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Ahmedabad. Now that the Indian Premier League (IPL) has reached its decisive point, the match between second-placed Sunrisers Hyderabad and third-placed team Gujarat Titans here on Tuesday is likely to be very exciting, which will be important for both the teams keeping in mind the race for the playoffs.

The Shubman Gill-led Gujarat team has recovered from a poor start to the season and achieved several important wins. These include a 77-run win over Rajasthan Royals in the last match, which has taken them to third place in the points table.

With this victory, Gujarat’s situation looks a little better. Currently, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Sunrisers and Titans all have the same 14 points. In such a situation, net run rate can become the deciding factor in the race for the playoffs. Sunrisers have found their rhythm at the right time.

In the last match against Punjab Kings, he presented a brilliant example of his batting prowess in the 33-run win. He scored 235 runs for four wickets in this match but the race for the playoffs is very tough and hence he cannot remain in any kind of dilemma. As far as Titans are concerned, their team is very balanced.

Their batting revolves around captain Gill and Sai Sudarshan. Both of them have provided strength in the top order and have performed well in the powerplay. Jos Buttler and Washington Sundar are playing a good role in the middle overs. Due to this his team has been successful in scoring big scores or achieving big targets.

The Titans’ bowling is equally strong, with the pace and wicket-taking ability of Mohammed Siraj and Kagiso Rabada combined with Rashid Khan’s control and match-changing bowling in the middle overs.

Sunrisers have once again impressed with their explosive batting which is the biggest concern for any opposing team. Its top four batsmen Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan and Heinrich Klaasen have consistently demonstrated aggressive batting. Due to the good performance of the batsmen, he has scored more than 200 runs continuously in this season. It will not be easy for the Titans bowlers to control the Sunrisers batsmen.

Sunrisers’ bowling attack also focuses on the aggressive approach of captain Pat Cummins, who missed the beginning of the season due to injury. His return has strengthened the bowling attack of Sunrisers. Sri Lankan fast bowler Ishan Malinga is performing brilliantly.

In almost every match he has made an impact by taking important wickets or stopping the run flow with disciplined bowling. He has taken 16 wickets so far. The matter of concern for Sunrisers is the middle order not being able to perform as expected after the top order not performing. Apart from this, his fielding has also not been very good.

The teams are as follows:

Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (captain), Anuj Rawat, Arshad Khan, Ashok Sharma, Jos Buttler, Connor Esterhuizen, Gurnoor Brar, Jason Holder, Kulwant Khejroliya, Kumar Kushagra, Mohammed Siraj, Glenn Phillips, Prasidh Krishna, Kagiso Rabada, Rashid Khan, Sai Kishore, Sai Sudarshan, Shahrukh Khan, Ishant Sharma, Nishant Sindhu, Manav Suthar, Rahul Tewatia, Washington Sundar, Luke Wood, Jayant Yadav.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins (captain), Abhishek Sharma, RS Ambrish, Amit Kumar, Salil Arora, Gerald Coetzee, Harsh Dubey, Cranes Fultra, Travis Head, Prafulla Hinge, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Liam Livingstone, Dilshan Madushanka, Ishan Malinga, Kamindu Mendis, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshal Patel, Saqib Hussain, Shivang Kumar, Ravichandran Smaran, Omkar Tarmale, Jaidev. Unadkat, Aniket Verma, Zeeshan Ansari. Match start time: 7:30 pm.

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