It was flawless cricket by Shubman Gill and to some extent, anchorman Sai Sudharsan. But Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s fifer denied Gujarat Titans the flurry of runs in the death overs and Sunrisers Hyderabad were set a target of 189 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium here on Monday.

Centurion Gill (101, balls,13x4 1x6) played a classic knock with cricketing shots all around the wicket. Not once did he attempt an aerial shot while going past the 50-mark with a strike rate of 227. There was no attempt to play gallery-pleasing unorthodox T20 strokes as long as he was hitting the ropes with elegant drives, along the ground, through the cover region and straight past the bowler.