SRH captain Pat Cummins and GT captain Shubman Gill (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins has won the toss and opted to field against Gujarat Titans in their IPL 2026 clash at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. When the two captains – SRH’s Cummins and GT’s Shubman Gill – left for the toss, Gill was seen wearing a different color jersey and Gujarat Titans turned up in a special lavender kit for the match.
Why did Gujarat Titans change their jersey color against Sunrisers Hyderabad?
GT players donned special lavender jerseys to support the fight against cancer.
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Delhi Capitals’ Madhav Tiwari reflects on his brilliant all-round performanceWhile Sunrisers Hyderabad are third in the points table, Gujarat Titans are one place above them at the second position. Both teams kept their playing elevens after 14 points from 11 matches.“Let’s bowl first. We haven’t played here yet, so look at that with the ball first, and then whatever we need to chase down will hopefully be a little bit easier later on. (The impact of the data showing that teams batting first have won more games on this ground) A little bit. I mean, there’s always different variables as well. I think where they shot first was pretty cheap when they shot one or two bowls. innings, you look at it all, it’s still a bit of guts, but this is a crucial game and it’s an intense period of the tournament,” Cummins said.“(This game feels like a knockout before a knockout) I mean, no, not really. I think we’ve kind of earned the right to give ourselves a few chances and make the final. So we’ve got three games left. We haven’t played for a while. (He has a better record than SRH in the GT) Yeah, Abhi (Abhishek Sharma) I said you’re not going to lose anything now everybody, I said nothing in the dressing room. changes,” he said.During the draw, Gill said the GTs were also looking to jump first.“(For GT’s better record over SRH) I mean, we’ll see. You know, I’m not one for stats and all that stuff, but we also wanted to humble ourselves first. But it looks like a better wicket than we’ve had in the last couple of games on that particular wicket,” Gill said during the toss.“(To the team’s mindset) It’s all about being consistent, being consistent with your thought process, being consistent with your execution as much as possible. And this is the last bit of the end of the tournament and it’s very important to be able to bring your A-game and give it your best. We’re going with the same team,” he added.Teams:Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (c), B Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Nishant Sindhu, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj.Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, R Smaran, Salil Arora, Pat Cummins (capt), Shivang Kumar, Harsh Dubey, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain. Here are the Impact substitutes for both teams:Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact Subs: Travis Head, Liam Livingstone, Aniket Verma, Harshal Patel, Harsh DubeyGujarat Titans Impact Subs: Prasidh Krishna, Sai Kishore, Anuj Rawat, Kumar Kushagra, Glenn Phillips
