When Delhi Capitals fell by 5 wickets for 23 runs yesterday, Delhi Capitals fans were sure that the match would be a total loss but Aman Hakim Khan (51), Axar Patel(27), and Ripal Patel(23) are the Delhi Capitals for tomorrow's match Became the hero for this and Delhi Capitals eventually set a target of 130 runs. However, Gujarat Titans kept up the pace in their performance but towards the end they completely failed. In this case, the turning point for Delhi Capitals is Rahul Tewatia's wicket taking. Had Delhi Capitals not taken this wicket, would not have seen this dramatic win in the match.
DC is last on points table while GT is at number 1. No one was expecting DC to win against number 1 team of IPL 2023. Thanks to Hakim Khan fifty DC was able to score 130 runs and win was expected for GT but DC bowlers never allowed GT batsmen to score runs. Hardik Pandya was not out and kept fighting by scoring 59 runs of 53 balls. It was very unusual result and those who have placed bet on DC have won huge money last night.
Rahul Tewatia brought Gujarat Titans back in the match with a brilliant batting in the 19th over. 32 runs were required from the last two overs to win that means Gujarat Titans would have to score 16 runs per over in the last two overs to win this match.
African pace star Anrich Nortje came to bowl in the 19th over. He bowled the first three balls brilliantly. And in the first three balls the batsmen were totally outplayed. But Anrich Nortje lost his length while yorkering the fourth ball and Rahul Tewatia reduced the run gap by hitting a six off that ball. Boller lost his length while yorkering again in the next two balls and hit two sixes in the next two balls to keep Tewatia to just 12 runs in the last over.
The expectation was that as the Gujarat Titans came back like this, scoring 12 runs in the last over would not be difficult for them as Hardik Pandya and Tewatia were at the wicket at times.
In the 20th over, the Delhi Capitals captain trusted Ishant Sharma. And he fully repaid his trust. He spent only 6 runs in the last over. And because of his brilliant bowling, Delhi Capitals won by five runs against Gujarat Titans. Congratulations Delhi Capitals.