Gujarat Push Sunrisers Hyderabad to Brink of IPL 2025 Elimination

Ahmedabad

Pat Cummins’ Sunrisers Hyderabad suffered their seventh defeat of IPL 2025, losing by 38 runs to Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Friday night. Chasing a formidable 224-run target set by the Titans, the Sunrisers ended at 186/6, falling well short and pushing their playoff hopes to the edge.

Gujarat’s innings was powered by explosive half-centuries from skipper Shubman Gill (76 off 38) and Jos Buttler (64 off 37), aided by a fiery 48 off 23 from Sai Sudharsan. They raced to 87/0 in just seven overs, including 82 in the Powerplay — Gujarat’s best-ever IPL start. Cummins ended with 1/40 in four overs.

For Hyderabad, Abhishek Sharma’s 74 off 41 with six sixes provided a strong start alongside Travis Head (20), but the middle order crumbled after their departure. The team lost 4 wickets for just 6 runs between the 15th and 17th overs, sealing their fate despite a late cameo of 19* from Cummins.

With only 3 wins in 10 games and just 4 matches left, Sunrisers now face near-certain elimination, needing a perfect run and other results to go their way to overtake teams like Punjab Kings, who are currently fourth with 13 points. Gujarat, meanwhile, climbed to second place on the table, level with Mumbai Indians.