END OF OVER:
20 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | GT: 125/6 (6 runs required, RR: 6.25)

  • Rashid Khan3 (2b)
  • Hardik Pandya59 (53b)
  • Ishant Sharma4-0-23-2
  • Anrich Nortje4-0-39-1

11.08 pm Delhi's bowlers misfired on their yorkers an excessive amount of times down the stretch sending down a plethora of full tosses. But Gujarat could only capitalize on them twice with Tewatia v Nortje in the 19th over. Otherwise, Hardik and Rashid missed out on a number of juice grapefruit deliveries that should have disappeared over the boundary and that was the difference down the stretch. Shami's extraordinary new ball spell in the first innings goes to waste. Ricky Ponting is bursting out of his seat with joy seeing his charges come back to get a rare win.

Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya: "Obviously we would have taken 129 on any given day. Those last couple of wickets and at the end, Rahul got us back in the game. I tried my best but could not capitalize. It boils down to me. We were hoping to get a couple of big overs in the middle but at that point of time we could not get rhythm. It was new for Abhinav as well. It boils down to how I was not able to finish the game. Full marks to their bowlers as well and full ownership for my side where I could not finish the game. I should've. The wicket was good enough. I think it was more about the wicket pressure. I don't think the wicket played much role. It was a tad slower than what we are used to here. But they bowled really well. We lost a couple of early wickets where we had to take some time. We could not get the rhythm in the middle. Rahul brought us back into the game. Otherwise they were quite ahead. Intent had to be there. It's just that we lost a couple of wickets where if you keep losing wickets, it's difficult to keep the intent as well. I think it's just that this game I think we lost because I could not get my rhythm and we kept losing wickets at the start and that put us under pressure. We like to take it deep and get a couple of big overs which we could not get. [On Shami's spell] I feel sorry for him. If you bowl like that, then you get the team on 129, I think batters disappointed. I don't think the ball did a lot. I think it's just that Mohammed Shami's skill set which he has and he made the ball talk. Otherwise, I think for fast bowlers, the wicket did not have much assistance. But the way he bowled four on the trot and got us in the game, full credit. As I said, batters and particularly myself did not finish and we disappointed him. It's still a lot of games left. We'll take all the learnings from this game and rectify it a little better and move on. We have won a lot of games from the same position. We are still at the top of the table but we need to keep playing good cricket. Today, we did not finish the game."

Delhi Capitals bowler Ishant Sharma: "Even in the nets when I bowl with the new ball, I was practicing bowling wide yorkers. Today, I think the hard work pays off. I just backed myself and bowled wide yorkers. Coaches do that. There's a lot of time we spend in preparation, planning for certain batsmen which balls to bowl to them. It's all about backing yourself. I don't think about how many people are watching. It's all about executing those single balls every single time when you are on the field. So I was just backing myself to bowl this wide yorkers. [On facing Tewatia] I've played enough cricket with him so I was just having fun with him. I knew he was going to know what my short ball is, so I knew I had to double bluff him. Otherwise I knew he was the type of batsman who can finish the game for Gujarat. So I was double bluffing him and bowling the balls. [On defending 129] It is what it is. We don't really think about what target we have on the board. It's just about bowling your balls and executing your plans to the batsmen. From here on, we just carry the momentum and look to win one game at a time and hope for the best from the future."

Delhi Capitals captain David Warner: "Our bowlers were absolutely amazing. Our batters struggled early up. Credit to the way that Shami bowled, always presents a good seam and took early wickets. But a great anchor role with Aman and Ripal and it was a fantastic way to finish our innings. That was a nail-biter. We just keep finding ways to lose wickets in clumps. Another runout. I just don't know what's happening with our batting at the moment. We tried to have positive intent today. It didn't come off. But look, we won and got the two points. We wanted to come out and swing the ball and take early wickets. Khaleel was on the sideline last game. He was fit last game and unlucky to miss out. With Ishant forever getting younger and coming out and delivering, it's amazing to see him. How much did he hold his nerves there at the end, credit to him. I was nervous there when Tewatia was going off. He's renowned for that, he always hits the ball nice and clean towards the back end. Our best death bowler at the end has been Anrich. I passed the ball to him. Ishant was so clear with what he wanted to execute and he was able to do that."

Player of the Match is Mohammed Shami in a losing effort for his 4 for 11.

