GT vs DC Highlights: Ishant Sharma defends 12 in final over as DC ...

Ishant Sharma comes to bowl the final over and concedes a double in the first ball. The second ball is hit for a single by Hardik. The third delivery is a dot, before Ishan gets the wicket for Tewatia in the fourth ball. He is caught by Rossouw for 20(7). 

Rashid joins the chase as GT need 9 in the final two balls but they can only manage 125/6 in 20 overs and lose the contest by 5 runs. 

Ishant Sharma's brilliant final over keep Delhi Capitals alive in IPL 2023.

Anrich Nortje comes to bowl the penultimate over with 33 required in 12 balls. 

He starts with a dot against Hardik Pandya, who then manages three runs in the next two balls. 

Rahul Tewatia then crashes the party and dispatches Anrich Nortje for back-to-back sixes. 

Tewatia finishes the over with another six. 

21 runs come off the over as GT reach 119-5 in 19 overs. They now need 12 runs in 6 balls.

Khaleel Ahmed is reintroduced in the attack and he strikes in the first ball. Abhinav Manohar, who was looking for big hits, mistimes his shot and is caught at long-on fence by Aman Khan for 26(33).

Rahul Tewatia walks in to bat. GT: 94/5 in 17.1 overs 

Hardik Pandya hits a full delivery by Kuldeep Yadav towards long-on and brings up his half-century. He reaches the milestone in 44 balls. 

Five runs come off it as GT reach 94/4 in 17 overs. They need 37 runs in 18 balls

Anrich Nortje is back into the attack and he is whacked for a cracking four by Hardik Pandya. 

10 runs come off the over as GT reach 89/4 in 16 overs. 

Axar Patel comes to bowl the 15th over and he starts with a dot against Hardik Pandya, who then cuts him for a four in the next ball. 

Eight runs come off the over as GT reach 79/4 (15 overs).

Axar Patel drops it short and Abhinav Manohar smashes it for a six over the mid-wicket region. Axar then bowls a wide, before Manohar rotates the strike in the third ball.

Hardik then completes a double in the fourth ball and the final two deliveries end in dots. GT: 49/4 (10 overs) | need 82 runs in 60 balls

Ishant Sharma comes into the attack and he is hit for a bounday by Vijay Shankar. However, the pacer cleans up the batter in his final delivery as he bowls a knuckle ball, which knocks the stumps as Shankar tries to play it across the line but gets nothing on it. He falls for 6(9). 

Anrich Nortje is then hit for a boundary by Hardik Pandya in the next over as five runs come off his over. GT: 31/3 (6 overs)

After bowling a maiden over, Khaleel Ahmed is being hit all around the park by Hardik Pandya. The Gujarat skipper hits him for a boundary towards mid-wicket, then towards long-on, before cutting him for another boundary towards the third man region. 

12 runs come off the over as GT reach 18/1 (3 overs)

Khaleel Ahmed leads the attack for Delhi Capitals as Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill start the 131 chase. 

Just the start Delhi Capitals wanted as Khaleel Ahmed packs Wriddhiman Saha for 0 and bowls a maiden over. 

Mohit Sharma bowls an excellent final over as three runs and a wicket come off it. Ripal Patel is the final batter to depart and he chips in with 13-ball 23. 

DC post 130/8 in 20 overs.

Rashid Khan comes to bowl the penultimate over and he is welcomed with a SIX by Ripal Patel. 

The spinner then removes Aman Khan later in the over after he mistimes his shot and is caught by Abhinav Manohar at deep. The batter falls for 51(44). DC: 127/7 (19 overs)

Noor Ahmad keeps things tight and concedes five runs in his final over. 

Aman Khan then gets a boundary and a maximum against Mohit Sharma in the 16th over as DC move to 91/6. 

Mohit Sharma piles more miseries on Delhi Capitals as Axar Patel falls for 27(30). He attempts a lofted drive but doesn't get the desired timing as the ball is safely pouched by Rashid Khan at long-off. 

Ripal Patel joins the proceedings. DC: 73-6 (14 overs)

Rashid Khan comes to bowl his second over and this time Axar Patel targets the spinner and dispatches him for a six straight over the bowler's head. David Miller chases it but he won't be able to stop the ball from reaching the fence. 

