Pat Cummins and Travis Head's Sunrisers Hyderabad's hopes of reaching the IPL playoffs are fading after another defeat
Pat Cummins' Sunrisers Hyderabad are on the brink of crashing out of this year's Indian Premier League after sinking to their seventh defeat by 38 runs at the hands of Gujarat Titans.
Skipper Subman Gill (76 from 38 balls) and Jos Buttler (64 from 37) crashed half-centuries to power the Titans to 6-224 from their 20 overs at Narendra Modi Stadium on Friday night, a total Hyderabad never looked like threatening.
Abhishek Sharma hit 74 (41 balls) with six sixes and Travis Head scored 20, but wickets fell regularly after the two openers departed, with Cummins' 19 not out from 10 balls adding only respectability to the final score as his side closed on 6-186.
It leaves the Sunrisers, last year's runners-up, languishing in second last with just three wins from their 10 games in IPL 2025, and with only four matches remaining their hopes of reaching the playoffs are fading, needing an unlikely string of results to catch Ricky Ponting's Punjab Kings who sit fourth on 13 points.
"Our Powerplay with the ball wasn't great, I was guilty there, we gave away 20 too many," Cummins said post-match.
