<p>India opener Shubman Gill hit his maiden IPL century to help holders Gujarat Titans secure their play-off berth with a thumping 34-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday.</p>.<p>Gill, who smashed 101 off 58 balls, put on a 147-run stand with Sai Sudarshan, who made 47, to guide table-toppers Gujarat to 188-9 in Ahmedabad.</p>.<p>Mohammed Shami and Mohit Sharma both took four wickets to limit Hyderabad to 154-9 as Gujarat became the first team to secure one of the four play-off spots.</p>.<p>Gujarat, who had a fairytale debut season when they won the title last year, are also assured of a top-two finish in the group phase.</p>.<p>"Very proud of the boys. Two in two. Last year was different, we knew there'd be a lot of challenges this year," skipper Hardik Pandya said.</p>.<p>"Boys have put their hands up in different situations. I think we've rightly earned the chance of making the play-offs."</p>.<p>Hyderabad, the 2016 champions, fell out of the play-off race, making it seven teams fighting for three remaining play-off places.</p>.<p>"Lots of pride still left in the upcoming games," said captain Aiden Markram.</p>.<p>"Maybe we'll give out a few opportunities and guys can finish well but sadly we haven't been good."</p>.<p>Gujarat lost Wriddhiman Saha, for a duck, on the third ball of the match but Gill hit Fazalhaq Farooqi for four straight boundaries to set the pace.</p>.<p>Gill, who jumped to second in the batting charts with 576 runs behind Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis (631), smashed 13 fours and a six and Sudarshan was also punishing in his 36-ball stay.</p>.<p>The 23-year-old Gill, who has scored a ton each in all three international formats, was named man of the match.</p>.<p>Hyderabad hit back with wickets and despite Gill's century in 56 balls, Gujarat managed just 34 runs in the last five overs and lost seven wickets.</p>.<p>The Sunrisers bowlers did well to check Gujarat's total, which looked like going over 200, as seam bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar returned figures of 5-30 but the efforts were vain.</p>.<p>Hyderabad were never in the chase after they fell to 12-3 with Shami taking two and further slipped to 59-7.</p>.<p>South Africa's Heinrich Klaasen then smashed 64 and put on 68 runs with Kumar, who made 27, but the stand only reduced their margin of defeat.</p>
<p>India opener Shubman Gill hit his maiden IPL century to help holders Gujarat Titans secure their play-off berth with a thumping 34-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday.</p>.<p>Gill, who smashed 101 off 58 balls, put on a 147-run stand with Sai Sudarshan, who made 47, to guide table-toppers Gujarat to 188-9 in Ahmedabad.</p>.<p>Mohammed Shami and Mohit Sharma both took four wickets to limit Hyderabad to 154-9 as Gujarat became the first team to secure one of the four play-off spots.</p>.<p>Gujarat, who had a fairytale debut season when they won the title last year, are also assured of a top-two finish in the group phase.</p>.<p>"Very proud of the boys. Two in two. Last year was different, we knew there'd be a lot of challenges this year," skipper Hardik Pandya said.</p>.<p>"Boys have put their hands up in different situations. I think we've rightly earned the chance of making the play-offs."</p>.<p>Hyderabad, the 2016 champions, fell out of the play-off race, making it seven teams fighting for three remaining play-off places.</p>.<p>"Lots of pride still left in the upcoming games," said captain Aiden Markram.</p>.<p>"Maybe we'll give out a few opportunities and guys can finish well but sadly we haven't been good."</p>.<p>Gujarat lost Wriddhiman Saha, for a duck, on the third ball of the match but Gill hit Fazalhaq Farooqi for four straight boundaries to set the pace.</p>.<p>Gill, who jumped to second in the batting charts with 576 runs behind Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis (631), smashed 13 fours and a six and Sudarshan was also punishing in his 36-ball stay.</p>.<p>The 23-year-old Gill, who has scored a ton each in all three international formats, was named man of the match.</p>.<p>Hyderabad hit back with wickets and despite Gill's century in 56 balls, Gujarat managed just 34 runs in the last five overs and lost seven wickets.</p>.<p>The Sunrisers bowlers did well to check Gujarat's total, which looked like going over 200, as seam bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar returned figures of 5-30 but the efforts were vain.</p>.<p>Hyderabad were never in the chase after they fell to 12-3 with Shami taking two and further slipped to 59-7.</p>.<p>South Africa's Heinrich Klaasen then smashed 64 and put on 68 runs with Kumar, who made 27, but the stand only reduced their margin of defeat.</p>