Gujarat Titans edge Delhi Capitals by one run as Prasidh Krishna holds his nerve at the death
Gujarat Titans picked up their first win of IPL 2026 in the most nerve-shredding way possible, beating Delhi Capitals by a single run at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday night. Delhi needed 13 off the final over to complete a chase of 211 and had David Miller at the crease. Prasidh Krishna, brought on as the impact substitute, held on just long enough.
Chasing 211, Delhi looked in trouble for most of the innings until Miller hauled them back into the contest with a series of brutal blows. By the start of the 20th over the hosts were 198 for six and the maths had narrowed to a last-over equation. Prasidh gave up a couple of boundaries, watched a wicket fall, and then closed it out with a slow bouncer that Miller could not get under, the Capitals ending on 209 for eight and agonisingly short.
Gill, Buttler and Sundar do the damage
The foundation for the win was laid by three fifties in the Gujarat innings. Captain Shubman Gill, back in the XI after missing the previous match with a fitness niggle, timed his way to 70 off 45 balls and held the top order together. Jos Buttler was his usual destructive self at the other end, smashing 52 off 27 with three fours and five sixes before being bowled on a strike rate close to 193.
The innings of the night, though, belonged to Washington Sundar. The all-rounder hit 55 off 32 for his maiden IPL half-century, giving the middle overs the acceleration they needed and pushing GT past 200 with room to spare. Mukesh Kumar was the pick of the Delhi bowlers with two wickets, but his colleagues were taken for runs freely as the Titans closed on 210 for four.
Miller's near miss
Delhi's reply had started brightly enough, but the middle overs stalled and the required rate kept climbing until Miller walked in and refused to let the chase die. He launched into anything short or full in his old GT style, and the equation that had looked out of reach slowly became a last-over finish. By the time the 20th over arrived the hosts still believed, even if the batters around Miller were running out of runway.
The final over produced drama worth its own highlight reel. Vipraj Nigam was taken at long-on off Prasidh, Kuldeep Yadav was run out by a sharp underarm throw from Buttler at the non-striker's end, and Miller was left marooned at the wrong end while the deliveries ticked down. When the last ball settled harmlessly in the keeper's gloves, Delhi had fallen just short and Gujarat had their first points of the season.
For Axar Patel's side, it is a first loss after two wins to open the campaign and a reminder that their batting depth is still a work in progress. For Gill's Gujarat, it is the kind of escape that can turn a season.
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