Delhi capitals gets a very comfortable victory against Gujarat titans, DC won by 6 wickets in a very low-scoring match against GT at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Toss: Delhi VS Gujarat
Rishab pant (Delhi capitals) won the toss and opted to bowl/field first against Shubman gill (Gujarat titans).
DC Amazing Bowling Spell
The capitals crushed titans for 89 runs in 17.3 overs. The capital’s bowlers finally did a comeback after not meeting the expectations of their fans in the last few matches.
Mukesh Kumar was the most successful bowler for DC with figures of (3/14), while there were two wickets apiece for Ishant Sharma (2/8) and Tristan stubbs (2/11).
GT lost their skipper Shubman Gill (8 off 6) in the second over as he got catch to cover off Ishant Sharma.
Wriddhiman Saha (2 off 10) by a amazing delivery from Mukesh Kumar back onto his stumps. Sai Sudharsan (12) attempting a high-risk single, as he was run out by a brilliant direct hit from Sumit Kumar.
GT Batting lineup fails Terribly
In the same over, David Miller (2 off 6) edged a delivery from Ishant onto his thigh pad, and the ball deflected behind the wickets, where Rishab Pant took a smart catch. DC took a good review to get the decision in their favor.
GT lost half their side for 47 when Abhinav Manohar (8 off 14) was stumped off Tristan Stubbs. In the same over, Pant got extremely lucky toay, as GT’s Impact Player Shahrukh Khan (0 off 1) was stumped.
Axar Patel trapped Rahul Tewatia (10 off 15) leg before as the Gujarat Titans batter missed his slog sweep.
Rashid Khan contributed (31 off 24) 1 six and 2 fours to take his team closer to three figures. He fell to Mukesh, nicking an upper cut. In the same over, Noor Ahmad (1 off 7) was cleaned up by the DC pacer Mukesh kumar as GT registered their lowest IPL total.
DC makes a Comeback after loses 4 wickets
Chasing 90 runs, DC completed the formality in just 8.5 overs to register their third win and give their run rate an amazing boost.
Jake Fraser-McGurk striking two fours and two sixes. His cameo of (20 off 10) ended by Spencer Johnson’s delivery straight to midwicket.
Prithvi Shaw (7 off 6) was the next to go. He lobbed a simple catch to short third man off a brilliant short delivery from Sandeep Warrier. However, then Shai Hope (19 off 10) and Abishek Porel (15 off 7) was the next to knocked by a wicket taking delivery by Rashid Khan and Sandeep Warrier respectively.
Pant (16*) and Sumit (9*) then took DC to a historical win. Sumit hit the winning runs by inside-edging one from Noor to fine leg for four.
POTM Delhi VS Gujarat
In the race of POTM, Mukesh Kumar takes three wickets, Meanwhile Ishant Sharma and Stubbs takes two wickets each.
Pant was an interesting choice for POTM, he took two important catches effected two stumpings and played a cameo with the willow. Pant was really a gamechanger tonight, His leadership in this IPL makes him look good for Indian Cricket Team.
With the T20 World Cup around the corner, Pant’s presence of mind behind the stumps is a very good sign for Indian cricket. He might be a very good choice for T20 WC 2024.
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