MJ: "Last 14 balls to Pandya no boundary and not an effort for boundary I expect a lot more than that from a captain." Well, he said repeatedly during his post-match interview that he shouldered all the blame for not getting his side across the line and that's a main reason why.

That'll do it for today's live coverage of this IPL encounter. Come back tomorrow for more live IPL action. Until then, take care!

19.6
1
Sharma to Rashid Khan, 1 run, 142 kph knee high full toss on the wide guideline, Rashid tries to muscle this over the leg side but flubs this slicing it high over backward point for just a single. Last place Delhi have clawed back in the most extraordinary way to knock off the league-leaders and defending IPL champs by five runs.
19.5
2
Sharma to Rashid Khan, 2 runs, dropped! Low and wide, Rashid slams this with immense timing and power to Rossouw at cover on the ring who flies to his right and makes a driving stop to knock this down and turns four into two. Technically a dropped chance too at knee height which would have officially sealed the match. But they take two runs. A six will force a super over...

The pendulum swings back sharply to Delhi after those two dot balls. ESPNcricinfo win probability now has them back at 87.77%

19.4
W
Sharma to Tewatia, OUT, 119 kph slower length ball on fifth stump, Tewatia tries to muscle this over the leg side again but miscues it off the splice fluttering gently to Rossouw five yards inside the ring at extra cover and he backpedals a few steps for a simple head high catch.

R Tewatia c Rossouw b Sharma 20 (19m 7b 0x4 3x6) SR: 285.71

Dr Rahul : "How can you not have this man in the Indian T20 international team!! THE ICE MAN!!"

19.3
0
Sharma to Tewatia, no run, full and wide yorker just inside the guidelines, Tewatia clears the front leg and misses a wild heave to this 143 kph delivery. Tewatia goes to DRS claiming this should be a wide for a bonus run and ball, but he's going to lose this. It was comfortably inside the wide guideline. Review lost.

Tasmeem: "Not a single bouncer from Nortje with 4 fielders on the leg side. Should've gone for it first up against Tewatia."

19.2
1
Sharma to Pandya, 1 run, full and wide, sliced behind point for a casual one to put Tewatia on strike.
19.1
2
Sharma to Pandya, 2 runs, ankle high full toss on eighth stump, miscues a slice high toward Nortje running in from cover sweeper. If it was a World Cup Final, he'd have put in a dive for a catch that would also have been a dot ball but instead he lets it land at his feet and two runs are taken.

END OF OVER:
19 | 21 Runs | GT: 119/5 (12 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 6.26, RRR: 12.00)

  • Rahul Tewatia20 (5b)
  • Hardik Pandya56 (51b)
  • Anrich Nortje4-0-39-1
  • Khaleel Ahmed4-1-24-2

The ESPNcricinfo win predictor has swung sharply, from 88% for Delhi after 18 overs to 82% for Gujarat just six balls later.

18.6
6
Nortje to Tewatia, SIX, hat-trick of sixes for Tewatia over the leg side rope! Off Nortje too! Knee high full toss on fourth stump as Nortje finally corrects his line wider, but Tewatia was anticipating the line being dragged that far and shuffles way outside off for the first time to get in line before smoking this with a pull high and deep over wide long-on for an 88-meter strike.

Vishal Poojary: "Time to sit back and enjoy the Iceman-Show."

18.5
6
Nortje to Tewatia, SIX, Tewatia magic! Full in the slot on leg stump at 148 kph, Tewatia stays stationary in the crease and clears the front leg to slaughter this high over wide midwicket landing 20 meters beyond the rope.

AJ: "@shyam - Ishant also evokes the memory of that 30 run over thrashing he got from James Faulkner ."

18.4
6
Nortje to Tewatia, SIX, knee high full toss on the legs at 148 kph, Tewatia smokes a six pulling this flat over the deep square leg fielder.

Vishal: "The law of averages always catches up with you. GT won a match that they should have surely lost, against LSG. Now they are losing a match that should have been a comfortable cruising victory!!"

18.3
1
Nortje to Pandya, 1 run, yorker follows Hardik backing away from leg stump and he digs this out to long-on for one.

Ayush Falor: "Deserves Credit, for absolutely shutting all of us up"

18.2
2
Nortje to Pandya, 2 runs, 144 kph full on leg stump, whipped out to deep midwicket for a frantic two.

Imen: "This is literally the situation Tewatia is in the side for ...lets see what happens"

18.1
0
Nortje to Pandya, no run, 142 kph yorker on off, jammed out to Nortje.

