After the heroics of Rishabh Pant and Axar Patel helped the host put up 224. B. Sai Sudharsan and David Miller kept DC on its toes but the visitor fell four runs short of scaling the total.
It was a day to celebrate for the left-hand players at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday where the Delhi Capitals beat the Gujarat Titans by four runs in a nail-biting wrap up to keep up its playoff capability trusts.
After the heroics of Rishabh Gasp (88, 43b, 5×4, 8×6) and Axar Patel (66,43b, 5×4, 4×6) made a difference the have put up 224, B. Sai Sudharsan (65, 39b, 7×4, 2×6) and David Mill operator (55, 23b, 6×4, 3×6) kept DC on its toes but the guest fell tortuously brief of scaling the add up to.
The Titans’ chase confronted an early misfortune when captain Shubman Gill hurled one to Axar at mid-on, but Wriddhiman Saha and Sai Sudharsan kept the weight on, scoring at a reasonable clip in the PowerPlay.
Sai Sudharsan utilized the ideal match-up against Axar to keep the runs streaming after the presentation of turn. Saha died for a 25-ball 39, attempting to hit Kuldeep Yadav over cover and Azmatullah Omarzai withdrawn before long after, falling to Axar.
Pacer Rasikh Salam at that point scratched GT’s trusts advance by expelling Sudharsan and the perilous Shahrukh Khan – the last mentioned falling to a brilliant capture by Gasp. In any case, Miller’s lightning war and cameos from Rashid Khan and R. Sai Kishore guaranteed the butterflies in the crowd’s intestine remained till the final ball.
Earlier in the day, DC opener Jake Fraser-McGurk proceeded his modus operandi of rankling begins, taking the assault to Sandeep Warrier.
The Tamil Nadu bowler stuck to his plans – the adroit situating of the square leg defender bringing out the Australian’s destruction. Warrier guaranteed GT would wrap up the PowerPlay on best, expelling Prithvi Shaw and Shai Trust.
With the Afghan turn twins coming into play, Gasp and Axar guaranteed they weren’t stuck down, counter-attacking the pair en course to the 113-run stand. Axar in the long run fell to Noor Ahmad, giving a straightforward capture to Sai Kishore whereas attempting to hang one over long-on.
At the other conclusion, Pant’s invasion against Mohit Sharma proceeded through to the last over, pounding 31 runs to hand him the undesirable record of bowling the most costly spell in the IPL while taking DC to a add up to that demonstrated fair sufficient. Know More Latest IPL Cricket News…
