Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) won the toss & elected to bat first at the iconic Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Gujarat Titans’ (GT) skipper Shubman Gill made one change to their combination as they brought back the left arm chinaman Noor Ahmad. Noor Ahmad came in the team in the place of the left arm pacer Spencer Johnson and Darshan Nalkande in place of R Sai Kishore.
SRH on the other side made no changes to their combination after defeating Mumbai Indians’ (MI) quite convincingly. SRH skipper Pat Cummins though would be tested against GT as they have got a lot of match winners present in the side and can bury the opposition alive with their shrewd tactics and gameplan.
Noor Ahmad thrashed Travis Head’s stumps
SRH had a pretty good productive powerplay where they scored 56 runs for the loss of 1 wicket. Travis Head was looking ominous and then GT skippe Shubman Gill introduced Noor Ahmad into the attack and was bowling the 7th over; on the 4th delivery Noor Ahmad bowled a wrong un and completely bamboozled Travis Head and knocked over his stumps .Travis Head was dismissed for 19 runs in 14 balls and struck 3 fours and SRH’s score at 6.4 overs was 58-2.
GT back in the game
GT’s decision to take the strategic time out break did wonders for the team as Travis Head is someone who can play a flamboyant knock for the team and has got a wide range of the shots. Noor Ahmad proved why he is one of the key assets in the T20 format as pitching the ball up against Travis Head was quite risky.
Abhishek Sharma and Aiden Markram will have to put the innings back on the track as the surface slowly is proving to be a rank turner. SRH will have to post a total in excess of 170 as GT have got a lot of pinch hitters present in the team in the form of Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia & David Miller who can bury the opposition alive.
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