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04/08 14:23 CDT Gujarat survives David Miller's late blitz for a 1-run win over
Delhi in Indian Premier League
Gujarat survives David Miller's late blitz for a 1-run win over Delhi in Indian
Premier League
NEW DELHI, India (AP) --- Gujarat Titans withstood David Miller's late
onslaught to record a one-run victory over Delhi Capitals on the final ball
Wednesday in the Indian Premier League.
Needing two runs off Prasidh Krishna's last ball, Miller missed the slower
short ball and wicketkeeper Jos Buttler hit the stumps at the striker's end
with Kuldeep Yadav well short of his crease as Delhi finished at 209-8.
Earlier, half-centuries from Shubman Gill (70), Washington Sundar (55) and
Buttler (52) led Gujarat to 210-4 after Axar Patel won the toss in Delhi's home
game and elected to field.
Gujarat was in control when Lokesh Rahul (92 off 52 balls) missed out on a
century and Mohammed Siraj had him caught behind in the 17th over.
With Delhi still requiring 45 of the last three overs, Miller returned to the
crease after the South African left-hander had got retired hurt in the 12th
over after a hand injury during batting.
Kagiso Rabada conceded just nine runs in the 18th over before Miller hit Siraj
for 23 runs in the penultimate over, reducing the target to 13 of Krishna's
last over.
Vipraj Nigam smacked Krishna's first delivery over mid off for a boundary
before he got caught off the next ball, but Miller's big six off the fourth
ball reduced the target to two runs from the final two balls.
Miller could have tied the score, but he didn't run a single off the fifth ball
as he pulled to deep backward square leg before he missed out the final ball
and Yadav got run out as Gujarat finally got its first points this season after
losing twice.
Rashid Khan's superb spell of 3-17 in the middle overs brought Gujarat back ias
the leg-spinner chipped in with the wickets of Nitish Rana (5) and Sameer Rizvi
for nought in one over before rounding out his spell with the wicket of Patel
(2).
Earlier, Gill anchored Gujarat to a strong total with two solid partnerships.
Buttler smashed five sixes and three fours in his 27-ball blitz before he was
undone by Yadav and got clean bowled in the eighth over.
But Sundar and Gill kept the momentum going with a 104-run stand as Sundar
completed his maiden IPL fifty. Lungi Ngidi, who consistently deceived batters
with slower deliveries, had Gill caught at mid-off with a ball that lacked pace.
Sundar fell in the last over to Mukesh Kumar, who finished with expensive
figures of 2-55 after conceding 12 runs of his final over.
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