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Delhi Capitals needed 2 runs from the last 2 balls in Delhi on April 8, and still lost by 1 run after David Miller turned down a single and Prasidh Krishna finished the chase with a slower ball that never let Miller free his arms. Gujarat Titans escaped with 210 for 4 against 209 for 8, and their first win of Indian Premier League 2026 came on the final delivery. (espncricinfo.com) The chase looked set up for Delhi Capitals because Kusal Mendis made 41 and Lokesh Rahul made 92, which meant the target was down to 36 from the last 3 overs. Gujarat Titans then used Rashid Khan through the middle and at the death, and his 3 wickets for 17 runs dragged the game back one over at a time. (espncricinfo.com) David Miller nearly stole it anyway with 41 not out from 20 balls, but the ending turned on one decision. With Delhi Capitals needing 2 from 2, Miller refused the single on the penultimate ball to keep strike, and that left everything riding on the last delivery. (espncricinfo.com) Prasidh Krishna answered with the one ball Miller did not want: a slower ball into the pitch instead of a full pace yorker. In Twenty20 cricket, that is like taking the elevator cables out from under a power hitter’s timing, because the swing starts before the ball arrives and the contact dies. (espncricinfo.com) Gujarat Titans had enough runs to defend because their top order never let the innings stall. Shubman Gill made 70 from 45 balls, Jos Buttler hit 52 from 27, and Washington Sundar added 55 from 32 as Gujarat reached 210 even after losing Sai Sudharsan in the third over. (espncricinfo.com) That total mattered because Delhi Capitals were chasing at more than 10 runs an over from the start, which changes every batting choice after the powerplay. A target of 211 lets one quiet over feel expensive, and Rashid Khan’s spell of 4 overs for 17 runs was exactly the kind of squeeze that turns a smooth chase into a scramble. (espncricinfo.com) The win also changed Gujarat Titans’ mood more than the table by itself. ESPNcricinfo’s report noted that it was their first victory of the season, and in a 74-match tournament where teams can play every few days, one escape like this can stop a bad week from becoming a bad month. (espncricinfo.com, iplt20.com) Delhi Capitals will remember the same night for the opposite reason. They got 92 from Rahul, 41 not out from Miller, and still walked off 1 run short, which is the kind of loss that leaves every dot ball and every refused single looking bigger in the replay than it did in real time. (espncricinfo.com, espncricinfo.com) By the end, the whole match came down to a very Twenty20 equation: 210 was just enough, Rashid Khan’s 17 runs conceded were worth far more than a normal spell, and Prasidh Krishna’s final slower ball was worth the one run Gujarat Titans won by. That is how a season can feel stuck on Tuesday and alive again on Wednesday. (espncricinfo.com, espncricinfo.com)