DC vs GT / Delhi beat Gujarat by 5 runs in the last over at home

DC vs GT: Delhi Capitals have registered their first win against defending champions Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League. The team defeated defending champions Gujarat by 5 runs in the 44th match of the current season. This was the overall third match between the two. The last two matches were won by Gujarat.

This is Delhi's third win in this season. With this victory, Delhi has maintained its hopes of reaching the playoffs.

Batting first after winning the toss, Delhi scored 130 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In reply, Gujarat batsmen could only manage 125/6 for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Ishant Sharma bowled accurately.

Gujarat's wickets fell like this...

First: On the last ball of the first over, Khaleel Ahmed got Wriddhiman Saha caught by wicketkeeper Salt.

Second: On the first ball of the fourth over, Enrique Nortya got Gill caught by Manish Pandey.

Third: Ishant Sharma bowled Vijay Shankar on the last ball of the 5th over.

Fourth: Kuldeep Yadav bowled David Miller on the fourth ball of the 7th over.

Fifth: On the first ball of the 18th over, Khaleel Ahmed got Abhinav Manohar caught by Aman Khan.

Pandya scored his 10th half-century

Gujarat captain Hardik Pandya scored his tenth half-century in the league. He completed the half century on 44 balls. This is Pandya's second half-century in the current season.

Pandya-Manohar's half-century partnership

After losing the fourth wicket for 32 runs, captain Hardik Pandya brought the team out of trouble with a half-century partnership between Abhinav Manohar. Both added 62 runs on 63 balls. This partnership was broken by Khaleel Ahmed by dismissing Abhinav.

Gujarati was slow in powerplay, lost 3 wickets

Chasing the target of 131 runs, the beginning of Gujarat was also not special. The team scored 31 runs losing three wickets in 6 overs. Saha zero, Gill 6 and Vijay Shankar got out after scoring 6 runs.

Aman Khan's first half-century, Akshar-Ripple played important innings

Batting first after winning the toss, Delhi scored 130 runs for eight wickets in 20 overs.

Aman Khan top-scored for Delhi at the Ahmedabad Stadium in Gujarat with 51 runs. Akshar Patel contributed 27 and Ripple Patel contributed 23 runs.

Mohammed Shami took four wickets. Mohit Sharma got two and Rashid Khan got one wicket.

Delhi's wickets fell like this...

First: Mohammed Shami got Phil Salt caught by David Miller on the first ball of the first over.

Second: Captain David Warner was run out on the first ball of the second over.

Third: On the 5th ball of the third over, Mohammed Shami got Riley Russo caught by Saha.

Fourth: On the first ball of the 5th over, Shami was caught by Manish Pandey wicketkeeper Saha.

Fifth: On the last ball of the 5th over, Shami got Priyam Garg caught by Wriddhiman Saha.

Sixth: On the last ball of the 14th over, Mohit Sharma got Akshar Patel caught by Rashid Khan.

Seventh: On the third ball of the 19th over, Rashid Khan got Aman Khan caught by Abhinav Manohar.

Eighth: On the 5th ball of the 20th over, Ripple Patel was caught by Mohit Sharma at the hands of Hardik Pandya.

Aman Khan scored a half century on 41 balls

Aman Khan played an important inning of 51 runs. He completed Fifty on 41 balls. Aman scored the first half-century in this league. Aman added 50 with Akshar Patel and 53 with Ripple.

Akshar-Aman's half-century partnership

After losing 5 wickets for 23, Akshar Patel and Aman Patel tried to handle Delhi's disintegrating innings. Both shared a 50-run partnership on 54 balls. This partnership was run by Mohit Sharma to Akshar Patel.

Bad start of Delhi, lost 5 wickets

Delhi did not start well. The team lost 5 wickets in the first powerplay scoring 28 runs. Phil Salt, David Warner, Riley Russo, Manish Pandey and Priyam Garg went cheaply. Mohammed Shami gave four shocks to Delhi. A batsman got run out.

Mitchell Marsh out of the team, Russo returns

Mitchell Marsh is not playing today due to illness. Riley Russo has got a chance in his place. Khaleel Ahmed is also back. There has been no change in the Gujarat team.

Playing-11 of both the teams...

Gujarat Titans: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Wriddhiman Saha (Wicket-keeper), Abhinav Manohar, Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little.

Impact Players: Shubman Gill, Sai Kishore, Sreekar Bharat, Sai Sudarshan, Shivam Mavi.

Delhi Capitals: David Warner (Captain), Philip Salt (Wicketkeeper), Manish Pandey, Riley Russo, Priyam Garg, Akshar Patel, Ripple Patel, Aman Hakim Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortya, Ishant Sharma.

Impact Players: Khaleel Ahmed, Lalit Yadav, Yash Dhull, Praveen Dubey, Abhishek Porel.