Delhi Capitals seemed in control, but two double-wicket overs from the New Zealand quick dismantled their chase
Gujarat Titans 171 for 6 (Gill 84, Pandya 31, Mustafizur 3-23, Khaleel 2-34) beat Delhi Capitals 157 for 9 (Pant 43, Ferguson 4-28, Shami 2-30) by 14 runs
Gill scored a personal-best 84 off 46 in a breathtaking yet silken innings; the others, including extras, managed just 87 off 74 balls. Titans’ 171 for 6 was a strictly middling total, which Capitals looked like cruising past on two occasions, but an accurate and quick Ferguson twice produced double-wicket overs to dismantle the chase with figures of 4-0-28-4.
Gill was particularly severe on spin, scoring 45 off 21 balls from Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav, who conceded just 24 in the other 27 balls they bowled, giving them reason to believe they actually controlled the middle overs. The Capitals batters would have thought they were in control too, but once it gets up to 145kph and above – even some of Ferguson’s offcutters were that quick – and higher than the chest, funny things happen. Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Axar Patel and Mandeep Singh all fell to his short-pitched bowling.
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Sidharth Monga is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo
Source: ESPN Crickinfo