12 May, 5:00 PM
VS
168/5
:86 (14.5)
GT won by 82 runs
Gujarat Titans vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
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1.90GT win
250$ WIN Both sides locked on 14 points with first place on the line. GT chase a fifth straight win at home while SRH bring explosive batting form. A high-stakes clash with plenty on the line.
1.84Total: under 379.5 (runs)
350$ WIN Both sides sit on 14 points and whoever wins jumps to No.1. A pitch that has favoured bowlers makes the inflated total line look generous.
1.84Total: under 379.5 (runs)
300$ WIN Both teams sit on 14 points, and a win takes the winner to 16. GT’s control bowling meets SRH’s brutal middle-order hitting.
1.90GT win
200$ WIN Two teams locked on 14 points. Four-match winning streak meets six wins in seven. The winner takes the top spot.
1.92Team total: GT over 188.5 (runs)
200$ LOSS Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad collide in a battle for the No.1 spot. Home fortress meets the league's hottest batting lineup.
1.84Total: under 379.5 (runs)
500$ WIN With both teams locked on 14 points, the winner takes the outright lead in IPL 2026. It's the irresistible force of SRH's batting meeting the immovable object of GT's pace attack.
Facts Radar
6:38 pm, 12.05ESPNcricinfo
GT vs SRH Live Score, IPL 2026: SRH, GT eye No. 1 spot- Eshan Malinga (SRH) has taken 16 IPL wickets this season, which is fifth-best overall, and has developed a serious reputation as a reverse-swing operator.
- No other SRH bowler has neared Malinga's wicket haul this season; he has held down the fort especially in the second half of the innings.
- Pat Cummins has been unavailable for SRH for 7 of their 11 matches this season.
- GT and SRH are in a logjam at the top half of the IPL 2026 table, with only two points separating the toppers and the sixth-placed team.
- The winner of GT vs SRH will move to the top of the table with 16 points.
- This is the first meeting between GT and SRH this season.
- The match is being played in Ahmedabad (GT's home ground).
- Eight teams are still in contention for playoffs with 15 matches remaining; two teams are eliminated.
11:59 am, 12.05ESPNcricinfo
Scenarios: Playoff race heats up with eight teams in contention- PBKS are on a four-match losing streak after going seven games without a loss; they have slipped to fourth with 13 points from 11 matches. Remaining matches: MI (h), RCB (h), LSG (a).
- Two of PBKS's remaining three matches are against eliminated teams.
- RCB are top of the table with 14 points and the best NRR of 1.103 after a last-ball win against MI. Remaining matches: KKR (h), PBKS (a), SRH (a).
- SRH have won six of their last seven games and are on 14 points with NRR 0.737. Remaining matches: GT (a), CSK (a), RCB (h).
- GT are on 14 points and a four-match winning streak; two of their three remaining games are at home. Remaining matches: SRH (h), KKR (a), CSK (h).
- CSK are on 12 points from 11 matches, having won six of their last eight after losing their first three. Remaining matches: LSG (a), SRH (h), GT (a).
- RR are on 12 points from 11 matches with five losses in their last seven; they have slipped to sixth. Remaining matches: DC (a), LSG (h), MI (a). They play DC and LSG over three days (May 17 and 19) at different venues.
- KKR are on 9 points from 10 matches (only team to have played fewer than 11) and are on a four-match winning streak. Remaining matches: RCB (a), GT (h), MI (h), DC (h). Last three games are at home. They have won only one of four matches at Eden Gardens so far.
- DC are on 10 points from 12 matches with the worst NRR of -0.993. Remaining matches: RR (h), KKR (a). They play the last game of the league stage against KKR at Eden Gardens on May 24.
11:58 am, 12.05ESPNcricinfo
Eshan Malinga keeps getting them in the second half- Eshan Malinga has taken 16 IPL wickets this season, fifth-best overall, and is SRH's leading wicket-taker.
- Malinga is a specialist reverse-swing bowler; 11 of his 16 wickets have come at SRH's home ground which has bare and abrasive surfaces.
- In the second half of innings, Malinga's economy rate is 8.37 at SRH's home venue where runs are scored at 9.38 in that period.
- Pat Cummins has missed seven of SRH's 11 matches this season, making Malinga's contribution even more crucial.
- Malinga missed the 2026 World Cup due to a dislocated non-bowling shoulder suffered in February (a freak injury while bowling). He has since recovered and is playing the IPL.
- Malinga is 25 years old and bowls at pace with reverse swing, a yorker, and a slower ball as his key weapons.
10:31 am, 12.05ESPNcricinfo
Can SRH's power-hitters flip the script against red-hot GT?- GT's attack has stymied RCB and PBKS in their previous two home games, defending sub-170 totals.
- SRH have lost each of their three matches against GT in Ahmedabad since IPL 2023.
