IPL 2025, GT vs DC Highlights: Jos Buttler 97* takes GT to top of the table as they vault over DC in four-pointer

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: Couple of breaks through that over as the heat really starts getting to the players in the middle, but Ashutosh is relatively fresh and is able to hit his first six, a pull over square leg.

163-4 with the last 4 overs coming up.

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: The heat really telling on this afternoon in Ahmedabad. Axar Patel, one of the fittest cricketers in the country, suffering from cramp. That is how much of a cauldron it is in Ahmedabad. Ishant Sharma was also suffering from a touch of overheating earlier after an over.

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: Mohammed Siraj returns after the timeout and produces an absolutely massive wicket! Stubbs was set and trying to get a move on. He goes for the reverse scoop, a shot he's good at, but just gets it wrong. Loops for an easy catch to short third inside the ring.

146-4, Ashutosh comes to the crease now. That wicket could be a gamechanger, Stubbs from this stage forward in an innings is near-unstoppable. GT over the moon.

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: Stubbs gets very very lucky there! Hits a beautiful six off Rashid, but tries to go again and slices it straight into the air. He gets lucky that it is somewhat in no-man's-land, Rashid himself has to run a long way back, and he never quite gets there. Second life for Stubbs.

Axar with a big six the very next ball, attacking Rashid in his final over of the day. 146-3 after 14, Rashid bowls out with figures of 0-38. Not his day, again.

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: DC looking at maybe one boundary ball in every over, this pair happy to take singles otherwise. Axar with a lovely chip against Rashid that is timed so well, minimal follow through and flies over long-off. Looking in good touch.

Running between the wickets on this hot afternoon the key at the moment.

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: Rashid nearly gets Axar, but it pitch just a hair's width outside leg. Close call for the DC captain.

105-3 at halfway, only 32 runs and a wicket since the end of the powerplay. DC slowing down a touch, but they know they have the power to catch up if they hold a couple of wickets in their hands later on.

Ishant Sharma on.

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: Tristan Stubbs with a gorgeous cover drive to get off the mark. DC finish the ninth over on 100-3. A lot of responsiblity on the shoulders of this partnership as Rashid Khan and Sai Kishore likely to work through these next few overs in tandem.

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: It's Krishna again! Bowling his third over already, and he does the trick. Karun tries to use his pace and bounce to find the third man boundary again, but Gill has the man placed well this time.

An excellent 31(18) from Karun again, but massive wicket for GT. Exposing the lower middle order just a touch with the spinners to come into action, even if their lead bowler gets through most of his overs in the first half of the innings.

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: This pair happy to milk the singles and doubles for a little bit post-powerplay. They know they have to protect the lower middle order a touch today.

89-2 after 8, Rashid having bowled his first over.

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: DC will be really happy with that powerplay, even if they lost a couple of big wickets. Karun with another boundary and six, and he's suddenly onto 19*(9). He will be key to stitching this innings together with captain Axar at the other end — but GT will want a wicket with thair spinners coming in soon.

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: Krishna doesn't usually come on this early but his inclusion does the trick! It's a terrific delivery, full and fast, swings late, KL can't get his bat down, and he walks off even before the umpire raises the finger.

KL was looking fantastic and it needed some magic from Krishna to get him out. He goes for 28(14), 58-2 now.

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: DC's powerplay performances were a question mark, and their top order has come out with intent to reverse that. Touch to go with flair for KL, as he very cleverly just tickles one off his legs to the vacant fine leg fence. The next ball is overpitched and lofted over covers for four more.

52-1 after 4 overs.

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: Karun Nair at it as well! Short and wide from Siraj, Karun can just throw hi shands at it, and it flies over the third man boundary for six more.

Early wicket but the start DC wanted on this pitch. Siraj won't be happy.

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: Not a great start for Siraj! Expensive in his first over, and now his long-time teammate KL Rahul slices him for four and then dumps him straight over the boundary for six.

26 runs off Siraj in 1.3 overs already. Hunting for some rhythm here.

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: What a shame! Porel was looking in really good touch at the start of this match, and gets a juicy full toss from Arshad. He tries to drive it past mid-on, but can only toe-end it and it goes to Siraj at a really comfortable height.

