GT edge DC by one
In IPL opening-week drama, Gujarat Titans edged Delhi Capitals by a single run in a tense finish, a game decided in the final moments. Match reports credit Prasidh Krishna with holding his nerve against David Miller in the death, and GT skipper Shubman Gill was confirmed fit after missing the previous game with a neck spasm. ( )
Delhi needed 2 runs from 2 balls, had David Miller on strike, and still lost. Prasidh Krishna bowled a slower bouncer, Miller missed, and Jos Buttler’s direct hit at the striker’s end ran out Kuldeep Yadav to seal a 1-run Gujarat Titans win in Delhi on April 8. (espncricinfo.com) The chase finished at 209 for 8, one short of 211. One ball earlier, Miller had turned down a single with Delhi Capitals needing 2 from 2, choosing to keep strike instead of taking the tie and leaving one ball for Kuldeep Yadav. (espncricinfo.com) That ending only mattered because Gujarat had gone hard enough to reach 210 for 4 first. Jos Buttler smashed 52 from 27 balls in the powerplay, Shubman Gill made 70 from 45, and Washington Sundar added 55 from 32 to keep the scoring rate above 10 an over. (iplt20.com) Gill’s innings carried extra weight because he had missed Gujarat’s previous game with a neck spasm. He returned as captain, batted through the middle overs, and gave Gujarat the stable half of an innings that also had Buttler’s fast start. (ndtv.com) Delhi’s reply looked in control for long stretches because Lokesh Rahul played the anchor-and-accelerator role at once. He made 92 from 52 balls, while Pathum Nissanka’s 41 gave the chase enough shape that the last overs were about finishing, not rescuing. (espncricinfo.com) Then Rashid Khan bent the game back toward Gujarat. His 3 for 17 in four overs removed Rahul and squeezed the middle of the chase, which is why Delhi reached the last over needing a manageable number but with less room for error. (espncricinfo.com) Prasidh Krishna still had to survive the hardest part: bowling at Miller at the death with the equation down to scraps. He finished with 2 for 52, but the only number anyone will remember is the final ball, because that was Gujarat’s first win of the 2026 Indian Premier League season. (espncricinfo.com) For Gujarat, the night fixed two problems at once. They got Gill back in the lineup and got a result after opening the season with a loss, and they did it in the smallest runs-margin win in the franchise’s Indian Premier League history. (espncricinfo.com) For Delhi, the scorecard will show a thriller and the replay will show a choice. With 2 needed from 2, the safer play was the single that would have tied the match; Miller backed himself to finish it, and Gujarat escaped by one run instead. (espncricinfo.com)
