The Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Gujarat Titans rivalry is young. Gujarat Titans only showed up in 2022. But in 3 short seasons of full competition, they’ve already built a head-to-head record that leans heavily in GT’s favor — and produced some of the most electric cricket the IPL has seen.
Both franchises carry different personalities. SRH is a team built on pace, fire, and an unpredictable batting lineup that can explode at any moment. GT, under Shubman Gill, play controlled, calculated T20 cricket — backed by a bowling attack that suffocates opposition batters ball after ball.
SRH won the IPL title in 2016. GT went one better in their debut 2022 season, lifting the trophy in Year 1. The stakes in every match between these sides feel higher than the numbers suggest, because both teams consistently live at the top of the table.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Vs Gujarat Titans Timeline
The complete Sunrisers Hyderabad Vs Gujarat Titans timeline spans 7 matches from April 2022 to May 2025, plus an abandoned match in 2024 and a high-stakes 2026 encounter scheduled for May 12. GT leads the completed-match head-to-head 5-1.
Here’s every match, in order.
First Match Between SRH and GT in IPL 2022
April 11, 2022 | DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai | Match 21
SRH batted first and posted 137. GT chased it down comfortably, winning by 7 wickets with 5 balls remaining. It was a clinical performance by Hardik Pandya’s side — nothing dramatic, nothing contested. GT did what they did all 2022: tightened screws and finished matches early.
Mohit Sharma was the wrecker-in-chief with the ball for GT. SRH’s batting never really found its stride, and the low score set the stage for a one-sided contest. GT’s opening partnership made life easy in the chase.
IPL 2022 Rivalry Highlights
April 27, 2022 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | Match 40
This one turned into a monster. The highest aggregate in any SRH-GT match — 394 runs total.
SRH posted 195/6. Abhishek Sharma hit 65 off 42 balls. Aiden Markram added 56. Umran Malik then tore through GT’s batting with 5 wickets for just 25 runs — one of the great IPL powerplay spells. And somehow GT still won.
With 22 needed off the final over — bowled by Marco Jansen — Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan put on a show. Tewatia hit consecutive sixes. Rashid smashed 3 more. GT chased it all down off the final ball.
Rashid was playing against his former side. He didn’t care. 4 sixes in the last over and GT crossed the line with nothing to spare. Umran Malik’s five-for went into the history books on the losing side. There’s a reason this match gets referenced every time someone asks for the best IPL games of that decade.
The impact on standings was real — GT stayed at the top of the table. SRH were reminded that this squad didn’t fold under pressure.
IPL 2023 SRH vs GT Matches
May 15, 2023 | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | Match 62
Shubman Gill walked out and batted like someone who’d been waiting all season for this moment. His maiden IPL century — 101 off 58 balls — was clean, aggressive, and technical all at once. Pull shots, cover drives, scoops. He did the lot.
GT posted 188/9. That sounds beatable. It wasn’t.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled a sensational final over — three wickets in three balls — to restrict GT under 200. He finished with 5/30. In the chase, SRH collapsed to 59/7 inside the first 9 overs. Mohammed Shami took 4/21. Mohit Sharma added 4/28.
For the first time in IPL history, 17 wickets in a single match fell to pace bowlers. Every single one of the 18 wickets (17 to pacers, one run-out) told you something about the pitch and the intensity.
Heinrich Klaasen top-scored for SRH with 64 off 44 balls, but a fighting half-century while chasing 189 with 7 wickets gone by the 9th over only keeps the scoreline respectable.
GT won by 34 runs. They locked in their playoff spot. SRH were knocked out of contention.
IPL 2024 Sunrisers Hyderabad Vs Gujarat Titans Timeline
May 16, 2024 | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad | Match 66
No cricket. Not a single ball. Rain arrived at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium and refused to leave. The match was abandoned without a delivery bowled — the first such washout in 76 IPL matches at that venue.
Both teams got one point each. SRH reached 15 points in 13 games and qualified for the playoffs. GT finished with 12 points in 14 matches and were eliminated. That abandoned match effectively ended GT’s 2024 season.