He was looking set after a really good start, but it's over at 18(9). KL Rahul in to bat next.

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: Little wild from Siraj early against the lefty. Porel finds the fence over long off even without the best connection, and doesn't take long for the first six of the innings as he plays a pickup shot over deep square leg.

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: So a completely different opening pair compared to the duo DC started this tournament with. Abishek Porel has been in good touch, and will be looking for a good strong partnership with Karun Nair, who he ran out in a miscommunication in the previous match.

Good start needed for this pair with batting only till 7 in this DC lineup. Mohammed Siraj to get us going with the new ball.

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: No shocks when it comes to Gujarat Titans, but seems likely that Washington Sundar misses out again.

GT's playing XI: Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Sai Kishore, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

Bench: Sherfane Rutherford, Washington Sundar, Anuj Rawat, Karim Janat, Mahipal Lomror

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: So interesting decision not to have Jake Fraser-McGurk play today, DC giving him some time off after a poor start to the season. Karun Nair to open with Abishek Porel, or will KL Rahul come back up the order today?

DC's playing XI: Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Mohit Sharma

Bench: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sameer Rizvi, Darshan Nalkande, Donovan Ferreira, Dushmantha Chameera

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: Surprise surprise! Goes to show what we know, Shubman Gill says he wants to bowl first after winning the toss, and Axar Patel says he would have done the same. So DC to bat first and try to put on a big score.

GT remain unchanged with Rabada still a few days away from returning. And big change as no Jake Fraser-McGurk for the Delhi Capitals.

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: Prasidh Krishna and Kuldeep Yadav have been the two standout middle-phase bowlers of the IPL so far. With Kuldeep's deception and wicket-threat, against Prasidh's steepling pace-and-bounce approach that has seen him breathing fire. This is bound to be a great contest as they carry the burden of containing two in-form batting orders. Keep an eye on who comes out on top.

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: Both teams are missing out on a couple of players, with Kagiso Rabada having left for home due to personal reasons and no notification about his return yet, while his compatriot Faf Du Plessis deals with a shoulder injury sustained while fielding in Bangalore.

With Kuldeep Yadav also heading off the pitch after a slight fielding mishap, DC fans will be hoping that is all it was, and nothing major to their key player.

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: With temperatures expected to touch 40 degrees celsius at an absolute cauldron at the Narendra Modi Stadium, it would be a massive shock if the captain at the toss chooses to put himself and his team out to field first, given the track record at this ground and the pure heat expected.

The pitch is likely to play true and fast through the first half of the game, whether it's a black soil pitch or red. With the sun beating down on it hardcore, it will just make batting all the more difficult in the second half. No surprises should be expected at the toss in half-an-hour.

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: With Mohammed Siraj up front and Prasidh Krishna through the middle and at the death, GT have had the best pace attack in the tournament so far. But the questions are more to do with the spinners: while Sai Kishore has impressed, they continue to wait for the return of the real Rashid Khan.

Rashid's ability to exert control through the middle overs will be essential to GT's hopes of success. He will likely have to bowl a lot at KL Rahul, Axar Patel, and Tristan Stubbs: can he be the key player as he looks to choke the run-rate through the middle and take those crucial wickets? Prime Rashid used to be able to, but we haven't seen that version for a couple of years now.

Rashid vs Kuldeep is a key battle to watch out for, the best wrist-spinner of the IPL over the last half-decade and more, against one intending to take over that mantle.

IPL 2025, GT vs DC Live Score: Following in the footsteps of countrymen like AB de Villiers and David Miller, Tristan Stubbs has rapidly become one of those players opposition bowlers hate to see at the crease during the end of a batting innings. Let the South African get to the final three or four overs, and he is relentless: since the start of IPL 2024, Stubbs has struck at a rate of 275 in the death overs, maintaining an incredible average as well.

With power to hit sixes as well but also enough craft to play all around the wicket, Stubbs is a player who could develop to be a real gamechanger for the Delhi Capitals. Surrounded by hitters such as Axar Patel and Ashutosh Sharma, he is the jewel in the crown of a fantastic DC lower middle order.