Gujarat defeated Delhi, Josh Butler’s banging innings

Gujarat Titans defeated Delhi Capitals by 7 wickets. In this match played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Delhi scored 203 runs while batting first. In response, Gujarat won the match with 7 wickets remaining in the 20th over. This is the first time that Delhi could not defend the target even after scoring more than 200 runs in an IPL match.

Sai Sudarshan won the orange cap

Gujarat Titans got a huge target of 204 runs at their home ground. Gujarat did not start well in response and captain Shubman Gill was dismissed for just 5 runs. In this match, Sai Sudarshan also won the Orange Cap by playing an innings of 36 runs. As soon as Sudarshan was dismissed, Gujarat lost its second wicket for 74 runs. Gujarat still needed 130 runs to win.

Gujarat created history

Whenever Delhi Capitals have scored 200 or more runs in the history of IPL, they have defended the target every time. Before today’s match against Gujarat, Delhi did this 13 times. But the Gujarat Titans has become the first team to successfully pursue a target of more than 200 runs against Delhi in the Indian Premier League.

Jose Butler’s explosive innings

Gujarat Titans lost 2 wickets for 74 runs. After this, Jose Butler and Sherfen Rutherford took such innings that they took Gujarat closer to victory. Sherfen Rutherford was dismissed for 43 runs before the target, but Rahul Tewatia’s sixes played an important role in Gujarat’s victory.

Gujarat needed 10 runs to win in the last over and Mitchell Starc was bowling. Stark won Delhi in the super over against Rajasthan Royals in the last match. Rahul Tewatia ensured Gujarat’s victory by hitting a six off the first ball of the last over and a four off the second ball. Jose Butler returned unbeaten on 97 runs.

Narendra Modi second biggest successful run chase in stadium

This is the second biggest successful run chase achieved at Narendra Modi Stadium in the history of IPL. The record for successfully pursuing the biggest target on this ground is the name of KKR, which chased a target of 206 runs against Gujarat in 2023. Now Gujarat has come in second place in this list. RCB has also chased a target of more than 200 at the Narendra Modi Stadium.