END OF OVER:
18 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | GT: 98/5 (33 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 5.44, RRR: 16.50)

  • Hardik Pandya53 (48b)
  • Rahul Tewatia2 (2b)
  • Khaleel Ahmed4-1-24-2
  • Kuldeep Yadav4-0-15-1

Two badly misfired yorkers that wound up as full tosses to Hardik, and both wound up being singles instead of boundaries. Could be the difference in the end result down the stretch here. Delhi win probability now at 88.87% on the ESPNcricinfo win predictor.

17.6
1
Ahmed to Pandya, 1 run, knee high full toss on the wide guideline again at 139 kph, just another firm punch that backs out backward point for a diving stop to keep it to one.

Shyam: "Ishant Sharma should bowl the crucial 19th over nostalgic memories of what he did in champions trophy final against England"

17.5
1
Ahmed to Tewatia, 1 run, 125 kph slower short ball on middle, Tewatia plays a short-arm paddle pull to deep square leg for one.
17.4
1
Ahmed to Pandya, 1 run, 140 kph thigh high full toss on the wide guideline, Hardik tries to place this with a firm punch wide of the cover sweeper but picks him out for only a single. Should have been a free boundary but Hardik can't capitalize on it.
17.3
0
Ahmed to Pandya, no run, yorker on off at 139 kph, jammed out back to the bowler for none.
17.2
1
Ahmed to Tewatia, 1 run, back of a length on fifth stump, pushed gently past the ring fielder chasing after it and Hardik wanted two after jogging for most of the first run but Tewatia wisely says no.

Tewatia enters with 37 needed off 17 balls. The Gujarat player family members look pretty chilled out on the VIP balcony.

Manohar kept trying that shot all innings but rarely if ever middled one properly.

17.1
W
Ahmed to Manohar, OUT, Manohar's struggle comes to an end. Length ball on off stump at 139 kph, yet another attempted pull is miscued but this one finally has enough pace on it off the bat to reach a boundary fielder. Aman jogs in 10 yards off the rope at long-on for a basic chest high catch.

A Manohar c Aman Hakim Khan b Ahmed 26 (44m 33b 0x4 1x6) SR: 78.78

END OF OVER:
17 | 5 Runs | GT: 94/4 (37 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 5.52, RRR: 12.33)

  • Abhinav Manohar26 (32b)
  • Hardik Pandya51 (45b)
  • Kuldeep Yadav4-0-15-1
  • Anrich Nortje3-0-18-1

12.33 per over required now off the last three... ESPNcricinfo win probability now has Delhi at 67.81%.

Sher: "Kudos to Abhinav Manohar, he has played a good part in this partnership. " Striking at well under a run a ball after 32 deliveries in the middle? Hmmm... Good for which side?

16.6
1
Kuldeep Yadav to Manohar, 1 run, another quicker ball lands short on the legs, flicked in the air short of Warner charging in from long-on for one.
16.5
1
Kuldeep Yadav to Pandya, 1 run, 117 kph quicker ball yanked short on the legs, pulled to deep midwicket along the ground for one.
16.4
1
Kuldeep Yadav to Manohar, 1 run, short again on middle and leg, this time Manohar connects with a pull to deep midwicket for one.
16.3
0
Kuldeep Yadav to Manohar, no run, short outside leg, the ball sticks in the wicket a bit and Manohar is way out in front of a pull that hits him in the ribs.
16.2
1
Kuldeep Yadav to Pandya, 1 run, full on leg stump, flicked to wide long-on for a single to bring up a 44-ball half-century. Just a gentle hand wave from Hardik to acknowledge the milestone, no bat raise. The job is not done.
16.1
1
Kuldeep Yadav to Manohar, 1 run, good length on off, Manohar sits back to swat this over wide mid-on for one.

Chad: "I appreciate GT making a simple chase difficult just so The Iceman can entertain us."

GT 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0WP SahaShubman Gill
2nd18HH PandyaShubman Gill
3rd8V ShankarHH Pandya
4th6DA MillerHH Pandya
5th62HH PandyaA Manohar
6th28R TewatiaHH Pandya
7th3HH PandyaRashid Khan

Indian Premier League

TeamMWLPTNRR
GT14104200.809
CSK1485170.652
LSG1485170.284
MI148616-0.044
RR1477140.148
RCB1477140.135
KKR146812-0.239
PBKS146812-0.304
DC145910-0.808
SRH144108-0.59