Rishabh Pant is BACK! The Delhi Capitals skipper finally got his moment at team’s real home ground at Arun Jaitley Stadium as his team defeated Gujarat Titans by 4 runs in a thrilling encounter on Wednesday. The match 40 of Tata IPL 2024 saw the two teams facing each for second time this season. It’s a payback week and GT wanted to pay back the 6-wicket humiliation at Narendra Modi Stadium. GT’s Rashid Khan had almost pulled off the nail-biting finish except that it wasn’t. From Tristan Stubbs ‘Spiderman’ fielding to stunning innings by Pant, Axar Patel and Stubbs in the 1st innings, it was a comprehensive win for the home team. With this win, DC are now on 6th spot in the IPL points table, while GT are at number 7.

Winning the toss and choosing to field first, Gt initially had the game in their hands. At 44/3, it looked like they were finally paying back to DC what they did to the visitors in the Ahmedabad game. But, Qila Kotla belonged to DC tonight. Axar Patel and Rishabh Pant turned the game around and DC witnessed the head-start they were waiting for. Patel (66 off 43) and Pant (88 off 43) put DC in the driver’s seat. And later, Stubbs’s blazing cameo lifted DC to a formidable target of 224/4. 

In reply, GT saw Sai Sudharshan (65 off 39 balls) and David Miller (55 off 23) keeping the team in the hunt. In fact, Rashid Khan kept GT’s hopes alive till the very last ball of the innings. But it didn’t end up in a maximum and DC sealed the 4-run win over the visitors. 

Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans scorecard

Gujarat Titans

  • Wriddhiman Saha c Axar b Kuldeep Yadav 39
  • Shubman Gill c Axar b Nortje 6
  • Sai Sudharsan c Axar b Rasikh Salam65
  • Azmatullah Omarzai c Jake Fraser-McGurk b Axar 1
  • David Miller c Rasikh Salam b Mukesh Kumar 55
  • Shahrukh Khan c Pant b Rasikh Salam 8
  • Rahul Tewatia c Pant b Kuldeep Yadav 4
  • Rashid Khan not out 21 Ravisrinivasan
  • Sai Kishore b Rasikh Salam 13
  • Mohit Sharma not out 0
  • Extras: (LB-4, W-3,NB-1) 8
  • Total (For 8 wickets in 20 Overs) 220
  • Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-95, 3-98, 4-121, 5-139, 6-152, 7-181, 8-206.
  • Bowling: Khaleel Ahmed 2-0-26-0, Anrich Nortje 3-0-48-1, Rasikh Salam 4-0-44-3, Mukesh Kumar 4-0-41-1, Axar Patel 3-0-28-1, Kuldeep Yadav 4-0-29-2

Delhi Capitals:

  • Prithvi Shaw c Noor Ahmad b Warrier 11
  • Jake Fraser-McGurk c Noor Ahmad b Warrier 23
  • Axar Patel c Sai Kishore b Noor Ahmad 66
  • Shai Hope c Rashid Khan b Warrier 5
  • Rishabh Pant not out 88
  • Tristan Stubbs not out 26
  • Extras (LB-2, W-3) 5
  • Total (For 4 wickets in 20 overs) 224
  • Fall of Wickets: 1-35, 2-36, 3-44, 4-157.
  • Bowling: Azmatullah Omarzai 4-0-33-0, Sandeep Warrier 3-0-15-3, Rashid Khan 4-0-35-0, Noor Ahmad 3-0-36-1, Mohit Sharma 4-0-73-0, Shahrukh Khan 1-0-8-0, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore 1-0-22-0

(With PTI inputs)