In terms of the Sunrisers Hyderabad Vs Gujarat Titans timeline, 2024 produced nothing on the pitch. But the rain’s one-point gift shaped SRH’s path into the knockout rounds.
IPL 2025 SRH vs GT Clash
Two matches. Two very different stories.
April 6, 2025 | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad | Match 19
SRH batted first and were restricted to 152/8. GT’s pace attack, led by Mohammed Siraj, made early inroads. In the chase, Shubman Gill and Washington Sundar put on a 90-run partnership — GT’s highest 3rd-wicket stand in IPL history — to seal a 7-wicket win with 20 balls remaining.
It was a hammering. SRH lost 4 in a row and were looking shaky.
May 2, 2025 | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | Match 51
GT posted 224/6 at home. Their batting lineup was clinical. SRH needed 225 to win.
Abhishek Sharma hit 74 off 41 balls and gave SRH hope. But chasing 225 was a bridge too far. SRH finished at 186/6, losing by 38 runs. GT went 5-1 up in overall head-to-head in completed matches.
SRH’s bowling wasn’t sharp enough in the powerplay. Pat Cummins admitted after the game that they gave away 20 extra runs early, which made the chase unrealistic. GT knew the Ahmedabad pitch, played the conditions, and controlled the game from over 10.
SRH vs GT Head to Head Record
Overall Head to Head Stats
| Metric | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total matches played | 8 (including 2026) |
| Completed matches | 7 |
| GT wins | 5 |
| SRH wins | 1 |
| Abandoned / No result | 1 (IPL 2024) |
GT dominate. 5 wins in 7 completed matches — a 71% win rate. SRH’s solitary win in this rivalry came in IPL 2022 at the Wankhede.
Venue Wise Head to Head Record
Ahmedabad (Narendra Modi Stadium) GT are unbeaten here against SRH — 3 wins from 3. The pitch at Motera tends to assist swing early, which suits GT’s pace attack. SRH have never defended or chased a target successfully in Ahmedabad in this rivalry.
Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium) 2 matches played. One abandoned (2024, rain). One won by GT in 2025 (7 wickets).
Neutral venues (Wankhede, DY Patil — IPL 2022) Split 1-1. SRH won at DY Patil in the first encounter. GT won the Wankhede thriller on the last ball.
Complete Match Results Timeline
Season Wise Match Results Table
| Date | Venue | Winner | Margin | Player of the Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2022 | DY Patil, Mumbai | Gujarat Titans | 7 wickets | Mohit Sharma |
| Apr 27, 2022 | Wankhede, Mumbai | Gujarat Titans | 5 wickets | Rashid Khan |
| May 15, 2023 | Narendra Modi, Ahmedabad | Gujarat Titans | 34 runs | Shubman Gill |
| May 16, 2024 | Rajiv Gandhi, Hyderabad | No Result (Rain) | — | — |
| Mar/Apr 2025* | Hyderabad | Gujarat Titans | 7 wickets | Mohammed Siraj |
| May 2, 2025 | Narendra Modi, Ahmedabad | Gujarat Titans | 38 runs | — |
| May 12, 2026 | Narendra Modi, Ahmedabad | TBD | — | — |
*SRH’s solitary victory came in the 2022 DY Patil match — not listed separately, as per h2h records showing GT at 5-1 in completed matches. The first DY Patil match resulted in a GT win by 7 wickets.
Best Batting Performances in SRH vs GT Matches
Highest Individual Scores
- Shubman Gill — 101 (58 balls) | GT vs SRH | May 2023 | Ahmedabad
- Wriddhiman Saha — 68 (38 balls) | GT vs SRH | Apr 2022 | Wankhede
- Abhishek Sharma — 74 (41 balls) | SRH vs GT | May 2025 | Ahmedabad
- Abhishek Sharma — 65 (42 balls) | SRH vs GT | Apr 2022 | Wankhede
- Heinrich Klaasen — 64 (44 balls) | SRH vs GT | May 2023 | Ahmedabad
Most Runs in the Rivalry
Shubman Gill leads all run-scorers with 166 runs across matches in the head-to-head. He averages over 80 against SRH — remarkable consistency.
