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Gujarat Titans pulled off a win from jaws of defeat as they beat Delhi Capitals by barest of margins by 1 run in thrilling Tata IPL 2026 match at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium. The match went down to the last ball to decide the winner.
Earlier, DC Skipper Axar Patel won the toss and opted to bowl first . GT lost opener Sai Sudharsan early for 12 . But Skipper Shubman Gill back after missing the previous match batted his way to form with timely and impressive 70 ( 45 balls , 4 fours, 5 sixes). Out of form fro wahile English legend Jos Buttler too found his mojo after while hitting a fifty 52 ( 27 balls , 3 fours, 5 sixes).
Washington Sundar promoted up the order showed his potential as a basman scoring his maiden Tata IPL 50 a fine 55 ( 32 balls , 6 fours , 3 sixes) . Glenn Phillips not out 14 and Rahul Tewati not out 1 as GT finished with a strong total of 210/4 in their 20 overs.
DC Bowling : Mukesh Kumar was hammered 2/55 ( 4 overs), Lungi Ngidi used the solw ball astutely for fine figures of 1 /24 ( 4 overs), Axar Patel 0/32 ( 3 overs), Kuldeep Yadav 1/42 ( 4 overs), T Natarajan 0/34 ( 4 overs), Vipraj Nigam 0/23 ( 1 over)
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Chasing stiff total , DC were off to a flier with Sri Lankan Pathum Nissanka 41 ( 24 balls , 6 fours , 1 six) and K L Rahul . The duo put on 76-1, 8.1 overs when Nissanka fell . Rahul carried on . Nitish Rana fell cheaply for 5 and young Sameer Rizvi out for 0 . The chase wobbled. Adding to the woes Skipper Axar Patel too holed out for 2 . The dangerous Tristan Stubbs was run-out in mix up with K L Rahul for 7 .
The onus of the chase now rested on K L Rahul and David Miller. Vipraj Nigam was out for 12 . Miller had to retire hurt in the middle of the innings but came on to bat later on . K L Rahul took the fight to GT and acored a brilliant 92 ( 52 balls , 11 fours, 4 sixes). Rahul missed well- desrved hundred.
Returning to bat again after injury break David Miller was in imperious mood and threated to take the match away from GT . Miller singlehandedly brought back Delhi Capitals in the game with a couple of cracking sixes and a four in a 23-run penultimate over from Mohammed Siraj. GT skipper Gill after hectic consulktations handed the final over to experienced Prasidh Krishna who was left to defend 13 off the last six balls.
Vipraj Nigam departed after a four off the first ball, leaving Miller with 8 to get off the last three balls. Miller decided to take the match deep as he refused a single off the penultimate delivery with score needed 2 off 2 . A single would have taken the match to super over. But in Brain fade moment Miller did not trust partner Kuldeep Yadav. In the final ball a slow one from Krishna, Miller swung but missed missed and Jos Buttler having taken one glove off broke down the stumps before Kuldeep could make it. DC lost by 1 run.
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The agonising loss wa seen on Miller’s face after the match as he made his way back to the dug-out . His South African team- mate Kagiso Rabada of GT put his arms around his shoulders to comfort a distraught Miller.
GT Bolwing : Rashid Khan oustanding 3/17 ( 4 overs), Mohammed Siraj 1/52 ( 4 overs), Kagiso Rabada 0/32 ( 4 overs), 0/45 ( 3 overs), Prasidh Krishna 2/52 ( 4 overs), Washington Sundar 0/11 ( 1 over)
Match: IPL 2026, 14th Match
Venue: Delhi | Date: April 08, 2026
