Prasidh to bowl the final over. 

Vipraj on strike. Extra fielder in the ring. 

Four! Slower ball, in the slot but. Vipraj makes room and carves it over extra cover. 

9 from 5. 

WICKET!! Short ball, Vipraj goes for the slice but doesn’t get enough on it. Gill takes a few steps back from extra cover and holds on. 

Vipraj Nigam c Shubman Gill b Prasidh Krishna 12(7)

Kuldeep the new man. Guides a back of a length ball to deep third man to bring Miller back on strike. 

8 from 3 now.

Six!! Holy smokes!! Prasidh misses his length by a small margin. Miller smacks it over long off for a huuuuge six. 

2 from 2. 

Slower bouncer, Miller pulls it to square leg and turns down the single. Uh oh.

2 from 1. 

WICKET!!!! OHHH! Kuldeep could be run out at the striker’s! Slower bouncer again, Miller misses the pull. Kuldeep could be short of the ground. A check for wide and run out underway. 

Unnerving wait this for Miller. Replays suggest it was well below the wide threshold. A good 10 cms within the limit. 

Gujarat Titans have stolen it by one run!!

Siraj with his final over. Goes full and wide against Miller. Will have to bowl that again. Six!! What a shot!! Miller smokes the pull shot over midwicket, goes miles up in the air. 

Six!! Full and wide, Miller smokes it through extra cover and hits the ropes on the full. Six!! In the slot from Siraj, Miller brings out the no-look six!

19 from 9 now. 

Phillips hares in from the boundary to keep it one after Miller clips one to the legside. Four!! Vipraj showing his smarts, waits for the slower bouncer and guides it over the keeper for four. 

Vipraj looks to make room, Siraj follows him with a full toss, clipped to deep square for one.

13 from 6 needed. 

Rabada with the 18th. 

Vipraj goes after a wide ball, the top edge fortunately falls in no-man’s land. He picks up two.

Slower ball again, short of a length. Awkwardly pulled to long on for one. 

Four!!! Slow and short to Miller, but slightly wide, times the cut shot past short cover to perfection. 

Miller only manages to guide his pull shot to deep square for one. Yelps in pain as he played that shot. 

Siraj back. Low full toss, wide outside off to Rahul. Washington does well at the deep to keep it to one. 

Stubbs drives one down the ground, a misfield at mid off gives him a single. Siraj goes slower short ball after Rahul geared up for a paddle. Dot ball. 

WICKET!! Blind running from Stubbs. Rahul pulls the slower short ball to mid on. The fielder nails the direct hit and Stubbs can’t make it back. 

Tristan Stubbs run out (Sai Sudharsan) 7(6)

Miller is back in. 

Required rate now 15.

Back-to-back wides outside off from Siraj. Nobody at long on, Rahul lofts an overpitched ball down the ground and picks up four. 

WICKET!! Full and wide, Rahul goes after it, edges it to the keeper. 

Rahul c Jos Buttler b Mohammed Siraj 92(52)

Ashok with his third.

Four!! Short ball outside off, Rahul pulls it through square leg for a boundary. Slower ball, wide outside off, called wide. Back of a length to Rahul, pushes it to cover for one. 

Nails the yorker against Stubbs. Jammed over the bowler’s hand. The following through from Gill ricochets off the stumps and runs away for four extra runs. 

Four! Rahul pulls the slower ball down the ground, just falls short of Sudharsan who makes a valiant attempt. 

Full toss on the stumps, Rahul caught unaware, manages to push it to long on for one. 

DC reviewing for a waist-high no-ball. Well below the threshold. Excellent slower ball outside off, beats Stubbs. 

Rabada returns. 

Full down leg, he will have to bowl that again. Four! Overpitched on off stump, Rahul uses his bottom hand to thump it down the ground. 

Slower bouncer, pulled to deep midwicket for one by Rahul. Back of a length to Stubbs, tucked to midwicket for one. 

