New Delhi: Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya on Tuesday took the blame for not finishing the game, after the team lost the match by 5 runs to Delhi Capitals. “We lost because I could not get my rhythm’, said Hardik Pandya.
Indian Premier League announced the victory for Delhi Capitals on its official Twitter account and wrote, “A resounding away victory for Delhi Capitals. DC was full of belief tonight and they register a narrow 5-run in Ahmedabad”.
Rahul Tewatia brought down the target to 12 off the final six deliveries by smashing three successive sixes off Anrich Nortje’s last three deliveries in penultimate over. He smashed a 7-ball 20 in the last over when Ishant Sharma held his nerves to keep the defending champions at 125 for six.
Aman Khan had lifted Delhi Capitals from a precarious 23-5 to 130-8 with his first-ever half-century in any format after captain David Warner won the toss and elected to bat on a wicket where fast bowlers found plenty of assistance.