Delhi Capitals (DC) lost the match against the Gujarat Titans (GT) by 10 wickets on Sunday, May 18, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
Batting first in the match, Delhi Capitals posted 199/3 on the board, riding on a sensational century from KL Rahul (112*). However, with the ball, they were extremely poor and allowed the Gujarat Titans to complete the run chase in 19 overs without picking any wickets.
"Obviously, the way they batted, if you don't lose wickets, the chase becomes easy. I thought the wicket got better as the game progressed."
KL Rahul was superb - Axar Patel
"I thought it was a par score, the way we finished, KL was superb, we thought this was a good score."
"The bowlers tried hard, but we couldn't win today. The way we batted was a big positive, need to improve our fielding and the bowling in the powerplay. The wicket got better in the 2nd innings, it was stopping and gripping in the first innings, but not in the second. Once a batter gets set, it becomes easier to bat."
How did DC perform in the previous IPL match against GT?
After being put in to bat first, DC got off to an aggressive start with Abishek Porel (18 off 9), Karun Nair (31 off 18), and KL Rahul (28 off 14) playing explosive innings.
Defending the total, DC bowlers couldn’t contain Gujarat Titans' strong batting unit. Star pacer Mitchell Starc was expensive, leaking 49 runs in 3.2 overs. Kuldeep Yadav was the most economical with figures of 1/30, while Mukesh Kumar managed the only other wicket. Spinners Vipraj Nigam and Axar Patel were ineffective, and GT were allowed to chase down the target in 19.2 overs.
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