DC vs GT IPL 2023: Delhi beat Gujarat easily, 2nd win for GT
Highlights
- The sixteenth edition of the Indian Premier League 2023 (IPL 2023) T20 Cricket Tournament.
- Delhi beat Gujarat easily, 2nd win for GT.
- Sai Sudarshan, the young batsman, scored an unbeaten fifty.
Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans Highlights: One of the most consistent teams in the last five editions, the Delhi Capitals team is led by David Warner this time. The Delhi team, who stumbled against Lucknow Supergiants in the first match, now played the first match at their home ground Arun Jaitley Stadium, hoping for a win against the defending champions Gujarat Titans. However, the Titans played an all-round game and won by 6 wickets.
New Delhi: Defending champions Gujarat Titans team is again in the chase. In the match held at the Arun Jaitley Stadium here on Tuesday, they defeated the host team Delhi Capitals by 6 wickets and climbed to the top of the table.
Chasing a challenging target of 163 runs to win, the Gujarat Titans suffered an early shock, but young Bhatter Sai Sudarshan (unbeaten 62 off 48 balls) scored a stunning half-century to clinch a 6-wicket victory with 11 balls to spare. Sudarshan was well supported in the middle of the innings by Vijay Shankar (29) and David Miller (31*).
Fast bowler Anrich Nortje, who fought alone for Delhi Capitals, took two wickets but could not save the team from defeat. Delhi Capitals have lost two matches in a row and are currently at the bottom of the points table.
Capitals' modestly Target controlled GT
Looking forward to their first win in the sixteenth edition of the Indian Premier League tournament, Delhi Capitals lost the toss and batted first against Gujarat Titans and registered a challenging total of 162 runs.
Captain David Warner (37), Sarfaraz Khan (30), Abhishek Porel (20), and Axar Patel (36) put on a fighting batting effort to take the team's total past the 160 mark. Mohammad Shami and Rashid Khan took 3 wickets each for the Titans team, while Alzari Joseph took 2 wickets to curb the Delhi batsmen's rampage.
Sai Sudarshan fifty
Defending champions Gujarat Titans have topped the table in the sixteenth edition of the Indian Premier League tournament with back-to-back wins. In their second match in the league, Gujarat Titans put up an all-round performance against the hosts Delhi Capitals to win by 6 wickets. Young batsman Sai Sudarshan scored an unbeaten half-century and got the man of the match honor.
These teams brought two changes
Both teams entered the game with changes. Gujarat Titans dropped Kane Williamson (injured) and Vijay Shankar and opted for David Warner and Sai Sudarshan. On the other hand, Delhi Capitals also made two changes, bringing in Anrich Nortje and Porel.
IPL 2023: Dasoon Shanaka joins Gujarat Titans to replace Kane Williamson!
Dasun Shanaka joins Gujarat Titans: Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka has joined the Gujarat Titans team to replace Kane Williamson, who was ruled out of the 2023 Indian Premier League tournament due to an injury against Chennai Super Kings. With Shanaka being a batting all-rounder, the Gujarat Titans' team composition will be more powerful. Having won the opening two matches of the tournament, the Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans team has topped the points table of the 2023 IPL tournament.
IPL 2023: Rishabh Pant appeared on the cricket field after four months!
Delhi Capitals captain and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant, who was seriously injured in a horrific car accident in December 2022, is on the road to recovery. So he has stayed away from the 16th edition of the IPL tournament. Pant, who made his first public appearance after 4 months, watched the match between Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans. Delhi Capitals lost by 6 wickets in this match.
David Warner - 135 innings 5000 runs.
The most consistent batsman in IPL history, Delhi Capitals captain David Warner is the fastest batsman to score 5000 runs. Scored 5937 runs at an average of 42.11 and a strike rate of 140.42. This includes 4 centuries and 56 fifties. David Warner crossed the 5000-run mark with an unbeaten 47 off just 33 balls in his 135 innings.
Playing XI details of these teams
Delhi Capitals XI
Prithvi Shah, David Warner (captain), Mitchell Marsh, Riley Rossow, Sarfaraz Khan (wicketkeeper), Axar Patel, Abhishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav, Aman Hakeem Khan, Anrich Nortje, Mukesh Kumar.
Gujarat Giants XI
Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudarshan, Hardik Pandya (captain), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Joshua Little, Yash Dayal, Alzari Joseph.
Scorecard of DC vs GT Match:
Delhi Capitals: 162 for 8 in 20 overs (David Warner 37, Sarfaraz Khan 30, Abhishek Porel 20, Axar Patel 36; Mohammad Shami 3 for 41, Rashid Khan 3 for 31, Alzari Joseph 2 for 29).
Gujarat Titans: 163 for 4 in 18.1 overs (Sai Sudarshan 62 not out, Vijay Shankar 29 not out, David Miller 31 not out; Enrique Norquia 2 for 39, Mitchell Marsh 1 for 24, Khalil Ahmed 1 for 38).
Man of the Match: Sai Sudarshan
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