The Delhi Capitals edged out the Gujarat Titans by 5 runs in a low-scoring IPL thriller on Tuesday, with Ishant Sharma returning figures of 2-23 as he held his nerve in the remaining over with Gujarat needing 12 to win and falling brief.
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During the encounter, former Proteas legend Dale Steyn didn’t maintain again in his reward of one unbelievable supply, which he described as the “best knuckle ball wicket I’ve ever seen!”
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Ultimately, Aman Khan’s defiant 51 lifted his staff from a precarious 23-5 to 130-8 as Delhi took on table-toppers Gujarat in Ahmedabad.
Gujarat tempo spearhead Mohammed Shami’s bowling figures of 4-11 – his IPL best – had been in the end in useless, whereas the Delhi bowlers, led by left-arm fast Khaleel Ahmed and Ishant Sharma, restricted Gujarat to 125-6.
“Our bowlers were absolutely amazing,” Delhi captain David Warner stated. “Our batters struggled but credit to the way Shami bowled. We just find ways to lose wickets in clumps, I don’t know what’s happening with our batting.”
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The left-handed Tewatia smashed Proteas quick bowler Anrich Nortje for 3 straight hits over the fence in the nineteenth over however fell in the twentieth.
Ishant was the key man in the remaining over, with Gujarat needing 12 to win, however in the end falling brief.
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