“Was As Guilty…”: Pat Cummins Delivers Scathing Verdict After SRH’s Loss Against Gujarat Titans

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins said the crew ‘can cling on to some hope’ about their future regardless of having been just about eradicated from playoff competition after the 38-run defeat in opposition to Gujarat Giants in Match 51 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on Friday. Half-centuries by Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler noticed Gujarat publish an enormous complete of 224/6 within the first innings on the Narendra Modi Stadium. Despite Abhishek Sharma’s 74-run combating knock, there was not sufficient combat by the batters to chase it down, they usually fizzled to 186/6.

Sunrisers have gained solely three of their 10 video games to this point this season, and their destiny now is dependent upon different fixtures going their means. However, Cummins believes that hope remains to be there for the franchise, given the mega auctions that happened in 2024, guaranteeing the core of the crew will stay the identical for years to observe.

“Our power-play with the bat wasn’t too great. I was as guilty as anyone else. Probably let them get 20-30 extra runs. Maybe hang on to one or two catches. Again, I am guilty there. Chasing 200 looked a bit more realistic. They are class batters. They don’t do anything outlandish. If you bowl bad balls, they just put them away.

“We probably dished out too many bad balls. It is a really good wicket. Going for 140 in the last 14 overs was good on the bowling part. Sharma batted nicely. Nitish at the end. Left a little too much and too late for the batters. We can cling to some hope. Big auction last year. The core of the group will be there for three years,” mentioned Cummins in the course of the post-game presentation on Friday.

With the win, Gujarat moved previous Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) into second place within the factors desk courtesy of their superior run charge. RCB will tackle Chennai Super Kings on Saturday in what may very well be a pivotal consequence for Gujarat Titans.

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