Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly, who once captained Ashish Nehra during their days with Team India, applauded the sharp cricketing brain of Nehra after Gujarat Titans won a convincing victory, by seven wickets, over Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday, April 6. Starting slowly, the Titans are really coming into their own in this IPL 2024 season, with an exciting duo now official: Shubman Gill and Nehra, both learning the ropes and starting to get some good results for the Titans. Like the way gujarat has gone about their job in IPL since the first season . There is lot of cricket brain in their team set up and their approach .. Ashish nehra has really shown his qualities as head coach.. tremendous game sense .. @IPL — Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) April 6, 2025 Ganguly mentioned that Nehra showed proper timing to coach after having such an impact on his team during the win over Hyderabad in their own territory. With good man-management skills, Nehra has earned respect as a coach, as players flourish under his coaching style. Gill thumped a fluent fifty to show his potential as a great leader. Mohammed Siraj's fiery spell of 4/17 couldn't stop Gujarat from sailing through to victory. Washington Sundar, batting at No. 4, thrilled with a blitzkrieg 49 off 29 balls to help Gujarat earn their third win out of four in this year. Hyderabad, meanwhile, fell to their fourth defeat in five matches. Gujarat chased down 153 runs with 20 balls to spare and Gill remained not out at 61 off 43 deliveries. Earlier, bowlers from Gujarat sustained economy as Hyderabad made 152 runs with 8 wickets at the end of innings. The left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore (2/24) and pacer Prasidh Krishna (2/25) bowled astutely on a surface that appeared to be a little sluggish. Mohammed Shami (2/28) and Pat Cummins (1/26) gave Hyderabad a little bit of fighting spirit by reducing Gujarat to 16 runs for 2 wickets by the fourth over. On April 9, Gujarat Titans will play host to Rajasthan Royals. GT skipper Gill after win: "Bowlers are game-changers especially in this format, lot of people talk about big-hitters but bowlers win you games. We wanted to play shots all along the ground, that was the chat between me and Washington Sundar. He (Sundar) was padded up in the match against MI but with the Impact player rule, you have to change your plans at times. The way he batted today was fantastic. There was no conversation as such, it was all about playing good cricketing shots and once we had a 30-40 run partnership, it was taking the game from there. The energy he (Mohammed Siraj) brings during bowling and fielding is infectious."