NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill expressed profound disappointment following his team's abysmal batting performance, resulting in the lowest total of the IPL 2024 season.
The Gujarat-based franchise faltered against the Delhi Capitals at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, managing a mere 89 runs before being bundled out in 17.3 overs. To compound their misery, DC chased down the target with ease, reaching 90 in just 8.4 overs with six wickets in hand.
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Gill, speaking at the post-match presentation, refrained from attributing the dismal performance to the pitch conditions, instead directing attention to the poor shot selection by his team's batters.
"Our batting performance was very average," lamented Gill, who himself was dismissed for a meager 8 runs. He remarked, "I think the wicket was alright, to be honest... Just a bad batting performance and poor shot selection, I would say."
This marked the second instance in the IPL 2024 season where GT's batting lineup crumbled under pressure, reminiscent of their earlier collapse against the Lucknow Super Giants. Gill acknowledged the consequential challenge posed to their bowlers, asserting, "When the opposition are chasing 89, unless someone takes a double hat-trick, the opposition will always be in the game."
1/10:IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals hammer Gujarat Titans
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2/10:DC beat GT
<p>Sharp glovework by skipper Rishabh Pant and some inspired bowling set up a crushing six-wicket win for Delhi Capitals after Gujarat Titans fell to their IPL lowest of 89 on Wednesday. </p>AFP
3/10:Mukesh Kumar
<p>Mukesh Kumar stood out with figures of 3-14 to help bundle out Gujarat in 17.3 overs and Delhi raced to their target in 8.5 overs in Ahmedabad. </p>AFP
4/10:Rishabh Pant
<p>Pant, who returned to this year's IPL after surviving a horror car crash, stood unbeaten on 16 after Australian batter Jake Fraser-McGurk made a brisk 20. </p>AP
5/10:Ishant Sharma
<p>Ishant Sharma dismissed captain Shubman Gill for eight in the second over of the match and Gujarat kept losing wickets to some disciplined bowling. </p>AFP
6/10:Keeper Pant
<p>Pant was nimble behind the stumps and started with a diving catch to dismiss David Miller off Ishant. </p>AFP
7/10:Pant
<p>Pant affected two stumpings when his quick work sent back Abhinav Manohar (8) and Shahrukh Khan, for a duck in the space of three balls off Tristan Stubbs. </p>AFP
8/10:T20 World Cup
<p>The 26-year-old Pant has scored 210 runs, including two half-centuries, in a boost to his chances of a return to the T20 World Cup in June. </p>AP
9/10:Rashid Khan
<p>Gujarat slipped to 66-7, but Rashid Khan resisted from one end with 31 off 24 balls before he fell caught behind with Pant taking a regulation catch. </p>AFP
10/10:Delhi Capitals
<p>Delhi registered just their third win and second successive of this season to jump three places to sixth in the 10-team table. </p>AFPThe defeat plummeted GT to the seventh position in the IPL 2024 points table, with only three wins from seven matches. In contrast, DC's dominant victory propelled them to the sixth spot, courtesy of a significant net run rate boost achieved by wrapping up the match within nine overs.
Despite the setback, Gill remained optimistic, stating, "This is just the halfway mark of the season for us... hopefully we win another 5-6 from the next 7 like in the last couple of years."