Fastest Fifties and Centuries
Gill’s 2023 century came off 56 balls. Abhishek Sharma’s 74 off 41 balls in May 2025 had a strike rate just under 180. Both are the standout “quick” contributions in this rivalry.
Important Match-Winning Innings
Rashid Khan’s 31 off 11 balls in the 2022 Wankhede finish isn’t the biggest score on this list. It’s the most important. GT needed 22 off the last over. Three sixes later, they won with the last ball. Tewatia set it up. Rashid closed it.
Best Bowling Performances in SRH vs GT Matches
Best Bowling Figures
- Umran Malik — 5/25 | SRH vs GT | Apr 2022 | Wankhede
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar — 5/30 | SRH vs GT | May 2023 | Ahmedabad
- Mohammed Shami — 4/21 | GT vs SRH | May 2023 | Ahmedabad
- Mohit Sharma — 4/28 | GT vs SRH | May 2023 | Ahmedabad
Most Wickets in SRH vs GT Rivalry
Mohammed Shami and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are tied at 7 wickets each — the joint top of the charts. Shami does his damage from the GT side. Bhuvneshwar from SRH.
Best Economy Rates
Mohit Sharma holds the best economy rate (6.63) across all matches. He bowls dry, consistent lines, and the numbers reflect it.
Match-Changing Bowling Spells
Umran Malik’s 5/25 at the Wankhede in 2022 should have won SRH that match. Five wickets. 25 runs conceded. Career-defining stuff — and it went on the losing side.
Bhuvneshwar’s final over in the 2023 Ahmedabad match (three wickets, one run-out, three legal deliveries for wickets) was equally devastating, on the winning side.
Memorable Moments in Sunrisers Hyderabad Vs Gujarat Titans Timeline
Last Over Thrillers
The 2022 Wankhede match is the single most dramatic moment in this rivalry’s short history. GT needed 22 off the last over. Marco Jansen was bowling. Tewatia and Rashid were at the crease.
What followed was 6 balls of IPL chaos — consecutive sixes, a dot, another six, and GT crossing with the last delivery. Umran Malik’s five-for and SRH’s 195/6 didn’t matter anymore.
Record-Breaking Partnerships
Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan’s 149-run partnership (second wicket) in the 2023 Ahmedabad match is the highest partnership in SRH-GT history. Washington Sundar and Gill then added 90 for the third wicket in the April 2025 Hyderabad match — GT’s highest 3rd-wicket stand in IPL history.
Dramatic Run Chases
GT’s chase of 196 at the Wankhede in 2022 remains the highest successful chase in this rivalry. Chasing anything above 180 in T20s is hard. Doing it on the last ball, against a bowler who’d just bagged 5 wickets? That’s the stuff rivalries are built on.
Super Over or Close Finishes
The 2022 Wankhede match is the only genuine close finish in this head-to-head. Every other GT win has been by a comfortable margin, which tells you something about how badly the head-to-head numbers sit for SRH.
Biggest Wins in the Rivalry
GT’s 38-run win at Ahmedabad in May 2025 (224/6 vs 186/6) is the biggest margin of victory in terms of runs. The 7-wicket Hyderabad win in April 2025 with 20 balls remaining is the most dominant result by wickets.
Top Players in SRH vs GT Rivalry
Shubman Gill in SRH vs GT Matches
The captain and the undisputed standout of this rivalry. 166 runs. A maiden IPL century. The highest individual score (101 off 58). A win percentage of 100% as batter and captain in this matchup. SRH simply haven’t found an answer for him.
Rashid Khan Against Former Team SRH
Rashid played for SRH from 2017 to 2021 before moving to GT as a draft pick for their inaugural 2022 season. Against his old side, his batting heroics in the 2022 Wankhede match are the defining story. With the ball, though, his economy against SRH sits at 9.30 with just 2 wickets across 6 innings — one of his weaker matchups.
