Delhi Capitals 224 for 4 (Pant 88*, Axar 66, Warrier 3-15) beat Gujarat Titans 220 for 8 (Sai Sudharsan 65, Miller 55, Salam 3-44) by 4 runs
In an exciting end on the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Rashid Khan practically took Gujarat Titans residence in pursuit of 225 towards Delhi Capitals. However Mukesh Kumar held his nerve to defend 19 off the final over as Delhi Capitals accomplished an exciting four-run victory.
Sudharsan, Miller make it a contest
Shubman Gill fell early to Anrich Nortje within the chase, for the fourth time in seven innings, however that didn’t sluggish Titans down. Wriddhiman Saha struck 30 in his first 12 balls by expertly clearing the infield whereas Sudharsan made full use of an early reprieve off Rasikh Salam’s bowling to race off the blocks. They didn’t let Nortje or Khaleel Ahmed settle and picked up 67 within the powerplay.
The spinners then slowed down Saha, and Kuldeep Yadav dismissed him for 35 in 29 balls. However Sudharsan dominated by means of the center overs, hitting each seamers and spinners by means of the offside with cuts each in entrance and behind sq.. He additionally got here down the bottom to race to 69 in 35 balls earlier than falling to Salam in an try and clear lengthy off.
With Azmatullah Omarzai, Shahrukh Khan and Rahul Tewatia all falling for single-digit scores round Sudharsan’s dismissal, Titans appeared to lose steam needing 73 in 24 balls. Nonetheless, Miller mauled Nortje for 3 sixes and a 4 in a 24-run seventeenth over to provide Titans hope and full his personal half-century off 21 balls.
Mukesh then dismissed Miller within the 18th over and on the time it appeared Capitals had performed sufficient. However Salam leaked 18 runs within the nineteenth over to make it a shootout between Rashid and Mukesh.
Mukesh conceded two fours off the primary two balls after which one other six off the penultimate supply however held his nerve within the closing supply to get a ball to land so full that Rashid couldn’t discover that elusive boundary or six.
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