Gujarat Titans (GT) beat SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) in IPL 2026 match on Tuesday (May 12) by 82 runs to go top of the table. Chasing 169, SRH batters had an off day in the field and were bowled out for just 86 - their lowest score in the franchise history. With the win - their fifth on the trot - GT now have 16 points from eight wins and four losses - the highest by any team at this point. SRH, despite the loss, did not suffer a huge setback and continue to remain on third place with 14 points from seven wins and five losses in 12 matches played in the seasons so far.
SRH face rare batting failure
Chasing a modest target, SRH batting did not show up on the day and it started with opener Travis Head being dismissed for a duck in the first over itself. Abhishek Sharma followed his opening partner as SRH became 6/2. Ishan Kishan was next to go in the fourth over and Ravichandran Smaran was the fourth wicket to fall in the powerplay which SRH finished at 34/4.
Heinrich Klaasen (14) and Salil Arora (16) added 23 runs for the fifth wicket - the highest partnership of the innings - highlighting the struggles SRH batters went through. The 34/4 soon became 56/5 and then 56/6 before the next four wickets fell on 70, 72, 82, and 86.
GT ride on Sai, Sundar fifties
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Batting first, GT themselves did not have a great start as as they lost skipper Shubman Gill (5) and Jos Buttler (7) inside six overs of powerplay. Sai Sudharsan then added 38 runs with Nishant Sindhu (22) for the third wicket to provide some stability to the innings. After Sindhu's dismissal, Sai (61) and Washington Sundar (50) added 60 runs for the fourth wicket to take GT past 120. Sundar stayed till the penultimate over and guided GT to 168/5 in 20 overs.

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