England opener Phil Salt has made 64 runs in 4 innings on this 12 months’s Indian Premier LeagueIndian Premier League, AhmedabadDelhi Capitals 130-8 (20 overs): Khan 51 (44); Shami 4-11Gujarat Titans 125-6 (20 overs): Hardik 59 (53); Ishant 2-23Delhi Capitals gained by 5 runsScorecard; Desk

Ishant Sharma expertly defended 11 from the ultimate over as Delhi Capitals beat Gujarat Titans by 5 runs within the Indian Premier League.

Chasing 131, Gujarat had been 32-4 however Hardik Pandya and Abhinav Manohar shared 62 to maintain them within the sport.

Rahul Tewatia then hit three successive sixes to depart 12 from the ultimate over, however Ishant bought Delhi over the road.

Delhi battled to 130-8, after being 23-5, together with dropping England’s Phil Salt to the sport’s first ball.

Gujarat had been on high from the get-go when Salt slapped Mohammed Shami’s first ball to cowl.

It was the thirtieth time a wicket had fallen to the primary ball of an IPL match, and the third time it has occurred to an England participant after Michael Lumb in 2010 and Joe Denly in 2019.

It’s the second time Salt has been out to his first ball in 4 innings on this 12 months’s match.

Shami was very good, bowling 4 straight overs and taking 4-11 to place Delhi on the again foot.

However Aman Hakim Khan made his maiden skilled half-century in 50 and 53-run stands with Axar Patel and Ripal Patel to tug Delhi as much as what was finally a successful rating.

Gujarat struggled for fluency all through their innings, with the run-rate constantly creeping up, however with Hardik on the crease they had been favourites all through.

Tewatia’s devastating hitting off Anrich Nortje turned them into robust favourites within the ultimate over however Ishant nailed 4 yorkers, together with having Tewatia caught at cowl.

“We’d have taken 129 however we simply misplaced a few wickets and Rahul [Tewatia] bought us again within the sport,” stated Gujarat captain Hardik, who completed 59 not out off 53 balls.

“I couldn’t capitalise – it boils all the way down to me as all the time. I ought to have gained it for us on the finish however…

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