Delhi got second defeat in IPL 2023, Gujarat reached top with victory, here are the reasons for defeat

The seventh match in IPL 2023 was very exciting. In this match, both Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans had to work hard to win the match. In the end Gujarat won. There were many reasons for the defeat of South Delhi.

 

In this match, Sai Sudarshan snatched victory from the Delhi team. There was a time when Gujarat had lost three wickets for 53 runs. During this, Sai Sudarshan handled the innings. This 21-year-old young player himself showed strength after seeing the team getting weak and kept handling the innings from one end. He shared a half-century partnership for the fourth wicket with fellow batsman Vijay Shankar, which proved to be the winning run for the team. After the dismissal of Vijay Shankar, Sudarshan continued the innings with David Miller. There was a partnership of 56 runs in 29 balls between the two, which gave victory to Gujarat.

 

Gujarat Giants’ impact player Vijay Shankar also played a powerful inning in the match which helped the team to win. Captain Hardik Pandya did not include Vijay Shankar in the playing 11 but for batting he expressed confidence in Vijay Shankar in place of Joshua Little. At the same time, Vijay Shankar played an important role in helping Gujarat win by living up to the trust of Hardik Pandya. He played an inning of 29 runs in 23 balls with the help of three fours, which proved to be very useful for Gujarat’s victory. His strike rate was 126.9.

 

Even the bowlers of the Delhi team could not support the team. Fast bowler Mukesh brought the entire match to Gujarat’s court in the 16th over. By this over, Gujarat needed 46 runs in 30 balls, but David Miller wreaked havoc on Mukesh. Miller hit two sixes and a four on the spin of the fast bowler. In this 16th over, the burden of runs from the Gujarat team reduced considerably. After this, Gujarat needed only 26 runs in the last four overs, which the team achieved in just 13 balls and won the match.