2Fazalhaq Farooqi to Shubman Gill, On a good length just outside off. Gill punches it off the backfoot through covers for a couple.

19:50 IST:

3.1Fazalhaq Farooqi to Shubman Gill, Fazalhaq Farooqi starts off with a back-of-a-length ball angling outside off. Shubman Gill stabs it to point.

19:48 IST:

Fazalhaq Farooqi comes into the attack now.

Score 32/1

BatsmanSai Sudharsan 14(13b 3*4 0*6)
BowlerBhuvneshwar Kumar 2-0-20-1
19:47 IST:

2.6Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR! 3rd one in the over. Well-Timed! Good length delivery on off. Sai Sudharsan punches this past the bowler through mid off for to end the over with a boundary.

19:46 IST:

2.5Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Sai Sudharsan, Short of a length around off. Sai Sudharsan pulls it toward short mid-wicket for a dot.

19:46 IST:

2.4Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Sai Sudharsan, Good-length delivery around off. Sai Sudharsan dabs it to the first slip.

19:45 IST:

2.3Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR! SHOT! On a good length and outside off. Sai Sudharsan strides forward and creams the drive through extra cover for a brilliant boundary.

19:44 IST:

2.2Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Shubman Gill, Back of a length on the pads. Shubman Gill tucks it through the mid-wicket region and completes three runs easily.

19:44 IST:

2.1Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Shubman Gill, FOUR! CLASSY! Full and angling into the middle and leg. Shubman Gill plays the on-drive to perfection and times it to perfection through mid on for an elegant boundary.

Score 17/1

BatsmanSai Sudharsan 6(9b 1*4 0*6)
BowlerMarco Jansen 1-0-12-0
19:42 IST:

1.6Marco Jansen to Sai Sudharsan, Back of a length around off, bunted back to Jansen.

19:42 IST:

1.6Marco Jansen to Sai Sudharsan, FIVE WIDES! Poor ball from Jansen. Good length delivery angling way down the leg. Sai Sudharsan pulls and misses. This was away from Heinrich Klaasen behind the stumps and Gujarat get 5 extra runs.

19:41 IST:

1.6Marco Jansen to Sai Sudharsan, WIDE! Short again and this one goes over the batter. The umpire signals it as a wide.

19:41 IST:

1.5Marco Jansen to Sai Sudharsan, Sai Sudharsan does not take advantage of the free hit. Marco Jansen bangs it short and outside off. Sudharsan goes for the pull and misses.

19:40 IST:

1.5Marco Jansen to Sai Sudharsan, Hard length into the pitch around off. Sai Sudharsan rides the bounce and bunts into off-side. A no-ball was called by the umpire as Jansen had overstepped. Free-Hit coming up!

19:40 IST:

1.4Marco Jansen to Sai Sudharsan, Back of a length again outside off. Sai Sudharsan punches off the backfoot toward the point fielder and is halfway down for the run. He is sent back and a direct hit here would have been curtains for Sudharsan.

19:38 IST:

1.3Marco Jansen to Sai Sudharsan, Back of a length on the leg stump line. Sai Sudharsan tucks it to square leg for none.

19:37 IST:

1.2Marco Jansen to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR! BANG! On a good length and outside off. Sai Sudharsan drives it uppishly over the infield as the ball races through the outfield for a cracking boundary.

19:37 IST:

1.2Marco Jansen to Sai Sudharsan, WIDE! Back of a length ball down the leg. Sai Sudharsan plays and misses. Wide signaled by the umpire.

19:36 IST:

1.1Marco Jansen to Sai Sudharsan, Good length ball on the pads. Sai Sudharsan chips it to the right of Sanvir Singh stationed at short mid-wicket for a dot.

19:36 IST:

Marco Jansen to operate from the other end.

Score 5/1

BatsmanSai Sudharsan 2(2b 0*4 0*6)
BowlerBhuvneshwar Kumar 1-0-5-1
19:35 IST:

0.6Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Sai Sudharsan, Good-length delivery swings back into the batter. Sai Sudharsan tucks it through backward square leg for a single to retain the strike.

19:34 IST:

0.5Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Shubman Gill, Fullish length again outside off. Shubman Gill leans into it and drives it beautifully through the cover-point region for a comfortable three. Rahul Tripathi gives the chase and stops it just inside the ropes.

19:34 IST:

0.4Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Sai Sudharsan, Full-length delivery around off. Sai Sudharsan pushes it toward mid off and scampers for a quick single. Sanvir Singh there throws the ball toward the bowler’s end as Sai puts in the dive but doesn’t get the direct hit, otherwise Sai was a goner.

19:33 IST:

Sai Sudharsan walks in at number 3.

19:32 IST:

0.3Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Wriddhiman Saha, OUT! EDGED and CAUGHT! Bhuvneshwar Kumar strikes! Tad shortish length outside off. Wriddhiman Saha goes for the cut shot but edges it to Abhishek Sharma at second slip who takes a good catch going to his left. Wriddhiman Saha departs for a duck and this a fine start by Hyderabad.

19:31 IST:

0.2Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Wriddhiman Saha, On a good length just outside off with a hint of movement. Wriddhiman Saha watchfully lets it go.

19:31 IST:

0.1Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Wriddhiman Saha, Bhuvneshwar Kumar starts off with a full ball shaping away. Left alone by Wriddhiman Saha.

19:30 IST:

We are ready for the game to begin! The two umpires are out in the middle and so are the players of Hyderabad. It will be the usual pair of Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill to open the innings for Gujarat. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has the new ball in hand and will be looking to get it swinging. Let’s play…

19:20 IST:

Hardik Pandya, the captain of Gujarat says that the lavender jersey is a special gesture to show their support for cancer awareness and general well-being. Adds that it is very important to play good cricket and you have to turn up to every game but the group is quite relaxed. Mentions that when they started this season, they knew it would be trickier than last season and they knew they had to play their best cricket to get ahead. Says that they would have fielded as well and it is a fresh wicket but overall it will play decently throughout the night. Informs that they have a couple of forced changes with Vijay Shankar going out and Sai Sudharsan comes in for him with Dasun Shanaka is all set to make his debut.

19:09 IST:

Hyderabad’s skipper Aiden Markram says they will bowl first. Adds that there is moisture on the surface and wants to maximize it. Says that they need to step up and show how good they are as a team. Shares that he wants the guys to express themselves and will be good for them if a couple of the players turn up. Adds that they want to do well in the last few games and see how it goes from thereon. Informs that there is one change, Marco Jansen comes in for Glenn Phillips.

19:08 IST:

Impact Players nominated by Hyderabad – Anmolpreet Singh, Glenn Phillips, Akeal Hosein, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy.

19:13 IST:

Hyderabad (Playing XI) – Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (C), Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Abdul Samad, Sanvir Singh (In for Anmolpreet Singh), Marco Jansen (In for Glenn Phillips), Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, T Natarajan.

19:07 IST:

Impact Players nominated by Gujarat – Yash Dayal, KS Bharat, Darshan Nalkande, Sai Kishore, Shivam Mavi.

19:13 IST:

Gujarat (Playing XI) – Shubman Gill (In for Abhinav Manohar), Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Sai Sudharsan (In for Vijay Shankar), Hardik Pandya (C), David Miller, Dasun Shanaka (In for Alzarri Joseph), Rahul Tewatia, Mohit Sharma, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Shami, Noor Ahmad.

19:02 IST:

TOSS – The two captains are out in the middle and the flip of the coin lands in favour of Hyderabad. They have elected to BOWL first.

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