Rahul loses one hand’s grip on the bat when looking for a pull shot, falls short of the converging midwicket fielder. 

Two dots to finish the over. Eight from it. 

David Miller has retired hurt with an injury to his palm. Axar Patel comes in. 

Full to the southpaw from Rashid, driven to long on for a single. Rahul looks for the slog sweep, half-hearted connection and it goes to square leg on the bounce. 

Another single for Axar. Full on legstump line, Rahul prods forward and defends it back to the bowler. 

Legstump line again, whipped to deep midwicket for one. 

WICKET!! Axar goes after a slightly wider delivery, gets a leading edge that looked to be clearing extra cover but its Phillips there, no mistake from him putting in the dive. 

Axar Patel c Glenn Phillips b Rashid Khan 2(3)

4-0-17-3 from Rashid today.

Prasidh with his third over. 

Rahul collects a single after whipping a full toss to square leg. 

Four!! Short of a length, Miller pulls it over midwicket and finds the fence on the second bounce. 

Pulls the next one finer but can’t clear short fine leg. Prasidh goes full, Miller clips it to midwicket for two. 

Another push to the same region, only a single on offer this time. Four!! Was overpitched, Rahul lofts it over extra cover and picks up four. 

Ashok Sharma back into the attack. Conceded 23 in his first. 

Rahul picks up a single to long on to start the over. Short ball, Miller shapes up for the pull but doesn’t make contact. 

Miller inside edges one into his thigh. Rahul calls him for a single and the Protea batter has to put in a dive to reach the crease. 

Slower ball, back of a length, Rahul taps it legside for one. Slower ball again, well wide of the guideline. Another slower ball, Miller can only push it for one. 

Slow and wide, Rahul waits for it and clubs it to extra cover for one. Brilliant over, just 6 from it. 

Six!! Washington welcomed with a six! Rahul comes down the track and tonks it over the fence. 

Rahul picks up a single to mid on. Inside edge for Miller, picks up a single to square leg. Miller taps one to square leg for a couple after Rahul hands back strike. 11 from the over after the first-ball six. 

Rashid Khan back into the attack. Rana off his pads hits it straight to short fine leg, dot ball. Rana tries to switch hit it but he misses it completely, hits his pads and LBW IS GIVEN! Rana reviews it.

Ultra edge shows a spike when the ball passes next to the bat, decision reversed. Rana survives. The ball rushes onto Rana’s pads, dot ball. Rana picks up the length and hits it for FOUR IN THE GAP IN THE MIDWICKET REGION!

That’s up in the air and Sudharsan runs in from the boundary at long off and dives to take a brilliant catch! RANA IS GONE! WICKET!

Nitish Rana c Sai Sudharsan b Rashid Khan 5(6) [4s-1]

Impact sub Sameer Rizvi is in at four. Can he continue his rich vein of form today? AND HE’S GONE FIRST BALL! GOOGLY EXECUTED PERFECTLY FROM RASHID GOES THROUGH RIZVI’S DEFENCE! CLEAN BOWLED!

Sameer Rizvi b Rashid Khan 0(1)

Prasidh Krishna back into the attack and hits the deck hard, Nissanka tries to hit it top of the bounce but it goes to Tewatia at mid off! NISSANKA IS GONE! PRASIDH WITH THE BREAKTHROUGH!

Pathum Nissanka c Rahul Tewatia b Prasidh Krishna 41(24) [4s-6 6s-1]

Nitish Rana in at three. Takes a single on the leg side. Rahul pulls it in the gap in the cover region for a FOUR! Slow and full from Prasidh and Rahul lofts it straight down the ground for a SIX!

What a shot from Rahul! Goes over long off for a MAXIMUM! Rahul cuts it to for a BOUNDARY! Rahul reaches his 50!

Rashid Khan back into the attack. Nissanka cuts it to deep point for a single. Rahul defends and takes a quick single. Nissanka hits it to long on for a single.

