Pant, Axar star in DC's nervy final-over win over GT

In a memorable IPL 2024 finish, Rashid Khan nearly took Gujarat Titans (GT) home in a chase of 225 against Delhi Capitals (DC). But Mukesh Kumar held his nerve to defend 19 off the last over as DC completed a thrilling four-run victory. For Rashid to have a shot at pursuing down the tall objective, GT had B Sai Sudharsan (65 out of 39 balls) and David Mill operator (55 out of 23) to thank. They kept GT inside contacting distance of the climbing asking rate, and briefly eventually, it seemed like they had coordinated their pursuit flawlessly. Nonetheless, it wasn't to be, and GT went down to DC for the second time in seven days. DC themselves needed to move out of an opening to post 224 for 4 subsequent to being approached to bat first. Sandeep Warrier's 3 for 15 in the powerplay had left them battling at 44 for 3, yet Rishabh Gasp's marvelous 43-ball 88 and Axar Patel's 66 out of 43 from No. 3 revived their innings. Axar then, at that point, took three gets and a wicket, and furthermore capably upheld Kuldeep Yadav (2 for 29) with the ball to guarantee DC did pretty much sufficient on the evening. Sudharsan and Mill operator make it a challenge Shubman Gill fell ahead of schedule to Anrich Nortje, for the fourth time in seven innings, however that didn't dial GT back. Wriddhiman Saha struck 30 in his initial 12 balls by clearing the infield skillfully, and Sudharsan took full advantage of an early relief off Rasikh Salam's bowling to race off the blocks. They didn't allow Nortje or Khaleel Ahmed to get comfortable and gathered 67 in the powerplay. Be that as it may, the spinners then stalled Saha, and Kuldeep excused him for 35 out of 29 balls. Sudharsan, however, ruled the center overs, hitting both seamers and spinners through the off side with cuts before and behind square. He additionally descended the pitch now and again prior to tumbling to Salam trying to clear lengthy off. With Azmatullah Omarzai, Shahrukh Khan and Rahul Tewatia all succumbing to single-digit scores around Sudharsan's excusal, GT seemed to have lost steam, requiring 73 out of 24 balls. Notwithstanding, Mill operator hit Nortje for three sixes and a four in a 24-run seventeenth over to give them trust, finishing his own 50 years off 21 balls en route. The see-cutting proceeded. Mukesh excused Mill operator in the eighteenth over and, at that point, it seemed like DC had done what's necessary. In any case, Salam released 18 runs in the nineteenth over to make it a shootout among Rashid and Mukesh in the last finished. Mukesh surrendered two fours off the initial two balls and a six off the penultimate conveyance however held his nerve to triumph when it's all said and done the last ball to land so full that Rashid couldn't find the rise he wanted. Titans' spinners killed After Warrier's three-wicket burst had given GT the early benefit, they would have expected Rashid, Noor Ahmad and R Sai Kishore to choke DC through the center overs. However, Axar and Gasp kept every one of the three under control. Against Rashid, they just went after the free balls, half-trackers or wide conveyances, and possibly managed with 37 runs off his four wicketless overs. Against Noor, they went after to leave him with an economy of 12 of every three overs. Such was Gasp and Axar's mastery in their 113-run stand that Gill didn't go to Sai Kishore - their Player of the Match from the last excursion - till the nineteenth over, dreading the coordinate of two remaining hand hitters against a left-arm spinner. At the point when Sai Kishore astonished in the penultimate of the innings, against right-hand hitter Tristan Stubbs following the excusal of Axar, he was pounded for six, four, six and four to surrender 22 runs. Gill picked the experience of Mohit Sharma over Warrier for the twentieth, and Gasp claimed that coordinate. At the point when Mohit went full and wide, Gasp slapped him over the off side. At the point when Mohit went short or slow, Gasp waited and saved him over the leg side. What's more, when Mohit missed his yorker, Gasp sent him over midwicket. Gasp got to 88 after a 31-run last finished, and his attack left Mohit with the most exceedingly terrible bowling figures in IPL history - 0 for 73 - and GT requiring 225 to win. Brief Scores: Delhi Capitals 224/4 in 20 overs (Rishabh Pant 88*, Axar Patel 66; Sandeep Warrier 1-15) lost to Gujarat Titans 220/8 in 20 overs (Sai Sudharsan 65, David Miller 55, Rashid Khan 21*; Rasikh Salam 3-44, Kuldeep Yadav 2-29) by 4 runs