NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans became the first team to enter the playoffs of the IPL 2023. They entered the playoffs after a magnificent 34-run victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Monday. The win took the Titans to 18 points in 13 games. They are now assured of a top-two finish while SRH were stranded at 8 points from 12 games and joined Delhi Capitals in bowing out of the tournament. Former India wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel is impressed with the batting technique of Shubman Gill, who played a match-winning century knock.
Gill scored 101 off 58 balls and his 147-run partnership with Sai Sudharsan (47 runs) for the second wicket helped Titans put up a stiff 188/9.
In reply, SRH were reduced to 59/7 in 9 overs before they pulled things back slightly and finished at 154/9 in their allotted 20 overs.
Paceman Mohammed Shami ran through the SRH top order, taking 4/21 while medium pacer Mohit Sharma finished with 4/28 in a brilliant bowling display.
1/10:IPL 2023 now part of Shubman Gill's prolific year
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2/10:In Fine Touch
<p>The star opener went on to score his first century in the IPL in just 56 balls on May 15 (Photo: BCCI/IPL)</p>AFP
3/10:Straight Bat
<p>Gill, who plays for Gujarat Titans in the IPL, scored 101 off 58 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad (Photo: BCCI/IPL)</p>AP
4/10:Big Stand
<p>Gill also added 147 runs with Sai Sudharsan (47) to help Gujarat post a challenging 188/9, which proved to be a winning total (Photo: BCCI/IPL)</p>AP
5/10:On Song
<p>It was the sixth century of 2023 for the India and GT opener (Photo: BCCI/IPL)<br /></p>AFP
6/10:Celebrations
<p>Gill has scored 3 hundreds in ODIs, one in Tests, one in T20Is and one in the IPL this year <br /></p>Agencies
7/10:Centurion
<p>Gill has now become the sixth player to score a century in IPL 2023 (Photo: BCCI/IPL)<br /></p>AFP
8/10:G0-getter
<p>Gill also became the first player to score 1,000 runs for GT while also going past the 500-run mark in an IPL season for the first time (Photo: BCCI/IPL)<br /></p>Agencies
9/10:Embrace
<p>It was Gill’s second century in T20 cricket this year, both coming at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad (Photo: GT Twitter)<br /></p>Agencies
10/10:Memories
<p>His first Test century at home, in the 4th Test against Australia earlier this year, had also come in Ahmedabad<br /><br /></p>Getty Images"What I enjoyed most was seeing him use his technique. All the shots that we saw, had him let the ball come to him. He didn't try and whack it and it allowed him to successfully find the gaps. When you play on a bouncy pitch, you have to let the ball come to you. That's how you control the ball and hit where it needs to go. When he was set, he was able to get a century. He has hit centuries in T20, ODI, and Test cricket at this ground," said JioCinema IPL expert Parthiv Patel about Gill.