Googly from Rashid, Rahul tries to put it away on the leg side but doesn’t connect. Rahul comes down the ground and hits it in the air, one bounce to long on.

Nissanka hits it off his back foot to the leg side for a single.

Prasidh Krishna into the attack. Rahul tugs it on the leg side for a single. Oohhh that hits the deck hard, Nissanka can’t do anything about it but defend.

Nissanka flicks it off his pads on the leg side for a double. Down the leg side, brushes Nissanka’s pads and goes to the keeper, dot ball. Nissanka comes down the ground and hits it to deep point for a single.

Rahul thumps it over cover for a FOUR! 

Ashok Sharma into the attack. Rahul creates room, cuts and skies that, Phillips from cover tracks that well and puts in a dive but can’t get to it, ball goes to the BOUNDARY! Rahul takes a single on the leg side.

Change of pace from Ashok, Nissanka goes over cover for a BOUNDARY! Shot from Nissanka, goes straight down the ground for a SIX! Another shot from Nissanka, cross bats that over mid wicket for a BOUNDARY!

Change of pace from Ashok and Nissanka does well to guide it past short third for another BOUNDARY!

Rashid Khan into the attack. Spin in the powerplay. Googly to start, Nissanka cuts that but it goes straight to the fielder, dot ball. Nissanka tries to sweep that but doesn’t connect, only a single on the leg side.

Googly again from Rashid, Rahul hits it to long on off his back foot for a single. Nissanka takes a single on the leg side.

Oooohhh that turns sharply, beats Rahul’s outside edge. First leggie from Rashid. Rahul hits it straight for a single.

Rabada bowls the fourth. Nissanka on strike. Nissanka hits it to deep square leg for a single. That’s a big full toss from Rabada, Rahul tries to send it all the way on the leg side but miscues it, ball goes up and lands safely for a single.

Another full toss from Rabada, Nissanka flicks it to deep square leg for a single. Rahul flicks it above deep square leg all the way for SIX!

Good length ball from Rabada, Rahul hits it straight to mid off, dot ball. Another full toss from Rabada and Rahul misses out yet again, hits it straight to extra cover.

Siraj with his second. Rahul drives that straight down the ground but doesn’t time that. Rabada from long on intercepts it for a single. Slower ball from Siraj, Rahul tries to pull that but it keeps low and he misses out.

Rahul creates room but Siraj follows him well, Rahul can hit it only to mid wicket for a dot. Shot from Rahul, goes over mid off for a BOUNDARY! Wide of off stump from Siraj, Rahul tries another attacking shot but fails to connect.

Wide down leg side, good take from Buttler to his left. Rahul defends.

Rabada to bowl the second. Full from Rabada, Rahul flicks it straight to mid wicket, dot ball. Rahul defends, dot ball.

Rahul goes over mid on for a FOUR! That shot will give him some confidence. Rabada goes short and wide of off stump, Rahul cuts it to deep point for a single.

Wide down the leg side, Nissanka tries to scoop that but does not connect. Ooohhh, good length from Rabada, Nissanka inside edges that, ball doesn’t miss the wicket by much and goes to the keeper. Nice from Rabada, beats Nissanka’s outside edge.

After coming out on top while chasing in two low scoring encounters, DC will need healthy contributions from all its batters to chase down 210. KL Rahul and Pathum Nissanka walk out to open the batting for the host. DC has chased down a total in excess of 190 in Arun Jaitley only once before, can it improve that record tonight?

Siraj takes the new ball for GT. Prasidh Krishna is subbed in for Shahrukh Khan. Nissanka on strike. First ball, Nissanka hits it to cover, dot ball.

Nice shot, clean cover drive from Nissanka, FOUR RUNS! Shotttt, straight down the ground for a BOUNDARY!

Outswinger from Siraj, Nissanka guides it to deep point for a single. Rahul on strike. Rahul gets off the mark, hits it to deep point for a single. Shot of the match from Nissanka! STRAIGHT DRIVE FOR FOUR!

Six!! Mukesh to bowl the last over. 

