Jose Butler fell short of a century but propelled the team to the top spot; Delhi’s bowling struggled against Gujarat’s batting.

Delhi: On Saturday, the Gujarat Titans, under the captaincy of Shubman Gill at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, defeated Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets. With this victory, it was winning the fifth win of Gujarat in the current season and the team’s points are now 10. Batting first, Delhi Capitals set a big target of 204 runs in front of Gujarat, which the Gujarat team achieved by losing just two wickets in 19.2 overs. Delhi’s team failed to defend the score of more than 200 runs for the first time in IPL history. At the same time, Gujarat Titans have successfully achieved the target of more than 200 runs in the tournament for the first time.

Gujarat’s victory

The Gujarat Titans started to chase a big target of 204 runs. The team got the first blow in the second over when Gill was run out due to lack of coordination between captain Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan. He scored only 7 runs.

After this, Sai Sudarshan and Jose Butler tried to handle the innings. However, Sudarshan could not last long and was dismissed by Kuldeep Yadav by scoring 36 runs. At that time the team’s score was 74 runs.

Butler and Rutherford changed the picture of the match

After Sudarshan’s dismissal, Jose Butler and Sherfane Rutherford performed aggressive batting. Together, the two put pressure on the bowlers of Delhi Capitals. Butler scored a brilliant half -century, while Rutherford maintained the team’s run speed by scoring fast runs.

Butler continued his magnificent form and brought the team closer to victory. On the fifth ball of the 19th over, Mukesh Kumar dismissed Rutherford, but by then Gujarat had come in a strong position.

In the last over, the team needed 10 runs and Rahul Tewatia put a six off Mitchell Starc and put a four in the Gujarat Titans. In this match, Butler had a chance to score a century but he could not do this work and remained unbeaten after scoring 97 runs.

Dc’s innings

Delhi Capitals scored 203 runs in 20 overs at the loss of 8 wickets. DC openers gave a fast start and gathered good runs in the powerplay. However, the way the beginning started, it seemed that Delhi could reach close to 220, but the speed of some wickets in the middle overs stopped a bit.

Abhishek Porel and Karun Nair scored fast runs, while captain Akshar Patel and classical batter Triston Stabs also made small, but significant contribution. In the end, Ashutosh Sharma batted in a stormy manner and played an explosive innings of 37 runs off 19 balls, which included many big shots. He brought the team beyond 200 by adding fast runs in the last over.

Talking about the bowling of Gujarat, the famous Krishna was the most successful bowler. He took 4 wickets. Mohammad Siraj and Arshad Khan also got one success each. At the same time, the form of experienced Rashid Khan is becoming a cause of concern. He looted 38 runs in 4 overs and also left catch.

Playing XI of both teams:

update in progress…

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