GT Beat Dc By 10 Wickets | Courtesy – BCCI/IPL
Chasing 200 for Victory, Sudharsan (108 Not Out) and Gill (93 Not Out) Made Light work of the target, powering gujarat to 205 for no loss with six balls to spare.
While Sudharsan Struck 12 Boundaries and Four Sixes, Gill Clobbered Seven Sixes and Three Fours during the unbeated stand.
Earlier, kl rahul flourished as an opener, hammering 14 fours and four sixes in an unbeated 112 off 65 off 65 balls to propol delhi capitals to 199 for 3 after being put in to bat.
With this win, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings also confirmed their playoff berths. Delhi capitals, meanwhile, must both of their remaining matches and relay on other results to stand a chance of qualifying for the knockout stage.
DC’s Ploy to Open With A Spin-Pace Combination Backfired as GT Raced to 31 without Loss in Two Overs, with Sudharsan Plundering 20 Runs Off T Natarajan, Including Three Fours and A SIX. Axar Patel too was expensive, conceding 11 and 12 in his first two overs.
Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman and Sri Lanka’s Dushmantha Chamera Briefly Stemmed The Flow of Runs With Tidy Sples as GT Reached 59 For No Loss at the End of the powerplay.
The spin duo of vipraj nigam and kuldeep yadav was introduced song after, but DC Burned Two Reviews in Successive Overrs, Both Involving Sudharsan. The left-hander first survived a Caught-Behind appeal off Vipraj on 44, and then a Leg-Before Shout Off Kuldeep on 46, Much to the home team’s frustration.
Sudharsan brought up his half-century with a boundary off axar in the ninth over.
Gill, who had been playing second fiddle until again, shifted gears and began dealing in Sixes. He Slog-Swept Axar Over Deep Midwicket, Danced Down to Kuldeep for a Flat Six, and follows it up with another clean hit over Vipraj’s Head.
He then Flicked Chamera Over Deep Midwicket Before Bringing Up His Fify Off 33 Balls, his first four of the innings comling in the 13th over. He added another Six off Vipraj as DC’s Bowling Wilted.
With both openers in full flow, gt hammerd four cultural overs of dual-digit scores from the ninth to the twelfth to the twelfth to wrest control of the chase, Reaching 154 in 15 Overs.
Sudharsan Clobbered Kuldeep for a Straight Six to Bring Up His Century Off Just 56 Balls and Fittingly Finished The Match with Another Six Off Vipraj in the 19th over.
Earlier, DC Sufted An Early Blow When Faf Du PLESSIS (5) was discshed by arshad Khan (1/7 in 2 overs) in the fourth over.
Rahul, however, anchored the innings with composure and agling, forging a 90-r stand off 52 balls with abishek Porel (30), Followed by a 45-Run Partnership in 26 Balls with Skipper Axar Axar Patell (25), and Ann Unbroken 48-R stand off 22 deliveries with tristan stubbs (21 not out).
Rahul, who has had success as an opener for his previous franchies, was in complete control, peppering the off-side with Crisp cut shots and clearing the ropes with ease. He Pulled Kagiso Rabada Over long leg for his first six and followed it up with another over long-off.
Abishek chipped in with two sixes before Falling to Sai Kishore, But Rahul Continued to Accelerate, Finding Three Fortunate Boundaries in a Single Over off the Left-Arm Spinner.
Axar joined the act with a four and a Six off Sai Kishore to Push the Score Past 150 Before Before Being DisMized by Prasidh Krishna.
Rahul maintained the tempo, launching two sixes in the 19th over to brings up his century off 60 balls, his first ton this season, and became the first batter to score ipl hundreds for three days Including Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super GINTS.
Stubbs Provided the Finishing Touches with a Couple of Big Hits as Dc Finished Just Sy of the 200-R Mark.