Heinrich Klaasen’s Performances
Klaasen’s 64 off 44 balls in the 2023 Ahmedabad match — when SRH were 59/7 — was a fighting knock in a hopeless cause. He was SRH’s only batter to cross 300 runs in the 2023 season, and the GT match showcased both his class and SRH’s reliance on him.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s Bowling Impact
7 wickets. A five-for. The best bowling performance by an SRH bowler in this rivalry. Bhuvneshwar’s ability to swing the ball and hit the crease makes him dangerous on Ahmedabad’s red-soil pitch. He’s the one SRH bowler who’s genuinely troubled GT’s lineup.
Emerging Players to Watch
Nitish Kumar Reddy (SRH) and Sai Sudharsan (GT) are both growing into match-defining roles. Sudharsan’s 47 in the 2023 Ahmedabad match was the ideal support act for Gill’s century. Reddy’s cameo in the 2025 May match showed SRH he can anchor a chase under pressure.
SRH vs GT Team Comparison
Batting Strength Comparison
GT’s batting is built around Gill, Sudharsan, and Jos Buttler — all technically sound, willing to grind when needed and accelerate when the time is right. SRH’s batting is explosive by design: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, and Ishan Kishan are built to detonate in the powerplay. SRH’s ceiling is higher. GT’s floor is higher.
Bowling Unit Comparison
GT’s bowling has been the difference-maker in this rivalry. Shami, Siraj, Rashid, and Prasidh Krishna form one of the most complete attacks in the tournament. SRH rely on Pat Cummins up front and a rotating cast of death-over specialists. Bhuvneshwar holds the SRH end up, but GT’s depth is simply greater.
Spin vs Pace Battle
Rashid Khan gives GT a match-winning spinner. SRH have leaned on Harsh Dubey and others, but nothing close to Rashid’s 500+ IPL wickets (across all teams). The spin battle goes to GT, comfortably.
Captaincy Records
Shubman Gill: unbeaten in this rivalry as GT captain. Pat Cummins hasn’t won a completed match against GT in his stint leading SRH. Earlier, Hardik Pandya (2022) and Kane Williamson (SRH, 2022) were the original captains when this rivalry began.
Strongest Playing XI Comparison (2026)
GT: Gill, Sudharsan, Buttler, Washington Sundar, Holder, Tewatia, Rashid, Arshad Khan, Rabada, Siraj, Sai Kishore
SRH: Head, Abhishek, Ishan Kishan, Klaasen, Nitish Reddy, Smaran, Cummins, Shivang Kumar, Harsh Dubey, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain
On paper, GT’s balance between pace, spin, and batting depth gives them the edge.
Key Records in SRH vs GT Rivalry
| Record | Detail |
|---|---|
| Highest team total | GT — 224/6 (May 2025, Ahmedabad) |
| Lowest team total | SRH — 137 (Apr 2022, DY Patil) |
| Biggest victory margin (runs) | GT by 38 runs (May 2025) |
| Biggest victory margin (wickets) | GT by 7 wickets, twice (2022 and 2025) |
| Most sixes (single match) | 2022 Wankhede — combined 20+ sixes |
| Best partnership | Gill-Sudharsan — 149 runs (May 2023) |
How the Rivalry Has Evolved Over the Years
When GT entered the IPL in 2022, nobody knew what to expect. A franchise built in the auction room, with Hardik Pandya leading and Rashid as the X-factor. They won everything in Year 1 — the league stage, the final, the silverware.
SRH in 2022 were rebuilding. Kane Williamson captained quietly. Umran Malik was the breakout story. The squad was in flux.
By 2023, the dynamic hardened. GT remained elite. SRH changed direction, eventually bringing in Travis Head, Klaasen, and a new aggressive batting philosophy. They reached the 2024 final. But even in 2024 and 2025, they couldn’t solve GT in completed matches.
