{"id":9289,"date":"2026-05-12T14:29:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1win.za.com\/ipl\/cummins-opts-to-bowl-as-srh-chase-no-1-vs-gt-with-praful-hinge-debut"},"modified":"2026-05-12T14:29:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:29:30","slug":"cummins-opts-to-bowl-as-srh-chase-no-1-vs-gt-with-praful-hinge-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1win.za.com\/ipl\/cummins-opts-to-bowl-as-srh-chase-no-1-vs-gt-with-praful-hinge-debut","title":{"rendered":"Cummins opts to bowl as SRH chase No. 1 vs GT with Praful Hinge debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bowl first as Sunrisers Hyderabad took on Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad. SRH, riding high with six wins in their last seven matches, made a single alteration\u2014bringing in fast bowler Praful Hinge\u2014while Gujarat Titans, buoyed by four straight wins, kept their XI unchanged.<\/p>\n<h2>Toss, team news and the vibe around the wicket<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking during the build-up, Gujarat Titans batter Shubman Gill suggested the pitch \u201clooks like a better wicket than we have had in the past couple of matches.\u201d Recent history at this venue supports a sense of caution: in the two earlier games played there with the team batting first, totals of only 155 and 163 for 9 were recorded.<\/p>\n<p>Both franchises were also thinking about the league equation. With 11 matches completed, the two sides were level on 14 points each. A win today would take the victorious team straight to the top of the table, making the path to qualification feel far simpler.<\/p>\n<h2>Head-to-head in Ahmedabad and what it means for GT<\/h2>\n<p>Gujarat Titans hold an edge at home against SRH. Since 2023, GT have won all three meetings with Sunrisers Hyderabad in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n<h2>Playing XIs and benches<\/h2>\n<h3>Gujarat Titans batting-first XI<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Shubman Gill (capt)<\/li>\n<li>B Sai Sudharsan<\/li>\n<li>Jos Buttler (wk)<\/li>\n<li>Washington Sundar<\/li>\n<li>Jason Holder<\/li>\n<li>Nishant Sindhu<\/li>\n<li>Rahul Tewatia<\/li>\n<li>Rashid Khan<\/li>\n<li>Arshad Khan<\/li>\n<li>Kagiso Rabada<\/li>\n<li>Mohammed Siraj<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>GT bench:<\/b> Prasidh Krishna, Sai Kishore, Anuj Rawat, Kumar Kushagra, Glenn Phillips<\/p>\n<h3>Sunrisers Hyderabad bowling-first XI<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Abhishek Sharma<\/li>\n<li>Ishan Kishan (wk)<\/li>\n<li>Heinrich Klaasen<\/li>\n<li>Nitish Kumar Reddy<\/li>\n<li>R Smaran<\/li>\n<li>Salil Arora<\/li>\n<li>Pat Cummins (capt)<\/li>\n<li>Shivang Kumar<\/li>\n<li>Eshan Malinga<\/li>\n<li>Sakib Hussain<\/li>\n<li>Praful Hinge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>SRH bench:<\/b> Travis Head, Liam Livingstone, Aniket Verma, Harshal Patel, Harsh Dubey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bowl first as Sunrisers Hyderabad took on Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad. 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