Delhi Survives Rashid’s Onslaught To Beat Gujarat By 4 Runs In IPL

NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals survived Rashid Khan’s onslaught within the final over to register an exhilarating four-run victory over Gujarat Titans within the Indian Premier League on Wednesday.

Needing 19 off quick bowler Mukesh Kumar’s ultimate six balls, Rashid (21 not out) clubbed back-to-back boundaries off the primary two balls after which a six off the penultimate ball earlier than Gujarat completed at 220-8 in one more high-scoring thriller in IPL this season.

Captain Rishabh Pant, returning to aggressive cricket after his automobile accident in late December, staked his T20 World Cup claims with a strong unbeaten 88 off 43 balls which propelled Delhi to 224-4 after Gujarat received the toss and selected to discipline first.

Pant supplied an ideal end to Delhi’s innings when he smashed Mohit Sharma for 31 runs within the final over because the Gujarat quick bowler registered costliest bowling figures in IPL historical past with 0-73.

Tristan Stubbs scored a speedy 26 off seven balls and Delhi’s 53 runs off the ultimate two overs had been additionally essentially the most scored by a group within the IPL off the final 12 balls of the innings.

Gujarat skipper Shubman Gill (6) sliced a catch at mid-off off Anrich Nortje’s third ball and obtained dismissed cheaply in his a hundredth IPL sport earlier than influence participant Sai Sudharsan (65) and Wriddhiman Saha (39) introduced the chase again on monitor with a 82-run second-wicket stand.

Delhi got here again by way of spinners Kuldeep Yadav (2-29) and Axar Patel (1-28) within the center overs earlier than David Miller (55) hit a 21-ball half-century and swung the momentum in Gujarat’s favor.

Miller, who hit three sixes and 6 boundaries, holed out within the 18th over however Rashid, who escaped a dropped catch earlier than he had scored, countercharged within the final over however simply fell quick to get Gujarat over the road.

Earlier, Axar Patel’s (66) elevation to No. 3 proved an ideal ploy for Delhi after quick bowler Sandeep Warrier (3-15) had struck thrice within the batting energy play and restricted them to 44-3.

Patel and Pant shared 113-run fourth-wicket stand earlier than Patel holed out at long-on after scoring his private greatest within the IPL that featured 4 sixes and 5 boundaries.

Stubbs then clubbed two sixes and two boundaries off Sai Kishore’s 22-run penultimate over earlier than Pant supplied an ideal end in opposition to Sharma within the ultimate over.

Delhi rose to No. 6 with its fourth win in 9 video games, whereas Gujarat slipped to No. 7 on inferior internet run-rate after dropping its fifth sport in 9 matches.

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