SRH vs GT Playing 11: From Pat Cummins, Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan to Gill, Sai Sudharshan, who will make the cut today

Sunrisers Hyderabad will be eager to reassess their all-out attacking approach as they look to halt a three-match losing streak when they take on a confident Gujarat Titans in their fifth IPL 2025 match on Sunday.

After making headlines with a record-breaking 286-run total in their opening game, SRH's aggressive batting blueprint has backfired, resulting in underwhelming totals of 190, 163, and 120 in their next three outings. Now languishing at the bottom of the points table, questions are being raised about the team's direction under the leadership of World Cup-winning captain Pat Cummins.

The 2022 runners-up appear to be struggling to find the right balance between controlled aggression and reckless hitting, with key batters failing to deliver in recent games.


However, SRH will take solace in returning to familiar territory—the run-friendly Uppal Stadium in Hyderabad. Even in their last home game, which they lost to Lucknow Super Giants, they managed a competitive 190. But the total reflected more on missed opportunities with the bat than any brilliance from the opposition’s bowling attack.

SRH vs GT Playing 11 Team Prediction
Sunrisers Hyderabad Predicted XI: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins (c), Simarjeet Singh, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami

Impact Player – Zeeshan Ansari/Adam Zampa

Gujarat Titans Predicted XI: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma

Impact Player – Sherfane Rutherford/Washington Sundar

Teams:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Aniket Verma, Sachin Baby, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head, Harshal Patel, Kamindu Mendis, Wiaan Mulder, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Shami, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Simarjeet Singh, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat and Eshan Malinga.

Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (C), Jos Buttler, B. Sai Sudharshan, Shahrukh Khan, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Mahipal Lomror, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Washington Sundar, Gerald Coetzee, Mohmmad Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Sherfane Rutherford, R. Sai Kishore, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Glenn Phillips, Kareem Janat, Kulwant Khejroliya.