GT vs SRH Toss Update, IPL 2025 Match 51: Playing 11, Impact Subs, Captain's Quotes, Pitch Report

GT vs SRH Toss Update, Playing 11 IPL 2025 Match 51: Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins opted to bowl first after winning the toss against Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in New Delhi on May 2, 2025 (Friday).

After winning the toss, Pat Cummins said: "We will have a bowl. You never really what you will get. Sometimes it is better to bat at night. We won our first game at CSK's venue. Hopefully the trend continues here as well. If we win all our games, we still have a chance. We haven't quite clicked as a team. Last couple of games, we have done better. Same team (as last game)."

Meanwhile, GT captain Shubman Gill said: "We would have bowled first as well. Looks like a good wicket. Last game here we played against Mumbai, we batted first as well. The season has been pretty good for us. Nothing changes us for us. This is the time when good team peaks. We are not really looking at the NRR. We are looking to see each game as it is. We have one change. Gerald Coetzee comes in for Karim Janat."

GT vs RCB Playing 11 and Impact Substitute

Gujarat Titans Playing 11: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Washington Sundar, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Gerald Coetzee, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

Gujarat Titans Impact Subs: Ishant Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Anuj Rawat, Arshad Khan, Sherfane Rutherford

Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing 11: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Aniket Verma, Kamindu Mendis, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins(c), Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Mohammed Shami

Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact Subs: Abhinav Manohar, Sachin Baby, Travis Head, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder

GT vs RCB Pitch Report

The surface in Ahmedabad is being used for the second time this season, with Gujarat Titans winning the previous encounter here against Mumbai Indians. The pitch offers a lush covering of grass and is made of black soil, which aligns well with GT's preferred playing style. While they lost an earlier match on this ground to Punjab Kings, that defeat was largely due to being out-batted by sheer power.

The conditions tonight suggest that variation will be key-expect bowlers to use slower deliveries into the surface, introduce spin early, and employ tactical field settings. One side of the boundary is shorter, so captains may look to protect the longer side while attacking the stumps.