Delhi trump Gujarat in low-scoring battle

Delhi trump gujarat in low-scoring battle0 

Tuesday’s low-scoring Indian Premier League drama saw Delhi Capitals defeat defending champion Gujarat Titans by five runs thanks to Indian batsman Aman Khan’s resolute 51 and some superb bowling.

In a match between top-ranked Gujarat and last-placed Delhi that was dubbed “David v. Goliath,” Aman scored his first fifty to help his team go from a perilous 23-5 to 130-8 in Ahmedabad.

Gujarat is setting the pace. Despite having his worst IPL bowling figures (4-11), Mohammed Shami was still named the game’s MVP.

Gujarat was held to 125-6 by Delhi bowlers, who were spearheaded by left-arm quick Khaleel Ahmed and Ishant Sharma, despite skipper Hardik Pandya’s unbeaten 59 and Rahul Tewatia’s seven-ball 20.

David Warner, the captain of Delhi, praised his team’s bowlers as “absolutely amazing.”

Our bowlers were fantastic. Although our batters had trouble, Shami’s bowling deserves praise. I don’t know what’s going on with our batting, but we simply seem to lose wickets in groups.

The “iceman” Tewatia, a left-handed batsman known for his ability to knock sixes under duress, hammered Anrich Nortje for three straight sixes in the 19th over before losing his wicket in the 20th.

Gujarat needed 12 to win in the last over, but Ishant kept his composure and delivered figures of 2-23. Gujarat, who won the championship last season and enjoyed a fairytale IPL start, are still in good position to advance to the play-offs with six victories in nine games.

Ricky Ponting’s Delhi team has won three times in their last nine games to maintain playoff aspirations.

Aman’s 44-ball innings, in which he formed crucial partnerships with Ripal Patel (23) and Axar Patel (24), including fifty-plus stands, helped Delhi come back and win their third game in nine attempts.

In his 44-ball innings, Aman hit three fours and three sixes before succumbing to Rashid Khan’s leg spin. In his first two overs, Shami dismissed Phil Salt for a first-ball duck, followed by Rilee Rossouw for eight, then finished with a double strike in his third.

In response, Khaleel made a run in the first over, and Gujarat quickly found themselves in serious danger when South African power batter David Miller was out for a duck.

In a 62-run partnership with Abhinav Manohar, who scored 26, Pandya tried to turn things around, but it was in vain as Delhi successfully defended their lowest total ever.

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