GT vs DC Highlights, IPL 2023: Ishant Sharma defends 12 in final over, Delhi beat Gujarat by 5 runs

Noor Ahmad keeps things tight and concedes five runs in his final over. 

Aman Khan then gets a boundary and a maximum against Mohit Sharma in the 16th over as DC move to 91/6. 

Mohit Sharma piles more miseries on Delhi Capitals as Axar Patel falls for 27(30). He attempts a lofted drive but doesn't get the desired timing as the ball is safely pouched by Rashid Khan at long-off. 

Ripal Patel joins the proceedings. DC: 73-6 (14 overs)

Noor offers some flight and bowls it full as Axar drives it wide of the long-off fielder for a boundary. Seven runs come off the over. DC: 68/5 (13 overs)

After being hit for a six each in his previous two overs, Rashid Khan doesn't concede a single boundary and gives just three runs in his over. DC: 61-5 (12 overs)

Another tight over by Noor Ahmed as four runs come off his over. DC: 58-5 (11 overs)

Rashid Khan comes to bowl his second over and this time Axar Patel targets the spinner and dispatches him for a six straight over the bowler's head. David Miller chases it but he won't be able to stop the ball from reaching the fence. 

10 runs come off the over. DC: 54-5 (10 overs)

Noor Ahmad comes into the attack and he starts with a tight over, which include three singles and one extra in the form of wide. DC reach 44/5 in 9 overs.

Rashid Khan comes into the attack and he is blown for an 81m SIX by Aman Khan. Some relief for Delhi as they reach 40/5 in 8 overs.

Shami completes his quota and he is driven for a four by Axar Patel in his final over. DC reach 32/5 after 7 overs. Shami concedes 11 runs and scalps four wickets in his full quota. 

Aman Khan finishes the powerplay with a boundary against Josh Little as DC accumulate 28-5 in six overs.

Joshua Little comes into the attack and he starts with a six-run over. 

Mohammed Shami then provides Gujarat with another breakthrough in his next over as Wriddhiman Saha completes a spectacular catch diving to his right. Manish Pandey returns for 1(4).

Delhi's in-form batter Axar Patel makes his way in the middle. 

Shami goes on to add one more wicket to his tally in the final ball of the over. Priyam Garg is now caught-behind for 10(14). DC: 23/5 (5 overs) 

Mohammed Shami strikes again in his second over. Bangs it at length, slight movement away from Rossouw and the ball takes an outside edge before settling in Wriddhiman Saha's gloves. He falls for 8(6).  DC: 16-3 (3 overs)

Hardik Pandya will share the new ball with Shami and he starts with a dot against Priyam Garg. There is a mix-up between Priyam and Warner in the second ball as the former tries to run a single after knocking the ball straight towards Rashid Khan inside the 30-yard-circle. Rashid collects the ball and runs towards the non-striker's end and dislodges the bails, while Warner is still halfway down his line. He returns for 2(2).

Rilee Rossouw is the new batter in and he finishes the over with back-to-back boundaries as DC reach 15-2 in 2 overs.

Mohammed Shami provides Gujarat Titans with a perfect start as he removes Delhi opener Phil Salt in the first ball. The batter drives it straight to David Miller at short cover, who makes no mistake.

Priyam Garg joins skipper David Warner in the middle as the pair add 5 runs in the first over. DC: 5/1

Delhi Capitals: David Warner(c), Philip Salt(w), Manish Pandey, Rilee Rossouw, Priyam Garg, Axar Patel, Ripal Patel, Aman Hakim Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma

Gujarat Titans: Wriddhiman Saha(w), Abhinav Manohar, Hardik Pandya(c), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little

Delhi Capitals skipper David Warner wins toss, opts to bat.

“We might get a little bit of rain, that is only the bad thing but at this moment things are dry and fine. ” - Nick Knight during pitch report

The last time when the two sides met, Gujarat Titans secured a six-wicket win. Batting first Delhi managed to add 162/8 on the board. However, it was not enough in front of Sai Sudharsan, who scored a match-winning 62* off 48 balls. David Miller also chipped in with a crucial 16-ball 31*.

Another player, who has emerged to be a key addition in the GT camp is Afghanistan spinner Noor Ahmad. He has so far scalped eight wickets in four matches at an economy of 7.33.

Gujarat Titans will be happy with the way Vijay Shankar has made his presence felt in this season. The ‘3D player' scored a blistering 24-ball 51 to bail his side from a tricky situation and helped them complete the 180-run chase with 13 balls to spare. 

Shankar has so far amassed 199 runs from six matches at a strike-rate of 165.83. He has scored two half-centuries, both came against KKR.   

The season has belonged to the forgotten veterans, who have made their presence felt in all the matches they've been a part of. Ishan Sharma falls under the same category and has done his job in the three games he has been part of. 

The pacer has scalped four wickets in three matches and has maintained an economy of under 7 in the 10 overs he has bowled so far.

One area where Delhi miscalculated and it probably cost them the match against SRH was keeping in-form Axar Patel too late in the dugout. Delhi skipper David Warner will look to take some lesson from the previous outing and promote him slightly higher in the order maybe number five if not higher.

Delhi did lose their previous fixture against SRH, but they did have a few positives to draw from it. No one was Mitchell Marsh's form. The Aussie finally produced an all-round show and gave Delhi a brilliant chance to eke a positive result, which they failed to do. 

Phil Salt too showed good intent at the top of the innings and scored 35-ball 59, and the management will hope for a similar outing from the wicketkeeper-batter.

Delhi Capitals have been the most inconsistent side in the tournament and they now find themselves in a do-or-die situation with six losses from eight matches. 

They will probably need to win all of their remaining fixtures to give them a slender chance of making it to the play-offs but considering the way they have turned up this season, it looks highly unlikely.

Openers: David Warner (capt), Phil Salt (wk)

Top and middle-order: Manish Pandey, Lalit Yadav, Priyam Garg

All-rounders: Mitchell Marsh, Axar Patel

Spinner: Kuldeep Yadav

Pacers: Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar  

Complete squad: David Warner (c), Prithvi Shaw, Sarfaraz Khan, Aman Hakim Khan, Abhishek Porel (wk), Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, Rovman Powell, Rilee Rossouw, Anrich Nortje, Mustafizur Rahaman, Chetan Sakariya, Mukesh Kumar, Phil Salt, Lungi Ngidi, Praveen Dubey, Lalit Yadav, Ripal Patel, Vicky Ostwal, Ishant Sharma, Manish Pandey, Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Priyam Garg