Delhi Capitals registered their third victory in the ongoing IPL 2024 season with a resounding triumph over Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
DC managed to bundle out GT for a paltry total of 89 runs and chased down the target in 8.5 overs with 67 deliveries and 6 wickets to spare.
The win also marked the sixth quickest run chase ever in the history of the money-rich tournament as the capital city club bettered KKR’s successful chase of 94 runs in 10 overs against RCB in the year 2021.
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The quickest run chase in the tournament history was by Mumbai Indians as they brushed aside the target of 68 runs set by KKR in just 5.2 overs in the 2008 edition of the T20 extravaganza.
The now-defunct Kochi Tuskers Kerala unit holds the record for the second-fastest chase as they blazed through to their target of 98 runs in just 7.2 overs against Rajasthan Royals in 2011. Punjab Kings’ chase of 68 runs in 7.5 overs against DC in the year 2017 stands third on the list followed by SRH’s chase of 69 runs against RCB in 2022.
RCB successfully hunted down the target of 89 runs in just 8.1 overs against Punjab in 2018, which ranks as the fifth-quickest chase in IPL ever.
Delhi skipper Rishabh Pant won the toss and opted to field first against GT on the day as the Gujarat batters fell like nine pins. Rashid Khan was the lone ranger for the 2022 title winners with a 31-run knock off 24 deliveries. Sai Sudharsan and Rahul Tewatia chipped in with contributions of 12 and 10 runs respectively while the rest of the GT unit fell for single-digit scores.
Mukesh Kumar starred for DC with the ball as he picked a three-wicket haul while Ishant Sharam and Tristan Stubbs scalped 2 wickets each, as Axar Patel and Khaleel Ahmed ended with a wicket to their names each.
DC opener Jake Fraser-McGurk started in swashbuckling fashion as he got off the mark with a maximum during his 10-ball-20 run knock before departing. Prithvi Shaw went cheaply for 7 runs, but Abhishek Porel and Shai Hope added 15 and 19 runs before Rishabh Pant’s unbeaten 16 runs contribution and Sumit Kumar’s unbeaten run-a-ball 9 innings took Delhi over the finish line in just 8.5 overs.
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