DC vs GT IPL 2026 — Match Highlights

Eight wickets down, nine runs needed off the last over, and David Miller at the crease swinging for everything he had. That’s where this match ended up — and still, Gujarat Titans found a way to hold on.

Delhi Capitals won the toss at Arun Jaitley Stadium, bowled first, and watched Gujarat post 210/4. What followed was one of the more brutal near-misses of IPL 2026. Delhi finished at 209/8. Gujarat Titans won by 1 run.

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Match Summary

Toss: Delhi Capitals won, elected to bowl Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Conditions: Partly cloudy, warm, no rain

Gujarat Titans Batting

Jos Buttler was the story of the first innings and not enough people are talking about it. He walked in at No. 3 and hit 52 off just 27 balls — five sixes, three fours, strike rate of 192 — before Kuldeep Yadav bowled him in the 8th over. By then the damage was largely done.

Shubman Gill held the innings together with 70 off 45 balls. He didn’t try to blast every delivery — 24 dot balls in his innings actually — but timed the acceleration perfectly, finishing with five sixes and four fours. Washington Sundar then came in and quietly put away 55 off 32 balls (SR: 171), a partnership with Gill worth 104 runs for the third wicket that effectively set the game up. Glenn Phillips added 14 off 9 at the death to push past 210.

Extras: 5 wides, 1 no-ball | Total: 210/4 in 20 overs | Run rate: 10.50

Delhi Capitals Bowling (1st innings)

Lungi Ngidi was Delhi’s best bowler — four tight overs, one wicket, economy of 6. The rest of the attack bled runs. Vipraj Nigam’s solitary over cost 23. That’s a match-deciding contribution in the wrong direction.

Delhi Capitals Batting — The Chase

Pathum Nissanka gave Delhi the kind of start you want in a chase. He cracked 41 off 24 — six fours, a six — and put on 76 for the first wicket with KL Rahul. When he was caught in the 9th over, Delhi were well inside the rate.

Then Rashid Khan happened.

KL Rahul batted beautifully for 92 off 52 balls. Eleven fours. Four sixes. A strike rate of 176.9. He was caught by Buttler off Mohammed Siraj in the 17th over — and that’s when the match shifted completely. With Rahul gone, Delhi needed 31 off 18 with the tail largely exposed.

David Miller, who retired hurt earlier in the innings with 12 off 10, came back in and was extraordinary — 41 off 20 balls including three sixes (SR: 205). He almost dragged it over the line. Almost.

Extras: 8 wides | Total: 209/8 in 20 overs | Run rate: 10.45

Gujarat Titans Bowling (2nd innings)

Rashid Khan finished with 3/17 off 4 overs at an economy of 4.25. In a game where every other GT bowler conceded over 8 runs per over, Rashid was the difference. He removed Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi (a golden duck), and Axar Patel — all in the middle phase when Delhi were trying to build. Those three wickets cost 17 runs across four overs. In a match decided by one run, that’s the stat that tells the whole story.

Arun Jaitley Stadium — Pitch & Weather

The pitch played as a fair batting surface — normal grass cover, normal moisture, boundaries at standard position. Neither side could complain. The outfield was quick and the weather, while partly cloudy, caused no interruption. Delhi’s decision to bowl first made sense on paper; in hindsight, chasing 211 at this ground was always going to be a knife-edge proposition.

Key Partnerships