Ahmedabad> Delhi Capitals beat the champions. Delhi defeated Gujarat Titans by five runs in a battle full of bowlers. Chasing 131 runs, Hardik Pandya and the soldiers could only score 125 runs. Gujarat needed 12 runs in the last over. But experienced pacer Ishant Sharma conceded only six runs. He also dismissed the dangerous Rahul Tewatia (20 off 7 balls). Ishant took two wickets. Score: Delhi 8–130, Gujarat 6–125. Gujarat won by 33 runs in the last two overs. Just three runs were scored in the first three balls of the 19th over bowled by Antich North. However, Tewatia gave hope to the champions by hitting sixes in the last three balls. But Ishant couldn’t do anything in the last over. Hardik remained unbeaten on 59 runs off 53 balls. Wriddhiman Saha (0), Shubman Gill (6), Vijay Shankar (6) and David Miller (0) all disappointed. Apart from Ishant, the influential pacer Khalil Ahmed also took two wickets for Delhi. Northye and Kuldeep Yadav took a wicket each. Delhi was crushed at the pace of Mohammed Shami who took four wickets. Shami conceded 11 runs in four overs and took four wickets. Delhi could not recover from the shock of losing opener Phillips Salt on the first ball. Captain David Warner (2) was run out and it became a crisis. Five wickets fell while scoring 25 runs in five overs. Shami bowled Priyam Garg (10), Riley Roseau (8) and Manish Pandey (1) to wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha. Axar Patel and Aman Hakeem Khan, who came together for the sixth wicket, saved them from embarrassment. Both scored 48 runs together. Aman was the savior with 51 runs off 44 balls. He returned by hitting three fours and sixes. Axar scored 27 runs off 30 balls. Ripal Patel, who came out as the eighth man, was ready for a big hit. A six and two fours helped the score rise. 23 runs off 13 balls. Mohit Sharma has two wickets for Gujarat. Nothing for Rashid Khan. Mohit completed 100 wickets in IPL. If they win, Gujarat could increase their lead to four points in the first place. Delhi, on the other hand, registered their third win. Read on deshabhimani.com
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