It is pertinent, especially in any form of cricket, for at least one batter to hang around and bat deep.
Sadly for table toppers Delhi Capitals, the top order brigade had started but lacked the finishing touches. to make it big by at least getting to a target of 220 on good batting conditions.
Porel 18 , Karun Nair 31 , Rahul 28 , Axer Patel 39 , Tristan Stubbs 31, and a late burst of 37 from 19 deliveries got the table toppers to 203 runs for losing 9 wickets in the process.
Losing regular wickets on an intermediate basis is a virus that adds pressure to any strong batting cordon.
Prasid Krishna is a wicket taker. However, to concede 4 scalps to a seamer for 41 runs on given conditions with the ball coming on to the bat in a script that Delhi Capitals were sucked into , it cost them their top spot .
205 as a target looked a par score to chase for the Gujarat Titans.
Narendra Modhi Stadium at Ahmedabad has always been a happy hunting ground for Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharshan, and Jos Buttler.
Mitch Starc with pinpoint accuracy in delivering Yorkers and back of a length deliveries struggled to get his bowling on cue.
His venom cost him 48 runs in 3.2 overs , Mukesh Kumar a struggle, his seam prowess cost him 40 in 4 overs , Axer Patel carried by his standard for 19 runs in 2 overs with Mohit Sharma visiting the cleaners for 29 runs in 2 overs kept the home fans celebrating an inevitable victory.
The man behind the on slaught was Jos the boss as he is fondly known.
Butler was on song. The fall of Subman Gill run out for 7 runs with the score on 14 plus the departure of Sai Sudharshan for 34 with the score on 74 , did not deter Jos Butler, who decided to bat till the end a pertinent point I made in Delhi Capitals top order batters undoings.
Jos remained unbeaten on 97 , 11 boundaries, and 4 massive sixes with a strike rate of 179.63. Shefane Rutherford, who aided Jos Buttler with a flamboyant 43 off 34 deliveries, played second fiddle, but his fiddle was the perfect harmony for Butler to stay focused. ” Get the job done . Don’t hand the responsibility to the next man on the bench .
Gujarat Titans needed 9 runs to win off the last over of Mitch Starc. Can Starc pull the miracle he demonstrated against Sunrisers Hydrabad in his last outing, taking them to the super over stage.
Not to be . Rahit Tewitia gets the target in 2 balls as Gujarat Titans march home with a 7 wicket win with 4 legal deliveries to spare.