IPL 2023 GT vs DC Match: Delhi Capitals (DC) have kept their playoff hopes alive by registering their third win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. Delhi played their 9th match on Tuesday (May 2) against the defending champions Gujarat Titans (GT), which was quite exciting.
It was a low-scoring match, in which the Delhi team won in a stormy fashion. Gujarat had a target of only 131 runs, but this team, captained by Hardik Pandya, lost the match by 5 runs. The hero of this match was fast bowler Ishant Sharma, who overturned the entire game in the last over.
In fact, when the Gujarat team got a target of 131 runs in this match, almost everyone thought that Delhi would lose the match. But no one knew that Delhi’s intentions are different this time. Delhi bowlers gave a tough fight to Gujarat in this match.
Gujarat could not score 12 runs in the last over
The Gujarat team had scored 119 runs for 4 wickets in 19 overs. Then the team needed only 12 runs from 6 balls to win. Even the fans were hopeful that the Gujarat team would easily win this match, because captain Hardik Pandya was standing at the crease after scoring 56 and Rahul Tewatia 20 runs. Then Delhi captain David Warner handed over the last over to experienced bowler Ishant Sharma.
The bowlers made the most out of the conditions tonight and it was @ImIshant‘s match-winning spell for @DelhiCapitals which makes him our 🔝 performer from the second innings of the #GTvDC clash in #TATAIPL
A look at his bowling summary 🔽 pic.twitter.com/zEDnuY6E5A
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 2, 2023
But Ishaan dashed everyone’s hopes. He made Tewatia a victim in this over and giving a total of 6 runs, his team won the match by 5 runs. In this way, see how Ishant snatched the match from Gujarat on every single ball.
Ishant’s last over
first ball: Hardik scored 2 runs
Second ball: Hardik scored 1 run
Third ball: Tewatia could not score
4th ball: Tewatia caught out
Fifth Ball: Rashid Khan scored 2 runs
Sixth Ball: Rashid scored 1 run
Smallest target defended by Delhi team (not including rain-interrupted matches)
131 vs Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad, 2023
– 145 vs Sunrisers Hyderabad at Hyderabad, 2023
– 151 vs Rajasthan Royals in Bloemfontein, 2009
– 153 vs Rajasthan Royals in Delhi, 2012
Gujarat team has lost while chasing only 2 times so far
– Got a chance to chase in 14 matches
– Won 12 matches
– Lost in 2 matches
The @gujarat_titans didn’t end up on the winning side but it was @MdShami11 who received the Player of the Match award for his splendid four-wicket haul 👏🏻👏🏻
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/VQGP7wSZAj #TATAIPL , #GTvDC pic.twitter.com/JqPz7YIM0p
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 2, 2023
This is how Delhi defeated Gujarat in the match
This match was played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Delhi captain David Warner won the toss and decided to bat first. Then Delhi team scored 130 runs after losing 8 wickets. For the team, Aman Hakim Khan played a blistering half-century of 51 runs in 44 balls in difficult times. He scored 3 sixes and 3 fours. Apart from this, Ripple Patel scored 23 runs. For Gujarat, Mohammed Shami took 4 wickets and Mohit Sharma took 2 wickets.
In response to the target of 131 runs, the Gujarat team could only score 125 runs for 6 wickets. For the team, Captain Hardik Pandya scored an unbeaten 59 off 53 balls, but he could not win his team. Rahul Tewatia finally scored 20 runs in 7 balls. While Abhinav Manohar scored 26 runs. Khaleel Ahmed and Ishant Sharma took 2-2 wickets in Delhi’s bowling.
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