GT vs DC, IPL 2023 Match 44: In the 16th season of IPL, Delhi Capitals (DC) thrillingly defended 131 runs against Gujarat Titans (GT) and defeated them by 10 runs. The Gujarat team needed 32 runs in the last 2 overs in this match. After this, with the help of 3 consecutive sixes of Rahul Tewatia, the team scored 21 runs in the 19th over and brought the team very close to victory. Ishant Sharma, who came for the last over of the innings from Delhi, had to save 12 runs and he gave only 6 runs in his 6 balls and got 1 wicket and played an important role in helping the team win by 5 runs.
Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman disappointed, Vijay Shankar bowled by Ishant
Chasing the target of 131 runs, the Gujarat Titans team got off to a very bad start in this match. Wriddhiman Saha returned to the pavilion in the first over of the innings without opening the account. After this, Shubman Gill, who has been in excellent form so far in the season, scored just 6 runs and got caught by Enrique Norkhia. The Gujarat team had lost both their opening batsmen on the score of 18.
Everyone expected a good innings from Vijay Shankar, but he was bowled out by veteran fast bowler Ishant Sharma for a personal score of 6 on one of his best balls. The Gujarat team got the third blow on the score of 26. After this, the team was able to reach the score of 31 at the end of the first 6 overs.
Kuldeep made David Miller his victim, Hardik and Abhinav handled the innings
Gujarat Titans got the fourth big blow on the score of 32 in the form of David Miller, who was sent to the pavilion by Kuldeep Yadav on the score of zero. After this, Gujarat captain Hardik Pandya along with Abhinav Manohar started the team to get out of this difficult situation. Together, both of them reached the score of 49 runs after the end of 10 overs.
Hardik completed his half-century, Tewatia hit 3 consecutive sixes, but Delhi won the match
Hardik Pandya along with Abhinav Manohar worked continuously to keep Gujarat Titans in this match. Together, after the end of 15 overs, the score reached 79 for the loss of 4 wickets. After this, when the Delhi team needed 37 runs in the last 3 overs, Abhinav Manohar became the victim of Khaleel Ahmed by scoring 26 runs. A partnership of 62 runs in 63 balls was seen for the 5th wicket between Hardik and Abhinav.
The Gujarat team needed 32 runs in the last 2 overs. After this, the Gujarat team scored 21 runs in the 19th over and worked to completely turn the match in their favor. Rahul Tewatia’s bat saw 3 consecutive sixes in this over. After this, Gujarat needed 12 runs in the last over. In this over of Ishant Sharma, the Gujarat team could manage to score only 6 runs and had to face defeat by 5 runs.
The Gujarat team was able to reach the score of 125 at the loss of 6 wickets after 20 overs in this match. Ishant Sharma and Khaleel Ahmed took 2-2 wickets for Delhi. While Norkhia and Khaleel Ahmed took 1-1 wickets.
Delhi’s upper order shattered in front of Mohammed Shami, Aman reached a fighting score
If we talk about the innings of the Delhi Capitals team in this match, then there was a very disappointing performance from the upper order of the team. Delhi had lost half of its team till the score of 23 in the first 6 overs itself. After this, Aman Hakim Khan played an important role in bringing the team’s score to 130 runs, sharing 50 runs for the sixth wicket with Akshar Patel and then 53 runs for the 7th wicket with Ripple Patel.
An innings of 51 runs in 44 balls was seen in this match with the bat of Aman. On the other hand, in bowling from Gujarat, Mohammed Shami took 4 wickets while Mohit Sharma took 2 wickets.
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