Delhi needed two runs off the last ball at the home ground Arun Jaitley Stadium but could not achieve it.
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Gujarat Titans registered their first win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Wednesday. For this, Gujarat beat Delhi Capitals by 1 run in a dramatic manner.
Delhi failed to achieve the target of two runs off the last ball at the home ground Arun Jaitley Stadium. Kuldeep Yadav was run out. On the other end, David Miller remained unbeaten on 41 runs off 20 balls.
Chasing a target of 211 runs for victory, Delhi could only score 209 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. In that, opener Pathum Nissanka shared a 76-run partnership with KL Rahul for the first wicket. Nissanka scored 41 runs off 24 balls. Rahul contributed the most with 92 runs. He hit 11 fours and 4 sixes off 52 balls. But all these could not be decisive.
Earlier, Gujarat, who were invited to bat first, had scored 210 runs for the loss of four wickets. The biggest contribution to that was made by captain Shubman Gill. He scored 70 runs in 45 balls. His batting included 4 fours and 5 sixes. Jos Buttler scored 52 runs in 27 balls. He hit 3 fours and 5 sixes.
Gill and Buttler shared a 60-run partnership for the second wicket. Then it was Washington Sundar's turn to score a half-century. He scored 55 runs in 32 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes. Among Delhi's bowlers, Mukesh Kumar took 2 wickets for 55 runs. This is Delhi's first defeat in this tournament. Gujarat had lost two matches before that.
