A crucial clash takes place with Gujarat Titans facing Delhi Capitals in match 32 of IPL 2024. Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium hosts the intense contest on Wednesday, April 17. Gujarat hold sixth position currently, claiming three victories alongside three defeats from six fixtures played. Meanwhile, Delhi linger in ninth spot, securing merely two triumphs out of their six encounters.
Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bangalore have faced each other three times since GT joined the IPL in 2022. Their initial encounter occurred at Pune’s Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium during GT’s debut season. The match resulted in a 14-run victory for Gujarat Titans, who displayed an impressive all-round performance.
Delhi Capitals took the decision after winning the toss. They opted to field first. GT batted first and scored a fighting 171-6. Shubman Gill was the star performer with an explosive 84 off 46 balls. His innings had six boundaries and four maximums. Shubman Gill maintained an excellent strike rate of 182.60.
The Shubman Gill show in GT vs DC IPL 2022 clash
The Gujarat Titans faced an early setback in their innings. Matthew Wade (1) was dismissed, caught behind off Mustafizur Rahman’s bowling in the very first over.
Gill scored his first boundary in the second over, pulling a length ball from Shardul Thakur past midwicket for four. In his sixth over, he swept Axar Patel for a six over backward square leg.
Kuldeep Yadav bowled Vijay Shankar (13) just after the powerplay. However, Gill and then-GT captain Hardik Pandya (31 off 27) contributed 65 runs for the third wicket.
The former stormed to a 32-ball fifty in the 13th over, flicking Kuldeep for a single in front of square. In the following over, he went on Khaleel Ahmed and smashed him for four consecutive runs.
Shubman Gill initially sliced a length ball past extra cover before lapping the following ball cleanly for another boundary. Pandya died on the final ball in the same over, but Gill went on. He smashed the opening ball of Kuldeep’s 15th over down the ground for a maximum.
In the following over, the Gujarat Titans opener hammered Axar for two sixes. The first was blasted across the line for an 83-meter six. The second was smashed over the bowler’s head because Axar failed to get his line and length correct. Shubman Gill’s excellent innings came to an end when he was caught at deep midwicket off a slower delivery from Khaleel.
Delhi Capitals set a target of 172. However, they struggled to achieve it, managing only 157-9. Ferguson, the pacer, stood out with impressive figures of 4-28. Meanwhile, Shami took 2-30. Rishabh Pant, Delhi’s captain, top-scored with 43 off 29 deliveries. But his efforts weren’t enough to secure victory.
