GT vs DC Aaj Ka Match Kaun Jeeta: Gujarat won on the basis of Butler's excellent innings, he achieved this feat for the first time in IPL
GT vs DC: Gujarat Titans team has won the match against Delhi Capitals by 7 wickets and has achieved its 5th victory this season. Jos Butler's innings of 97 runs played an important role in Gujarat's victory.
Ankush Pandey
GT vs DC: Gujarat Titans team has won the match against the Delhi Capitals by 7 wickets and has achieved its 5th victory this season. Jos Butler's innings of 97 runs played an important role in Gujarat's victory.
In IPL 2025, the Gujarat Titans team has secured the first position in the points table by winning the match played against the Delhi Capitals on their home ground by 7 wickets. The Delhi Capitals team got a chance to bat first after losing the toss in this match, in which they scored 203 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs.
At the same time, the Gujarat Titans team achieved this target in 19.2 overs, in which Jos Buttler scored 97 runs from his side, while Sherfane Rutherford also played an important innings of 43 runs in 34 balls. The Gujarat Titans team also managed to successfully chase 200-plus runs for the first time in IPL.
Butler's bat showed its magic; Gujarat chased 200 plus score for the first time
Gujarat Titans, who came out to chase the target of 204 runs against Delhi Capitals, did not have a good start, in which their first blow came in the form of captain Shubman Gill, who was run out after scoring just 7 runs. From here Sai Sudarshan got the support of Jos Buttler and the partnership of 60 runs in 35 balls for the second wicket between the two turned the match in favor of Gujarat.
Sudarshan was out after playing an innings of 36 runs in 21 balls. Butler got the support of Sherfane Rutherford from here, in which both continued to score runs rapidly. The partnership of 119 runs in 69 balls for the third wicket between Butler and Rutherford turned the match completely in favor of Gujarat.
While Rutherford was out after playing an innings of 43 runs in 34 balls, Jos Buttler returned after giving the team victory in this match. Butler played an unbeaten innings of 97 runs in 54 balls in which he managed to hit 11 fours and 4 sixes. Mukesh Kumar and Kuldeep Yadav took 1-1 wickets in bowling for Delhi.
Akshar Patel and Ashutosh Sharma played an important role in Delhi's innings
If we talk about the batting performance of the Delhi Capitals team in this match, then their captain, Akshar Patel, scored 39 runs, while Ashutosh Sharma played an important innings of 37 runs. Apart from this, Karun Nair and Tristan Stubbs played innings of 31 and 31 runs. Prasidh Krishna's amazing bowling performance was seen from Gujarat's side, who managed to take 4 wickets. Mohammad Siraj, Arshad Khan, Ishant Sharma and Sai Kishore also took 1-1 wickets.