- Both teams are unlikely to tinker with their XIs; probable GT XI: Gill (c), Sudharsan, Buttler (wk), Washington Sundar, Holder, Sindhu, Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Rabada, Siraj, Sai Kishore.
- Probable SRH XI: Head, Abhishek, Kishan (wk), Klaasen, Nitish Reddy, Smaran, Salil Arora, Cummins (c), Shivang Kumar, Harsh Dubey, Malinga, Sakib Hussain.
- Pat Cummins is listed in SRH's probable XI, suggesting he is available for this match.
- Heinrich Klaasen is just six runs away from 500 runs this IPL season, enjoying his most productive IPL.
- Nitish Kumar Reddy has improved his bowling pace to close to 140kph after working with fast-bowling coach Steffan Jones. His death-overs batting strike rate of 217.02 is second-highest for an Indian batter (behind Tilak Varma) in overs 16-20.
- Kagiso Rabada has been bowling 150kph rockets with impeccable lengths in the powerplay.
- Rashid Khan is the leading wicket-taker between overs 7 and 16 with 13 strikes this season, but has a poor record against SRH: just 2 wickets in 6 innings at an economy of 9.30.
- GT are one victory away from equalling their best winning streak of five in a row (set in 2022).
- Abhishek Sharma has hit 27 sixes in 138 balls in the powerplay this season, second only to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (32 in 148).
- Ishan Kishan has been dismissed eight times by pace in ten innings but maintains a strike rate of ~188.88 vs quicks and 192.42 vs spin.
- Tuesday's match is on pitch no.5, previously used in late April when Tilak Varma scored an unbeaten 101 vs GT. Six of the last eight completed matches on this track have been won by the side batting first.
- Toss could be crucial: pitch favours batting first.
7:30 pm, 11.05Cricbuzz
GT, SRH keep their eyes on top of the table- GT vs SRH on May 12 at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Average first innings score at the venue this season is 181; pacers have conceded less than 9 an over.
- GT have a dominant 5-1 head-to-head lead over SRH, winning all three home games against them.
- GT are on a four-match winning streak; SRH won six of their last seven matches.
- GT: All players expected to be available. Probable XII: Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rahul Tewatia, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
- SRH: No injuries reported. Probable XII: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Reddy, Aniket Verma/Smaran Ravichandran, Salil Arora, Pat Cummins, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Sakib Hussain, Eshan Malinga.
- GT's middle order (No.4-8) has the second lowest average and fewest sixes (20) this season. SRH's middle order led by Klaasen has third-best strike rate and most sixes (54).
- Kagiso Rabada has dismissed Heinrich Klaasen three times in 30 balls in T20s.
- Pat Cummins has dismissed Jos Buttler four times in T20s.
- SRH's bowling improved significantly since the inclusion of Sakib Hussain.
- Washington Sundar could play an important Powerplay role against SRH's all-left-handed top order.
- Ishan Kishan is the second-highest scorer among non-openers this season but has historically struggled against Holder, Rashid Khan and Washington Sundar.
- Daniel Vettori (SRH head coach) highlighted Cummins' calmness as key to defending big totals.
- Kagiso Rabada noted the importance of managing mental and physical fatigue in the back end of the tournament.
5:12 pm, 11.05Cricbuzz
How an 'obsessed' Shivang Kumar found his niche- Shivang Kumar (SRH) is the only left-arm wrist spinner in the IPL who can also bat well; he has played 9 of SRH's 11 matches this season.
- Shivang Kumar has taken 8 wickets this season as a genuine middle-overs bowling option for SRH; six of his IPL wickets have been right-handers dismissed by googlies.
- SRH have not yet needed Shivang's batting services; he bats low in the order.
8:16 pm, 10.05ESPNcricinfo
Good length, great returns - IPL 2026 is rewarding Test-match bowling- Anshul Kamboj, Kagiso Rabada, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are the three leading wicket-takers in IPL 2026, with Jofra Archer and Mohammed Siraj not far behind.
- IPL 2026 has rewarded Test-match length bowling: good-length balls in the powerplay have an average of 31.93 and economy of 7.91 (vs 43.69 and 8.29 last year).
- Rabada has taken 13 of his 18 wickets in the powerplay phase and has never bowled more in the powerplay than this year.
- GT have been frontloading their bowling attack with Siraj and Rabada bowling through the powerplay regardless of surface conditions. Jason Holder has 10 wickets in 5 matches with the old ball.
- Harshal Patel has hardly played this year. Matheesha Pathirana has not featured. Prasidh Krishna has only played half the season. Harshit Rana is injured.
- Khaleel Ahmed was effective off length balls (strike rate of only 64) until he got injured.
- Spinners are getting less grip from the pitches this IPL season, reducing the effectiveness of variation bowlers.