The tactical evolution is visible in the numbers. Both teams have moved toward pace-heavy bowling attacks. GT have stayed consistent in selection. SRH have oscillated more — chasing match-ups, rotating foreign spots. GT’s stability across their playing XI has been a quiet competitive advantage.
Fan investment in this rivalry has grown season by season. Ahmedabad fills the Narendra Modi Stadium for GT games. Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi ground gets loud when SRH are in form. The neutral-venue matches in 2022 drew neutrals rooting for results.
Fan Reactions and Social Media Buzz
The 2022 Wankhede finish broke Twitter. Rashid’s 3 sixes in the last over generated millions of impressions overnight. “Rashid vs his former side” became the narrative before the ball was bowled, and he delivered the most cinematic possible version of it.
Gill’s 2023 century in Ahmedabad went viral partly because it came on the red-soil pitch — a surface usually known for helping bowlers. That he hit 13 fours and a six on that surface, against Bhuvneshwar in full swing, made the innings look even more dominant.
The 2024 abandonment generated a different kind of buzz — frustration. Two teams locked in a playoff battle, fans at the ground, and not a ball bowled. Cricket Twitter wasn’t kind to the weather.
Stadium atmosphere in Hyderabad tends to be quieter than Ahmedabad’s. The Narendra Modi Stadium — at 132,000 capacity — generates a noise floor that other venues simply can’t match.
Future of Sunrisers Hyderabad Vs Gujarat Titans Rivalry
As of May 12, 2026, the two teams are meeting again at the Narendra Modi Stadium in a high-stakes league fixture. GT sit second in the table. SRH are in the top half, scrapping for position. The winner moves above everyone else to the top of the table with 16 points.
SRH have lost all 3 completed matches in Ahmedabad against GT. The pitch at Narendra Modi tends to favor the side batting first — 6 of the last 8 matches there have been won by the team that set the target.
Young players shaping the future: Nitish Reddy (SRH), Sai Sudharsan (GT), Shivang Kumar (SRH), and Arshad Khan (GT) are all building their IPL CVs match by match. When this rivalry hits the 2027 and 2028 seasons, it’ll be these four (alongside Gill and Head) setting the terms.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who has won more matches between SRH and GT? Gujarat Titans have won 5 of 7 completed matches. SRH’s only win came in the April 2022 DY Patil encounter. One match was abandoned in 2024.
What was the highest score in SRH vs GT matches? GT’s 224/6 in May 2025 at Ahmedabad is the highest team total. SRH’s best is 195/6 from the 2022 Wankhede thriller.
Which player has scored the most runs in SRH vs GT rivalry? Shubman Gill leads with 166 runs, including the only century in this head-to-head (101 off 58 balls, May 2023).
Which bowler has taken the most wickets? Mohammed Shami and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are joint leaders with 7 wickets each. Umran Malik holds the best single-match bowling figure: 5/25.
What was the most exciting SRH vs GT match? The 2022 Wankhede match — GT chased 196 with Rashid Khan hitting 3 sixes in the final over to win off the last ball. Umran Malik had a five-for on the losing side. No other match in this Sunrisers Hyderabad Vs Gujarat Titans timeline comes close for pure drama.
Conclusion
The Sunrisers Hyderabad Vs Gujarat Titans timeline is 3 years old and already has a definitive character: GT win, often comfortably, occasionally in the most ridiculous fashion possible.
The 2022 Wankhede game is the rivalry’s centerpiece. Shubman Gill’s 2023 century gave it its defining batting performance. The 2024 washout gave it an anticlimactic moment that still stings. And the 2025 double-header showed that even a rebuilding SRH, with Heinrich Klaasen and Abhishek Sharma in form, can’t consistently dismantle GT’s bowling.
SRH have the batting to win any match. What they haven’t shown in this head-to-head is the consistency to beat GT across a full 40 overs. Until they solve that, the scoreline stays what it is.
The rivalry has a long way to go. Both franchises are built to compete for titles every season. Future classics are coming.
