Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) suffered a crushing 82-run defeat against Gujarat Titans (GT) in Match 56 of the IPL 2026 season at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Tuesday (May 12).

Chasing a target of 169, SRH were bowled out for just 86 in 14.5 overs, marking their lowest-ever all-out total in IPL history.

Speaking after the game, SRH skipper Pat Cummins acknowledged that their bowlers failed to hit and hold the back-of-a-length delivery strategy as effectively or as long as GT's bowlers did in the second innings.

“I feel they bowled really well in that second innings. I was pretty happy with when we walked off at the start, but yeah, pretty tricky wicket. I think they made the most of it, their bowlers, they bowled really well. So, yeah, maybe try and look at ways to get through that spell, but, you know, they deserve a bit of credit,” Cummins said at the post-match presentation.

“Yeah, I mean, you always look at it. It looked like a pretty tough wicket once you kind of hit that back of the length and they didn't really give us much to score. So, perhaps in our bowling innings, you kind of, you learn from that, you think maybe we could have held our lengths just a little bit longer. But overall, you know, I thought that, that's as good as T20 bowling as you're going to see from them,” he added.

Despite the heavy loss, Cummins remained confident in his team's batting order, highlighting that his top four players have all scored over 400 runs.

“Our batting order's been fantastic. So I don't think we need to read it too far into today. I think all four of our top four have over 400 runs. So, the guys are going really well. This happens in T20 cricket,” he stated.

Having won six of their last eight matches, Pat Cummins said they have breathing room and expressed confidence about SRH’s playoffs qualification.

“(On qualification scenarios) I think getting ahead of the count pretty early (is important). I think we won five or six out of the last seven. Gives you a bit of breathing room these last few games. So, yeah, we've still got two games yet to qualify. So again, going back to what got us those wins in the first place and yeah, putting this one behind us pretty quickly,” the captain concluded.

Currently holding third spot in the team standings with 14 points from 12 outing, the Sunrisers will face CSK and RCB in their remaining two league matches.