After Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to bowl first against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), the Gujarat Titans (GT) skipper announced that Washington Sundar is replacing Arshad Khan in the playing XI.
Arshad Khan is a specialist bowler who has been effective in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 so far. By including Sundar in the mix, GT have an extra batter, thereby strengthening their batting line-up. Furthermore, a left-handed batter always makes it challenging for the opponent to bowl to.
In two games for Gujarat Titans so far, Arshad snared just one wicket while giving away 38 runs. On the other hand, Sundar will be playing his debut match for the franchise.
The Chennai-born all-rounder has represented four teams since his IPL debut in 2017, with his longest stint of four years with his current opponent, SRH. Having played 60 games so far, Washington has taken 37 wickets at an average of 35.81 and an economy rate of 7.54. With the bat, he has collected 378 runs.
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Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Kamindu Mendis, Heinrich Klaasen (w), Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins (c), Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Shami.
Impact Subs: Abhinav Manohar, Sachin Baby, Simarjeet Singh, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder.
Gujarat Titans Playing XI: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler (w), Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Washington Sundar, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma.
Impact Subs: Sherfane Rutherford, Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Arshad Khan.
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