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IPL 2024, DC vs GT HIGHLIGHTS: Pant stars in Delhi's 3-run thrilling win over Gujarat

Invited to bat, Pant (88 not out of 43 balls) and Axar Patel (66 off 43 balls) scored contrasting fifties to power Delhi Capitals to 224 for 4.

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Rishabh Pant dazzled with an unbeaten 88 as Delhi Capitals defeated Gujarat Titans by four runs in the Indian Premier League at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday.

Invited to bat, Pant (88 not out of 43 balls) and Axar Patel (66 off 43 balls) scored contrasting fifties to power Delhi Capitals to 224 for 4.

In reply, Sai Sudarshan (65 off 29 ) and David Miller (55 off 23) scored fifties but couldn't take GT over the line, finishing at 220 for 8 in their 20 overs.

Earlier, Axar and Pant stitched a 113-run partnership to steady the innings after medium pacer Sandeep Warrier (3/15) ran through the top three.

Skipper Pant was in his element scoring as many as eight maximums and five fours. Tristan Stubbs blazed away to 26 off 7 balls.


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IPL 2024: DC vs GT Playing 11

DC Playing 11: Prithvi Shaw, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar.
 
[Impact sub: Sumit Kumar, Rasikh Dar Salam, Kumar Kushagra, Praveen Dubey, Lalit Yadav]

GT Playing 11: Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill(c), David Miller, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Warrier

[Impact sub: Sharath BR, Sai Sudharsan, Manav Suthar, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar]


11:18 PM

Gujarat Titans Inning full scorecard

Gujarat Titans Inning
220-8 (20 ov) CRR:11.00
Batter   R B 4s 6s SR
Wriddhiman Saha (WK) c A Patel b K Yadav 39 25 5 1 156
Shubman Gill (C) c A Patel b A Nortje 6 5 1 0 120
Sai Sudharsan c A Patel b Rasikh Salam 65 39 7 2 166.67
Azmatullah Omarzai c J Fraser McGurk b A Patel 1 2 0 0 50
David Miller c Rasikh Salam b M Kumar 55 23 6 3 239.13
Shahrukh Khan c R Pant b Rasikh Salam 8 5 0 1 160
Rahul Tewatia c R Pant b K Yadav 4 5 0 0 80
Rashid Khan Not out 21 11 3 1 190.91
Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore b Rasikh Salam 13 6 0 2 216.67
Mohit Sharma Not out 0 0 0 0 0
Extras 8 (b 0, Ib 4, w 3, nb 1, p 0)
Total 220 (8 wkts, 20 Ov)
Bowler O M R W WD ECO
Khaleel Ahmed 2 0 26 0 1 13
Anrich Nortje 3 0 48 1 0 16
Rasikh Salam 4 0 44 3 1 11
Mukesh Kumar 4 0 41 1 0 10.25
Axar Patel 3 0 28 1 0 9.33
Kuldeep Yadav 4 0 29 2 1 7.25

11:13 PM

Delhi Capitals win by 3 runs

Over Summary: 4 4 0 0 6 1 ; Gujarat Titans: 221-8 after 20 Overs
 
Mukesh Kumar bowls the last over. Rashid hits the first ball towards cow corner for FOUR while hits the next over extra cover for FOUR. 
 
Rashid misses a chance to get the most of the juicy full toss. 
 
11 runs needed off the last three deliveries.
 
Rashid hits the 4th ball towards deep mid-wicket and declines the single. 
 
Rashid smashes 5th ball over long-off for a SIX. 
 
5 runs needed off the last delivery. 
 
Rashid hits towards cow corner for a single. Delhi win the match by 3 runs.
 
 
 
 
11:08 PM

Gujarat Titans need 19 runs in 6 balls

Over Summary: Wd 4 1 0 6 6 W ; Gujarat Titans: 206-8 after 19 Overs | 
 
 
Rasikh Dar Salam [3.0-0-26-2] is back into the attack. He starts with a WIDE while Rashid hits the next ball on the pads towards fine leg boundary for FOUR.
 
Rashid smashes the 2nd ball down the ground but Stubbs makes a brilliant effort to save a certain SIX.
 
Sai Kishore joins the party as well as he smashes the 4th ball for a SIX towards deep mid-wicket. He smashes the next down the ground for FOUR.
 
Rashik gets the wicket of Sai Kishor but after conceding 18 runs in the over.
11:01 PM

Gujarat Titans need 37 runs in 12 balls

Over Summary: 1 4 W 1 N 1 L4 ; Gujarat Titans: 188-7 after 18 Overs | 
 
 
Mukesh Kumar [2.0-0-19-0] is back into the attack and Rashid smashes the first ball towards square leg but fails to get the distance.But Abhishek Porel makes the mess of the easiest catch. A single taken and a lifeline to Rashid as well.
 
Miller whips the second ball on the pads towards square leg boundary for a FOUR. He play the same shot but this time a field was played at that area and Rasikh Salam make no mistake, Miller c Rasikh Salam b Mukesh Kumar 55(23) [4s-6 6s-3].
 