Phillips takes full toll of the length ball, slogs it over midwicket for six. A single follows. 

WICKET!! Low full toss, Washington looks to loft it down the ground, but ends up holing out to extra cover. 

Washington Sundar c Nitish Rana b Mukesh Kumar 55(32)

Rahul Tewatia comes in. Drives a full ball to mid off and sets off for a single. Had no chance of making it in time, but Axar misses the direct hit. 

Tewatia sets off again after a dot ball. Phillips was late to react and the former changes his mind midway. Just makes it in time before the ball reaches the bowler. 

Four!! Phillips finished it off with a boundary. Misses the yorker length and pays the price. 12 from the final over. 

Phillips mistimes one down the ground, thinks its going to hand. Realises late that its falling short and then has to hare across to the non-striker’s end without a bat in hand. 

Washington picks up a single to short third. Low full toss, Phillips clubs it down the ground and he picks up a single. 

Six!! Washington picks up a boundary after a brief delay. Was a full toss, he goes big and clears the fence. Brings up his fifty in the process. A four to make it 10 from 2. 13 from the over. 

Ngidi to finish his quota. 

Single to start the over for Washington. Full toss outside off, Gill looks to guide it fine but doesn’t make contact. 

WICKET!! Slower ball does it for Ngidi. Gill goes after it, only manages to sky it towards extra cover. 

Shubman Gill c Nitish Rana b Lungi Ngidi 70(45)

Glenn Phillips in at 5. The dipping slower yorker outside off. Phillips doesn’t make contact.

Too wide this time, beyond the guideline. Clubs another slower ball down the ground for a single. Just three runs from the over. 

Kuldeep into the attack, that’s a quick and short one from Kuldeep and Gill flicks it for a SIX! Gill hits it to long on for a single. Sundar on strike. Kuldeep from around the wicket, Sundar hits it on the off side for a quick single.

Kuldeep to Gill, in the slot on leg stumps, Gill lofts it down the ground for six! Gill asks for a review on a wide not given outside off. Well inside the guideline. 

Kudeep puts in a dive to prevent a single down the ground. Two sixes of the over, 14 conceded. 

Natarajan with his third over. 

Gill picks up a single to midwicket for one. Low full toss to Washington, drives it down the ground for a single. 

Four!! Gill collects another four. Slow ball, waits for it and pulls it through midwicket. Wide down the offside from Natarajan. Capitals review that. That looks close, looks like some part of the ball inside the wide line. 

Decision reversed, wide not given. Good review from DC. Good low full toss from Natarajan, Gill hits it to long on for a single. Sundar hits it straight to cover for a dot.

Ngidi is back into the attack. Slower ball on good length, Washington has to adjust to the slowness to push it to long off for one. 

Slow, dipping full toss, takes the inside edge as Gill has a swipe. Single taken. 

In the blockhole to Washington, once again dipping, manages to flick it legside for one. 

Wide outside off, well outside the guideline. Gill lets it go. Four!! Gill takes a toll on the shortish length, pulls it through the gap at forward square and beats the diving fielder. Fifty for Shubman Gill!!

Nine runs from the over. 

Axar Patel with his third over. Washington pushes one down the ground for a single. Chance!! Gill looks to go down the ground and almost holes out to long on. Miller can’t reach it despite charging in. 

Four!! Washington finds the boundary at midwicket again, once again its a short ball. Ten runs from the over. 

Kuldeep with his third over. 

Washington picks up a single on the first ball to give strike back to his captain. Gill gets one wide outside off, slashes straight to backward point. 

Six!! Gill goes down on one knee and slog sweeps one into the stands at midwicket. 

Just two runs from the final three balls of the over. Good comeback from Kuldeep. Just nine from the over. 

Vipraj Nigam into the attack. Slightly short, Gill pulls it uppishly but it falls short of the midwicket fielder. 

Four!! Washington goes back and pulls a ball outside off towards wide long on for four. Four!! Once again pierces the same gap to collect another boundary. Oh! Vipraj has overstepped. 

