Excessive stress permeated the cool air on the Arun Jaitley Stadium right here on Wednesday as Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans engaged in a high-scoring cliffhanger within the Indian Premier League. Twists and turns unfolded at breakneck pace, however Shubman Gill’s Titans prevailed by one run in the long run. In response to GT’s 210 for 4, Capitals completed on 209 for eight.
With two runs required off the ultimate ball, David Miller swung onerous at a brief ball by Prasidh Krishna. However he did not make contact, and as he and Kuldeep Yadav scampered for a single, the latter was discovered brief on the striker’s finish after wicketkeeper Jos Buttler hit the stumps. Off the penultimate ball, Miller had pulled Prasidh in the direction of fine-leg and had a straightforward run on provide, however he selected to remain at his finish and face the ultimate ball. Miller might rue that call in hindsight.
For GT, Rashid Khan was sensational with figures of 4-0-17-3. Gill, Buttler and Washington Sundar additionally performed their roles with superb half-centuries earlier within the night.
That DC got here this shut was right down to Okay.L. Rahul’s 92 and Miller’s late heroics. The hosts appeared to have run out of steam with 36 runs to get off the final two overs and 4 wickets in hand. However Miller, having retired damage in the beginning of the 14th over on account of a hand harm earlier than coming again within the seventeenth over, hadn’t resigned to that concept. The southpaw walloped Mohammed Siraj for 2 sixes and a 4 within the penultimate over, whittling down the requirement to 13 off six balls.
In a recreation the place runs had been aplenty, Rashid lent a decisive hand with essential strikes. The ace Afghanistan leggie had Nitish Rana caught at long-off because of a wonderful seize by B. Sai Sudharsan within the tenth over, after which cleaned up the in-form Sameer Rizvi with a masterful unsuitable ’un.
A bit of later, Axar Patel grew to become Rashid’s third sufferer of the evening. It will definitely condemned DC to defeat by the narrowest of margins.
Printed on Apr 08, 2026