Having been put to bat first, Gujarat Titans' (GT) captain Shubman Gill was dismissed on five runs in seven balls, including a boundary. Wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler also departed on seven runs in 11 balls, which included a boundary (Pic: X/@gujarat_titans)

Nishant Sindhu registered 22 runs before returning to the pavilion. Facing 14 balls, he smashed three boundaries and a maximum (Pic: X/@gujarat_titans)

Later, Sai Sudharsan delivered a crucial knock of 61 runs in 44 balls, which was laced with five boundaries and two maximums. Washington Sundar also smashed 50 runs. His knock came in 33 deliveries, including seven boundaries and a maximum. Jason Holder and Rahul Tewatia stayed unbeaten. Holder scored 11 runs in 10 balls, and Tewatia smashed a boundary in one ball. With this, the Titans posted a total of 168 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs (Pic: X/@gujarat_titans)

Hyderabad's Praful Hinge returned with the figures of two wickets for 17 runs in three overs. Skipper Pat Cummins and Sakib Hussain also chipped in with one wicket and two wickets, respectively. Nitish Kumar Reddy, Eshan Malinga, and Shivang Kumar went wicketless in the IPL 2026 match against GT (Pic: X/@SunRisers)

It will be interesting to see if Hyderabad's explosive opening batsman Abhishek Sharma manages to put on a big show with the willow. The left-handed batsman is also the third-leading run-scorer in the ongoing edition of the tournament. So far in 11 matches, he has scored 475 runs (Pic: File Pic)