Delhi Capitals prevented a late scare to tug off an exciting 4-run win in opposition to Gujarat Titans within the fortieth match of the IPL 2024 on Wednesday. David Miller and Sai Sudharsan recorded good fifties whereas chasing a mammoth goal of 225 however fell three runs brief in a valiant chase at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
Captain Rishabh Pant smashed 88* off simply 43 balls and Axar recorded 66 off 43 balls to assist Delhi submit their third-highest IPL whole. Miller and Sudharsan stored Gujarat alive within the massive chase after which Rashid Kan nearly pulled off a record-breaking chase however Delhi managed to defend 19 runs within the final over.
With their fourth win of the season, Delhi jumped to sixth place within the factors desk to enormously increase their playoff qualification hopes and Shubman Gill-led Gujarat slipped to seventh place after struggling their fifth defeat of the season.
Coming into this recreation with a heavy loss, Delhi dropped the veteran opener David Warner whereas Gujarat remained unchanged. Sandeep Warrier gave Gujarat a sensational begin by eradicating Delhi openers Jake Fraser-McGurk and Prithvi Shaw within the fourth over.
Warrier then dismisses returning Shai Hope to stumble Delhi to 44/3 in powerplay overs. However the hosts managed to make a sensational comeback with Axar and Rishabh scorching 113 runs for the fourth wicket. Each left-handed batters dominated the center over with smart cricket first after which went massive to maintain Delhi on observe for an enormous whole.
Axar scored 66 off 43 but it surely was Rishabh’s unbeaten 88 off 43 balls with the assistance of 5 fours and eight sixes that made the distinction. The wicketkeeper batter smashed 30 runs off Mohit Sharma within the final over to spice up Delhi to 224/4 in 20 overs. Warrier took three wickets for 15 whereas Mohit produced the costliest figures of 0/73 in IPL historical past.
Chasing a tricky goal, Gujarat misplaced their primary batter and skipper Shubam Gill to Anrich Nortje within the second over. However in-form Sai Sudharsan and the veteran wicketkeeper batter Wriddhiman Saha stored Gujarat alive with an 83-run partnership for the second wicket.
Kuldeep Yadav gave Delhi a breakthrough with Saha’s wicket within the tenth over after which Gujarat struggled to seek out momentum. Younger pacer Rasik Salam, taking part in his sixth IPL recreation, took three wickets to place Delhi in a dominant place however David Miller’s 21-ball fifty helped Gujarat make a late comeback.
Chasing 19 runs within the final over off Mukesh Kumar, the Afghan star Rashid Khan smashed three boundaries however didn’t make it when Gujarat wanted 5 runs off the final ball to win the sport. Rishabh bagged the Participant of the Match award for his explosive innings forward of Axar and Rasik.
Delhi Capitals Enjoying XI: Prithvi Shaw (substituted by Rasikh Salam), Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar.
Gujarat Titans Enjoying XI: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill (c), David Miller, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Warrier (substituted by Sai Sudharsan).