10 runs come off the over. DC: 54-5 (10 overs)

Joshua Little comes into the attack and he starts with a six-run over. 

Mohammed Shami then provides Gujarat with another breakthrough in his next over as Wriddhiman Saha completes a spectacular catch diving to his right. Manish Pandey returns for 1(4).

Delhi's in-form batter Axar Patel makes his way in the middle. 

Shami goes on to add one more wicket to his tally in the final ball of the over. Priyam Garg is now caught-behind for 10(14). DC: 23/5 (5 overs) 

Hardik Pandya will share the new ball with Shami and he starts with a dot against Priyam Garg. There is a mix-up between Priyam and Warner in the second ball as the former tries to run a single after knocking the ball straight towards Rashid Khan inside the 30-yard-circle. Rashid collects the ball and runs towards the non-striker's end and dislodges the bails, while Warner is still halfway down his line. He returns for 2(2).

Rilee Rossouw is the new batter in and he finishes the over with back-to-back boundaries as DC reach 15-2 in 2 overs.

Mohammed Shami provides Gujarat Titans with a perfect start as he removes Delhi opener Phil Salt in the first ball. The batter drives it straight to David Miller at short cover, who makes no mistake.

Priyam Garg joins skipper David Warner in the middle as the pair add 5 runs in the first over. DC: 5/1

Delhi Capitals: David Warner(c), Philip Salt(w), Manish Pandey, Rilee Rossouw, Priyam Garg, Axar Patel, Ripal Patel, Aman Hakim Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma

Gujarat Titans: Wriddhiman Saha(w), Abhinav Manohar, Hardik Pandya(c), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little

Gujarat Titans will be happy with the way Vijay Shankar has made his presence felt in this season. The ‘3D player' scored a blistering 24-ball 51 to bail his side from a tricky situation and helped them complete the 180-run chase with 13 balls to spare. 

Shankar has so far amassed 199 runs from six matches at a strike-rate of 165.83. He has scored two half-centuries, both came against KKR.   

The season has belonged to the forgotten veterans, who have made their presence felt in all the matches they've been a part of. Ishan Sharma falls under the same category and has done his job in the three games he has been part of. 

The pacer has scalped four wickets in three matches and has maintained an economy of under 7 in the 10 overs he has bowled so far.

Delhi did lose their previous fixture against SRH, but they did have a few positives to draw from it. No one was Mitchell Marsh's form. The Aussie finally produced an all-round show and gave Delhi a brilliant chance to eke a positive result, which they failed to do. 

Phil Salt too showed good intent at the top of the innings and scored 35-ball 59, and the management will hope for a similar outing from the wicketkeeper-batter.

Delhi Capitals have been the most inconsistent side in the tournament and they now find themselves in a do-or-die situation with six losses from eight matches. 

They will probably need to win all of their remaining fixtures to give them a slender chance of making it to the play-offs but considering the way they have turned up this season, it looks highly unlikely.

Openers: David Warner (capt), Phil Salt (wk)

Top and middle-order: Manish Pandey, Lalit Yadav, Priyam Garg

All-rounders: Mitchell Marsh, Axar Patel

Spinner: Kuldeep Yadav

Pacers: Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar  

Complete squad: David Warner (c), Prithvi Shaw, Sarfaraz Khan, Aman Hakim Khan, Abhishek Porel (wk), Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, Rovman Powell, Rilee Rossouw, Anrich Nortje, Mustafizur Rahaman, Chetan Sakariya, Mukesh Kumar, Phil Salt, Lungi Ngidi, Praveen Dubey, Lalit Yadav, Ripal Patel, Vicky Ostwal, Ishant Sharma, Manish Pandey, Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Priyam Garg

Openers: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill 

Top and middle-order: Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia  

All-rounder: Hardik Pandya (capt)

Spinners: Noor Ahmad, Rashid Khan 

Pacers: Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little 

Complete squad: Hardik Pandya (c), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R. Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Dasun Shanaka, Odean Smith, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Joshua Little and Mohit Sharma.