IPL 2022: Lockie Ferguson's 4-wicket haul, Shubman Gill's 84 help Gujarat Titans clinch win over Delhi

Gujarat Titans (GT) skipper Hardik Pandya is surely surprising all with his captaincy as his side claims their second victory in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 league so far. The outfit defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) comfortably by 14 runs at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.

Surely 171 runs was a competitive total, however, the strict bowling by the Gujarat side proved otherwise. Titans started brilliantly with early strikes with Delhi losing opener Tim Seifert for just three runs at the hands of GT skipper Hardik Pandya.

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Prithvi Shaw (10 off 7) and Mandeep Singh (18 off 16) both were sent back by Lockie Ferguson, who seemed to be in the perfect form today. However, Rishabh Pant and Lalit Yadav had other ideas and counterpunched a breezy stand that had put the chase firmly on track.

The required rate also had reduced considerably and Gujarat could be seen under pressure. But things changed after Lalit's run out which gave Pandya's side an opening. The bowlers got the Gujarat side back into the game with wickets at regular intervals. 

Rovman Powell (20 off 12) did try to get the game in Delhi's favour, but Mohammed Shami was in need of a wicket. In the very next ball, Shami sent back Khaleel Ahmed for a duck and missed out on a hat-trick.

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Shardul Thakur (2 off 5) and Axar Patel (8 off 4) could also not contribute much. Ferguson, Rashid Khan and Shami were the wicket-taking trios, who did their job brilliantly. 

Earlier, Shubman Gill played his best ever knock in IPL scoring 84 runs off 46 balls to help Gujarat Titans set a 172-run target. Left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman bagged three wickets for Delhi.

Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and put Gujarat Titans to bat. Pant justified his decision to play Mustafizur Rahman as the left-arm pacer dismissed opener Matthew Wade caught behind for 1 in the very first over to give Delhi a perfect start.

Shubman Gill and all-rounder Vijay Shankar then struck a partnership and the duo took the team's total to 44 in six overs of Powerplay. After the Powerplay Pant introduced Kuldeep Yadav into the attack and the Chinaman bowler dismissed Shankar in his very first ball.

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Hardik Pandya joined Gill to take Gujarat's total beyond the 50-run mark in the seventh over. These two notched up a 50-run partnership in just 38 balls and Gill went on to score his half-century off just 32 balls and Gujarat Titans managed to reach the triple-figure mark in 13.1 overs.

The 65-run partnership was finally broken as Khaleel Ahmed got the wicket of dangerous Pandya for 31 off 27 balls caught by Rovman Powell. Gill kept on hitting boundaries and sixes to go past his highest individual score of 76 in IPL.

Khaleel Ahmed got his second wicket dismissing dangerous Gill for 84 off 46 balls hitting six fours and four sixes. Rahul Tewatia joined David Miller in the attack and the duo took the team's total beyond the 150-run mark in 17.3 overs.

Mustafizur Rahman came into the bowl in the final over and first, he dismissed Tewatia for 14 and then he sent Abhinav Manohar packing for 1 and conceded only four runs to guide Gujarat Titans to 171/6 in 20 overs.