Following his facet’s first dwelling recreation at Arun Jaitley Stadium in 4 years, Delhi Capitals vice-captain Axar Patel mentioned that he informed the staff’s common skipper Rishabh Pant, at present recovering from accidents sustained in a automotive accident final 12 months, that the one-handed-six he hit was for him and it was nice to fulfill the wicketkeeper-batter within the dressing room. Axar additionally expressed hope that Pant recovers quickly in order that they’ll each hit one-handed pictures collectively.

Delhi Capitals fought their hearts out, however went down by six wickets in opposition to Gujarat Titans of their IPL 2023 match on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday. The Gujarat Titans restricted the Delhi facet to 162/8 of their 20 overs earlier than chasing down the entire in 18.1 overs. Pant was additionally current on the venue and loved the match.

When requested about his one-handed six, a shot that Pant has performed quite a few occasions, the all-rounder mentioned as quoted by a press launch from DC, “I didn’t plan the one-handed six. My backside hand got here off after I tried to increase my arms. Luckily, I hit that ball for a six. After which I informed Rishabh that the one-handed shot was for him. I used to be fairly proud of my batting efficiency and I hope that I can maintain performing properly for Delhi Capitals.”

“It was nice to fulfill Rishabh within the dressing room. Gamers from the Gujarat staff additionally got here to fulfill him. Hopefully, he recovers quickly and comes again to Qila Kotla. Then each of us can play one-handed pictures,” he added.

Talking about taking part in at Delhi Capitals’ dwelling floor for the primary time in 4 years, the DC Vice-Captain Axar Patel mentioned, “It was disappointing to be on the mistaken facet of the outcome. However, it was nice to play in entrance of our followers after a very long time. I hope the followers loved the sport. Hopefully, we’ll carry out properly in the remainder of our dwelling video games.”

Axar added that the Delhi facet will take a while to gel collectively as a unit,

“It’s nonetheless early days within the match. I don’t suppose we have to work on too many elements of our recreation. We’re taking part in collectively after a very long time so we’ll take a while to gel collectively as a unit. As soon as our combos begin working, then it should get higher for us,” mentioned the vice-captain.

Coming to the match, knocks from skipper David Warner (37 off 32 balls), Sarfaraz Khan (30 off 34 balls) and a late cameo from Axar (36 off 22 balls) took DC to a modest whole of 162/8. The house facet misplaced wickets at common intervals. Rashid Khan (3/31) and Mohammed Shami (3/41) had been the choose of GT bowlers and troubled DC’s prime and center order.

In chase of 163, GT misplaced some early wickets and was decreased to 54/3 within the powerplay. A 53-run stand for the fourth wicket between Vijay Shankar (29) and Sai Sudarshan helped GT come again into the sport. Ultimately, Sudarshan, who scored 62* off 48 balls with 4 boundaries and two sixes, joined forces with David Miller (31* off 16 balls with two fours and two sixes) to information his facet to a win.

Anrich Nortje (2/39) was the main bowler for DC.

Sudarshan’s knock earned him the ‘Participant of the Match’ title.

The Delhi Capitals will tackle Rajasthan Royals of their subsequent match on the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati on Saturday.