Six!! Washington slogs one off the back foot and clears the ropes over midwicket on the free hit ball. 

Six!! Gill punishes this full toss, lofts it down the ground for six. 23 from the over!

Natarajan with his second over. Gill drives the first ball down the ground to long on for one. Was a full toss, would have wanted to get a lot more on that. 

Washington pushes one to point for one. Four!! Washington moves across and paddles one over short fine leg for a boundary. 

Full on the pads, clipped to deep square for one by Washington. Full on the stumps to Gill, picks a single to midwicket to make it nine runs in the over. 

Kuldeep with his second and Gill sweeps that all the way for SIX! Gill hits that to long on off his back foot for a single. Sundar hits that off his pads to the leg side for a single. Gill tries to cut that but doesn’t get the desired connection, only takes a single.

Kuldeep bowls from around the over, Sundar once again hits it to the leg side for a single. Gill hits it on the off side for a single.

T Natarajan into the attack. Gill starts with a dot ball. Good length ball from Natarajan, Gill hits that to deep point for a single. Sundar on strike. Hits that to deep cover for a single. Slow and full from Natarajan, Gill creams that straight to long off for a single.

Sundar on strike. Sundar hits it off his pads on the leg side for a single. Slower short ball from Natarajan, Gill slaps that to deep cover for a single.

Kuldeep Yadav introduced in the eighth over. Buttler hits it to cover for a quick single. Short from Kuldeep and Gill pulls that straight to long on for a single. WHAT WAS THAT?!! Too short and slow from Kuldeep and Buttler completely misses that, crashes into his stumps! KULDEEP GETS BUTTLER! That one kept a little low. The Englishman departs after a splendid half century.

Jos Buttler b Kuldeep Yadav 52(27) [4s-3 6s-5]

Interesting from GT, it’s Washington Sundar at four. Sundar takes a single down the ground. Gill takes a single on the off side. That’s so well timed from Sundar straight down the ground, Stubbs from long on dives but can’t keep it from going for FOUR!

Axar Patel bowls the seventh over. Buttler hits that to long off for a single. 50 partnership up between Buttler and Gill, with Gill’s contribution being two runs. Gill takes a single. Buttler guides that off his pads on the leg side and he reaches his 50! Well-played!

Buttler takes a single on the leg side off his pads. Shotttt from Gill, lofted cover drive for a BOUNDARY! Gill defends.

Ngidi with his second. Slow and full from Ngidi, Buttler creams that but its straight to mid off. Dot ball, Buttler punches that straight to extra cover. Slow full toss from Ngidi and Buttler smashes that on the leg side for a BOUNDARY! BUTTLER ON SONG! Oooohhh another slow full toss, Buttler fails to connect, inside edges that for a dot.

Three dot balls and a boundary so far this over. Another dot ball, ball goes straight to mid on. Slow and wide from Ngidi, Buttler hits that to mid off for a single.

Mukesh with his third and that’s TRADEMARK JOS BUTTLER! RAMPS IT ALL THE WAY FOR SIX! Oooohhhh and that’s MASSIVE STRAIGHT DOWN THE GROUND FOR A SIX! Buttler looks in the mood. Buttler creates room to go through the off side, Mukesh does well to follow him and bowls it to his pads but Buttler does well to guide it off his pads on the leg side for a BOUNDARY!

Short ball from Mukesh, Buttler tries to upper cut that but misses out, rare dot ball from Buttler. Buttler charges and goes over extra cover for a SIX! CHANGE OF PACE DOES NOT WORK! Buttler pulls it to the leg side for a single.

Captain Axar Patel into the attack against two right handers. Buttler hits that so well over extra cover for a BOUNDARY! THAT IS SOME SHOT FROM BUTTLER! BUTTLER GOES BIG AGAIN! SIX THIS TIME OVER LONG ON! VINTAGE BUTTLER.

