In Match 7 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, the Gujarat Titans (GT) defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday. The Titans won the toss and elected to bowl first. The Delhi Capitals had a rocky start, losing early wickets, with David Warner being the top scorer, contributing 37 ru🎐ns off 32 balls.
However, the middle-order batsmen Axar Patel and Sarfaraz Khan helped the team recover, scoring 36 and 30 runs, respectively. The Titans bowlers, led by Mohammed Shami and Rashid Khan, ꧙managed to restrict the Capitals to🔴 a total of 162/8 in 20 overs.
In response, the Gujarat Titans were in a spot of bother after losing three wickets for 54. Then Sai Sudharsan took charge and bailed his side out of trouble, thanks to crucial partnerships with Vijay Shankar and David Miller.
Sudharsan was the top scorer for the Titans with an impressive 62 runs off 48 balls. Miller also played a vital role in the Titans’ victory, scoring 31 runs off just 16 balls. Anrich Nortje being the only bowler to take more than one wicket for the Capitals as the Titans chased down the෴ target in just 18.1 overs, winning the match by 6 wickets.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Double delight for 🙌🙌
They win their second consecutive ga🔯me of 2023 and move to the top of the Points Table.Scorecard –
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
Gujarat Titans while chasing in IPL:
Mats – 11
Won – 10
Lost – 1O💎ut of the 10 successful chases, 8 times they won in the f🦋inal over.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
Back to back wins for Gujarat Titans in IPL 2023.
Defending champions continue to dominate 🎃thﷺe league.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Our first match at home ends in defeat, but we are gra🦩teful for all the support from our fans.
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals)
David Miller is a CHAMPION!
— betvisa69.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Sai Sudarshan – made it big in the TNPL, and is now making his mark in the IPL too. Has clearly cemented his place with the way he's shown up in the two games. Terrific today with how he settled things down and is accelerating now. Pure, young talent 🔥
— Siddarth Srinivas (@sidhuwrites)
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Sai Sudarshan looked good in the first match too, he's played an excellent innings of 62* from 48 balls for Gujarat against Delhi tonight. The Titans have now won both matches, an elite side chasing totals and they look great for defending champions 👏👏
— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan)
This is an appreciatio✃n tweet for another indian young talent Sai Sudarshan 👏
— Sir BoiesX 🕯 (@BoiesX45)
Ashwin's tweet on Sai Sudarshan in 2021. And yet CSK didn't bother even trying for him.
GT bought him for 20 lakhs!
— Ramesh (@rmshnt27)
Sai Sudarshan !! What a player 🔥
— V I P E R™ (@VIPERoffl)
Sai Sudarshan 👏Much needed
— 𝗦𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘆𝗶 ʸᵃˢʰ¹⁹ (@NameIsShreyash)