IPL 2024: Gill-led Gujarat to clash with inform Hyderabad at fortress Motera

Gujarat Titans will have to come with full force if the side intends to stop inform Sunrisers Hyderabad SRH who are fresh from its record will clash with GT in the IPL 2024 at the Narendra Modi StadiumHyderabad in their previous match against Mumbai Indians broke the record of highest totals in the Indian Premier Leagues history The side smashed 277 runs against MI to secure the first win of the IPL 2024Newly appointed captain Shubman Gill started his IPL 2024 campaign with a win against Mumbai Indians but fell short of taking the team to victory against Chennai Super Kings in his second gameThe profligate Umesh Yadav is no match for injured Mohammed Shami and that is proving to be a big factor for the Titans The resounding 63run defeat affected their net run rate as it plummeted to 1425 the worst among the leagues 10 teams which could cause some problems towards the business end of the tournament It cant be denied that losing Hardik Pandya who lends the necessary balance with his allround skills has also been a big factorAlso Read IPL 2024 KKRs aggressive hitting reveals lack of variety in RCB bowlingWinners and runnersup in the last two seasons GTs success under Pandya has centred around one of their batters ability to come up trumps and play a matchwinning role Whether its Wriddhiman Saha David Miller Pandya or Rahul Tewatia one of them has typically ignited the batting lineup However in the absence of the inspirational India allrounder their batting display appears drab and lacking its usual sparkGillled Gujarat had a oneday batting approach against CSK during the runchase of 207 Except Sai Sudharsan no other batsman was able to reach 30 runsSudharsan and Vijay Shankars batting did not seem to have depth while Gills T20 batting will again come for scrutiny after his knocks of 31 and 8 GT finisher David Miller also struggled to score run runs in the two gamesThey would hope that Miller can get his mojo back as they would have to bat out of their skin to match SRHs batting mightThe tournaments dark horses Sunrisers Hyderabad have lit up IPL 2024 as they scored a recordbreaking 277 in their previous match against Mumbai Indians Their 2773 against Mumbai in Hyderabad on Wednesday took them past the previous record IPL total of 2635 set by Royal Challengers Bangalore against Pune Warriors in 2013Australia World Cup winner Travis Head 62 in 24b made a stunning debut for SRH smashing the fastest fifty for the franchise taking 18 balls for the milestone to give them an explosive start The feat was then bettered by uncapped Indian Abhishek Sharma who got to his fifty in just 16 ballsAlso Read IPL 2024 Punjab Kings look to get back to winning ways against LSGWith the South African duo of Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen too having been in imperious form lower down the order the likes of Umesh Yadav and Rashid Khan will be testedBeing an afternoon match the dry surface may also prove handy for the spinners as Rashid and Sai Kishore will be crucial for either sideSo far Australias World Cupwinning captain Pat Cummins has shown the ability to use his resources well in IPL 2024 Despite a thin spin presence Cummins did well to use leftarm orthodox Shahbaz Ahmed to good effect in dismissing the aggressive Ishan Kishan inside the powerplayIn the pace bowling front Cummins has formed a fine partnership with Indian veteran Bhuvneshwar Kumar who bowled a superb 13th over giving away just five runs in a game that was primarily dominated by batters Cummins then conceded just three runs in the 15th over and also dismissed Tilak Varma against the run of play to turn the course of the gameOn paper though both teams have two points from as many matches after their batting carnage in Hyderabad SRH appear strong favourites while the onus would be on GT batters to raise their gameIPL 2024 SquadsGujarat Titans Shubman Gill c David Miller Matthew Wade Wriddhiman Saha Robin Minz Kane Williamson Abhinav Mandhar B Sai Sudarshan Darshan Nalkande Vijay Shankar Azmatullah Omarzai Shahrukh Khan Jayant Yadav Rahul Tewatia Kartik Tyagi Shshant Mishra Spencer Johnson Noor Ahmad Sai Kishore Umesh Yadav Rashid Khan Joshua Little Mohit Sharma and Manav SutharSunrisers Hyderabad Pat Cummins c Abdul Samad Abhishek Sharma Aiden Markram Travis Head Wanindu Hasaranga Marco Jansen Rahul Tripathi Washington Sundar Glenn Phillips Sanvir Singh Heinrich Klaasen Bhuvneshwar Kumar Mayank Agarwal T Natarajan Anmolpreet Singh Mayank Markande Upendra Singh Yadav Umran Malik Nitish Kumar Reddy Fazalhaq Farooqi Shahbaz Ahmed Jaydev Unadkat Akash Singh and Jhathavedh Subramanyan