10:53 PM

Gujarat Titans need 49 runs in 18 balls

Over Summary: 4 6 0 6 6 2 ; Gujarat Titans: 176-6 after 17 Overs | 
 
Anrich Nortje [2.0-0-24-1] is back into the attack.
 
It seems a time for Miller show and the South African batter has took his compatriot to a cleaners. Miller starts the over with a FOUR follows by a SIX towards extra cover as Nortje clocked 150kmph.
 
All in all, Miller hit three sixes and a FOUR, hitting a total of 24 runs.
10:47 PM

Gujarat Titans need 73 runs in 24 balls

Over Summary: 1 1 1 1 1 W ; Gujarat Titans: 152-6 after 16 Overs
 
Kuldeep Yadav [3.0-0-24-1] is back into the attack and concedes five singles. He gets the wicket of Rahul Tewatia off the last delivery. Rahul Tewatia c Pant b Kuldeep Yadav 4(5)
10:21 PM

Gujarat Titans 109/3 (11) CRR: 9.91 REQ: 12.89

  • GT 109/3 (11)  CRR: 9.91  REQ: 12.89
  • Gujarat Titans need 116 runs in 54 balls

Kuldeep Yadav brought Delhi Capitals back in the game after the strategic time-out. He broke 82-run stands between Sai Sudharsan and Wriddhiman Saha. 

Saha gets out as he tries to smash the long-hop outside off but Axar Patel takes a brilliant catch at extra cover to send him packing.

And as an old saying, a wicket follows by another. It really did!!!

Axar Patel got the wicket of Afghani all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai as the batter tries to play an slog sweep but manages on top edge. Jake Fraser McGurk takes a blinder while diving forward
9:59 PM

Gujarat Titans: 67-1 after 6 Overs

Despite losing the wicket of Shubman Gill early, Gujarat Titans scored runs in heaps. Wriddhiman Saha and Sai Sudharsan managed to hit crucial boundaries.

Sai Sudharsan dropped by Axar off Rasikh Dar on 17.

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9:31 PM

Delhi Capitals full scorecard

Rishabh Pant and Axar Patel scored contrasting fifties to power Delhi Capitals to 224 for 4 against Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League here on Wednesday.
 
After medium pacer Sandeep Warrier (3/15) ran through the top three, Axar (66 off 43 balls) and Pant (88 not out of 43 balls) stitched a 113-run partnership to steady the innings.
 
Skipper Pant was in his element scoring as many as eight maximums and five fours.
 
Tristan Stubbs blazed away to 26 off 7 balls.
 
Brief Score:
 
Delhi Capitals: 224 for 4 in 20 overs (Rishabh Pant 88 not out, Axar Patel 66; Sandeep Warrier 3/15).

Delhi Capitals Inning
224-4 (20 ov) CRR:11.20
Batter   R B 4s 6s SR
Prithvi Shaw c N Ahmad b S Warrier 11 7 2 0 157.14
Jake Fraser McGurk c N Ahmad b S Warrier 23 14 2 2 164.29
Axar Patel c Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore b N Ahmad 66 43 5 4 153.49
Shai Hope c R Khan b S Warrier 5 6 1 0 83.33
Rishabh Pant (WK/C) Not out 88 43 5 8 204.65
Tristan Stubbs Not out 26 7 3 2 371.43
Extras 5 (b 0, Ib 2, w 3, nb 0, p 0)
Total 224 (4 wkts, 20 Ov)
Bowler O M R W WD ECO
Azmatullah Omarzai 4 0 33 0 0 8.25
Sandeep Warrier 3 0 15 3 1 5
Rashid Khan 4 0 35 0 0 8.75
Noor Ahmad 3 0 36 1 1 12
Mohit Sharma 4 0 73 0 1 18.25
Shahrukh Khan 1 0 8 0 0 8
Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore 1 0 22 0 0 22

8:05 PM

Delhi Capitals: 44-3 after 6 Overs

Over Summary: 0 1 0 W 0 0 ; Delhi Capitals: 44-3 after 6 Overs
 
Sandeep Warrior continues and doesn't allow Delhi Capitals batter to use the last over of fielding restrictions. He even gets the wicket of Shai Hope. 
 
Pant fails to open his account off the two balls he faced.
 

8:04 PM

Delhi Capitals: 43-2 after 5 Overs

Over Summary: 0 1 1 1 4 0 ; Delhi Capitals: 43-2 after 5 Overs
 
Azmatullah continues and concedes seven runs, including a boundary to Shai Hope.
 
7:57 PM

Delhi Capitals: 36-2 after 4 Overs

Over Summary: 1 W 0 1 W 0 ; Delhi Capitals: 36-2 after 4 Overs
 
Warrier continues and gets the wicket of both the openers, Shaw and Fraser-McGurk.
 
He concedes only two singles in the over.
 
7:57 PM

Delhi Capitals: 34-0 after 3 Overs

Over Summary: 1 4 0 1 0 6 ; Delhi Capitals: 34-0 after 3 Overs
 
Azmatullah continues and concedes 12 runs, including a four and a SIX to Shaw and Fraser-McGurk.
 

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First Published: Apr 24 2024 | 5:02 PM IST

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