Axar drags that back a little bit, and Buttler hits it straight to cover for a dot ball. Buttler hits it to long off for a single. Gill hits it straight for a single, Axar could his hands to that but could not stop it. Buttler knocks it down to long off for a single.

Mukesh with his second. Starts with a wide down leg side. DC appeals for the nick without much enthusiasm. Oooohhhh that’s played on from Sudharsan, inside edges it straight into the stumps! HE IS GONE! MUKESH WITH ANOTHER WICKET IN THE POWERPLAY!

Sai Sudharsan b Mukesh Kumar 12(7) [4s-2]

Jos Buttler in at three. Can he turn around his form today? Starts with a dot ball, Buttler hits that straight to mid wicket. Straight to mid wicket again from Buttler. Buttler charges and hits that straight to extra cover, three dot balls on the trot. 

Buttler charges again and what a shot! STRAIGHT DOWN THE GROUND FOR A SIX! FULL LENGTH BALL IS DISPATCHED! Wide down the leg side and ouch! that hits Rahul’s left hand awkwardly and he looks in pain, throws away his glove immediately. The physio is out to check if he is alright. Good news for DC, Rahul is fine. Play resumes. Buttler hits it to mid off for a quick single.

Lungi Ngidi into the attack, Sudharsan with a beautiful cover drive for a BOUNDARY! Sudharsan off his pads guides it to the leg side for a single. Gill on strike. Gill tentatively hits that to extra cover, dot ball. Ngidi bowls a good length delivery aimed at the stumps, Gill hits that straight to mid off. Thinks of a single but is sent back by Sudharsan.

Gill guides it off his pads to square leg for a single. Slower ball from Ngidi, Sudharsan sneaks in a quick single.

Gill and Sudharsan walk out to the middle for GT. Mukesh Kumar takes the new ball for DC. Sudharsan on strike. First slip in place. Oh shot! Off his pads to start with a BOUNDARY! Beautifully timed by Sudharsan. Sudharsan cuts it to deep point for a single. Gill on strike. 

Gill likes his opening partner starts with a BOUNDARY! Back foot punch through the off side from Gill, effortlessly done. Good length ball from Gill, hits that on the off side for a single. Sudharsan off his pads guides it to leg side for a single. Good dive from Nissanka at mid wicket to keep it down to a single. Gill defends.

• Mohammed Shami- 9 wickets @ 9.11, ER- 6.83
• Khaleel Ahmed- 6 wickets @ 23.33, ER- 7.77
• Rashid Khan- 6 wickets @ 34.33, ER- 7.92
• Kuldeep Yadav- 5 wickets @ 35.40, ER- 6.55
• Mukesh Kumar- 5 wickets @ 27.4, ER- 9.44

Our correspondent in Delhi Vivek Krishnan reports that it’s currently slightly overcast conditions at the stadium. But the good news is there’s no sign of rain so far.

• Sai Sudharsan- 283 runs @ 94.33, SR- 158.98
• Shubman Gill- 218 runs @ 36.33, SR- 161.48
• Axar Patel- 201 runs @ 33.50, SR- 136.73
• Rishabh Pant- 147 runs @ 147.00, SR- 177.10
• KL Rahul- 140 runs @ 140.00, SR- 177.21

GT skipper Shubman Gill is one of the key cogs in the side’s batting wheel. His partnership with B. Sai Sudharsan is the foundation for how much the team eventually scores in its batting essay.

In 16 games against DC, he has scored 486 runs at an average of 32.4 and a strike rate of 135. 

DC and GT have played each other a total of seven times in the IPL. Today’s visitor enjoys a slender advantage in the H2H, having won four compared to DC’s three. 

Both encounters in 2025 were won by the 2022 IPL champion. 

Welcome to the live coverage of the IPL 2026 encounter between Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans in New Delhi. 

Two sides in opposite ends of the table after the first two games played, but there is still a long time to go in this tournament. 

We might be in for some rain-induced delays today as well, so stay tuned for all the live updates from the ground.