GT vs SRH Toss: Advantage SRH As Pat Cummins Makes Interesting Choice

GT vs SRH Toss - (Source: ScreenGrab/Hotstar)

For IPL 2026, match 56, Gujarat Titans are hosting Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Both teams are fresh off a win and the winner of the ongoing clash will dethrone RCB to go top of the table.

Talking about Sunrisers Hyderabad, they are 2nd on the table with 14 points. Meanwhile, Gujarat Titans are 3rd on the list with same points but a slightly less net run-rate than SRH.

GT vs SRH Toss Update

For the toss, two captains - Shubman Gill and Pat Cummins walked down the track. The luck favoured SRH as Pat Cummins won the coin flip and opted to field first.

Shedding light on the team changes, neither SRH nor Gujarat Titans made any changes to their playing XI.

GT vs SRH: Playing XIs

Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Smaran Ravichandran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins (c), Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge

Gujarat Titans Playing XI: B Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Nishant Sindhu, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj

GT vs SRH: Captains Thoughts

Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans Captain): [on GT's record on this ground] "I am not the one about stats. We were also looking to bowl first but this looks like a better wicket than what we have played in the season on this wicket.

[on the mindset] It's all about being consistent with your thought process and execution as much as possible. This is the business end of the tournament and it is important to bring your A-game and play your best.

Pat Cummins (Sunrisers Hyderabad Captain): "We are going to have a bowl first. (Reason) Not played here before. I want to have a look at the wicket first and then whatever we get, we will look to chase it down. Hopefully the wicket gets a lot easier later on.

(On the surface helping the team batting second) Ah, little bit yes. There are always different variables to it. There has been a couple of occasions where the team bowling second have bowled them out pretty cheaply as well. It's still bit of a gut feel. I can't read the pitch perfectly.