Afternoon starts are usually tricky at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Who else would know that better than Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins, who benefited by fielding first in the World Cup final for Australia but chose to bat first against Gujarat Titans on a similarly dry surface.
It was the gift that Titans skipper Shubman Gill accepted with both hands. He had assessed the pitch correctly and had roped in the services of Afghan chinaman Noor Ahmed who replaced Aussie speedster Spencer Johnson.
Noor struck in his first over removing dangerman Travis Head. Noor's more decorated spin partner Rashid Khan, who has endured a tough time post surgery, dismissed in-form Heinrich Klaasen and stifled the gifted Aiden Markram, to deny the Sunrisers any momentum towards the back end of the innings.
Markram felt the pressure of accelerating and succumbed to Umesh Yadav as the 2016 champions ended up with a below-par total of 163.
Even when Abdul Samad and Shahbaz Ahmed connected a few big hits in the end, Gill brought back Mohit Sharma at the right time and made the batters hit slower ones into the pitch to the large square boundaries and had the batters caught.
In the last five overs, SRH could score only 40 runs. Gill may be a young captain, but seems to be quickly learning his trade.
1/10:Mohit, Miller steer GT to win vs SRH
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2/10:MAGNIFICENT WIN
<p>Mohit Sharma's bowling figures of 3-25 and an unbeaten 44 by David Miller powered Gujarat Titans to their second IPL win with a thrashing of Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday.<br /></p>AFP
3/10:MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
<p>Gujarat restricted Hyderabad to 162-8, a total they overhauled with seven wickets and five balls to spare at their home Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.</p>AFP
4/10:POOR OUTING
<p>Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins came to the venue with happy memories after he led Australia to an ODI World Cup triumph at the 132,000-capacity stadium last year, but this time, the home team ruled.</p>IANS
5/10:CAPTAIN'S KNOCK
<p>Shubman Gill made 36 to add to his team's attacking start after fellow opener Wriddhiman Saha smashed a 13-ball 25 and set up the chase.</p>PTI
6/10:IMPACT SUBSTITUTE
<p>Sai Sudarshan then came in as impact substitute in place of Mohit and put on a key 64-run third-wicket stand with fellow left-hander Miller.</p>AFP
7/10:MAGNIFICENT KNOCK
<p>Sudarshan fell for 45 off Cummins but Miller stood firm to steer the team home with Vijay Shankar at the other end in an unbeaten stand of 30.</p>PTI
8/10:KILLER MILLER
<p>Gujarat needed 49 from the last 30 balls before Miller and Sudarshan smashed Mayank Markande in a 24-run 16th over to ease into the chase.</p>AFP
9/10:VETERAN PACER
<p>Mohit, 35, set up victory with his medium-pace bowling as he struck three times including the key wicket of Abhishek Sharma, who made 29 off 20 balls.</p>AFP
