DC – Delhi Capitals, stunned Gujarat Titans – GT at their home ground Ahmedabad. GT in these three seasons have made Ahemadabad ground almost their fortress. They have been winning most of their matches at the ground but DC just stunned them with meticulous bowling right from the first ball. In IPL 2024, this is the first match to have under 90 runs target.
Going into the details, DC won the toss and elected to field first. Wriddhiman Saha(2) and Shubman Gill(8) struggled against line and length, perfect seam and swing bowling. Ace pacer Ishant Sharma sent back Gill and Miller, early. Sai Sudharshan(12) got runout and this led to a huge collapse. Except for Rashid Khan(31) everyone failed and hence, GT got all-out for 89 runs.
Mukesh Kumar(3/14), Ishant Sharma(2/8), Tristan Stubbs(2/11), Axar Patel(1/17) and Khaleel Ahmed(1/18) all took wickets for DC and controlled GT scoring rate. DC rested David Warner in this match and Jake Fraser-McGurk(20) opened batting. He gave necessary momentum to the innings in the first three overs. With everyone chipping in DC scored 92/4 in 8.5 overs to win the game.
DC won the match by 6 wickets and shocked GT. In this tournament, this is the first time ball has been dominant in a game as batters have been easily crossing 250s, 220s and 200s. A 140 per side game has been closely fought but this one is the first low scoring and one-sided with a team of bowlers dominating the other. This win helped DC to climb to sixth place from ninth with huge improvement in NRR.
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