GT vs SRH, IPL 2022: Kane Williamson Hits Fifty As Hyderabad Beat Gujarat By 8 Wickets

Hardik Pandya then took things under control by smashing Hyderabad bowlers all over the park to build a much-needed 40-run partnership with David Miller to take their team's total beyond 100.

SRH skipper Kane Williamson | Pic: @IPL / Twitter

New Delhi: Kane Williamson's hard-fought fifty helped Sunrisers Hyderabad attain a eight-wicket win over Gujarat Titans at Mumbai's DY Patil Stadium on Monday. Williamson's fine 57 not only sealed a second successive win for Hyderabad but also broke Gujarat's three-match winning streak.

Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and opted to bowl first. Hardik Pandya and Abhinav Manohar starred with the bat for Gujarat Titans to help them post a respectable 162/7 in their allotted 20 overs.

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After Gujarat was left reeling after losing early wickets, Pandya arrived at the crease to stitch a solid stand with Matthew Wade to take their team's total beyond 50 runs.

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Umar Malik broke their partnership by taking out Wade for just 19 runs as Gujarat were once again pushed on backfoot with the scoreboard reading 64/3 after 7.6 overs.

Pandya then took things under control by smashing Hyderabad bowlers all over the park to build a much-needed 40-run partnership with David Miller to take their team's total beyond 100.

Captain Pandya scored his fifty off 42 balls. His hard-fought knock helped Gujarat post 162/7 in the first innings.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson (c), Rahul Tripathi, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Aiden Markram, Shashank Singh, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marco Jansen, Umran Malik, T Natarajan

Lucknow Super Giants playing XI: Matthew Wade (wk), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Abhinav Manohar, Rashid Khan, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Shami, Darshan Nalkande