Gujarat Titans beat Delhi Capitals by 1 run in a thrilling match at the Indian Premier League 2026. The match was played at Arun Jaitley Stadium and Gujarat Titans were put into bat first. They lost the wicket of Sai Sudharshan early but Jos Buttler returned to form and smashed a quick-fire half century. Shubman Gill and Washington Sundar stitched a big partnership as both batters went past a half century and Gujarat Titans posted a total of 210 at the end of the first innings. Delhi Capitals got a quick start in the chase with the openers putting up a big partnership. Gujarat Titans struck back with Rashid Khan picking up wickets of consecutive balls. KL Rahul was the star for Delhi as he smashed 92 and 35 runs were needed off the last 2 overs. David Miller played a blinder and brought the equation down to 2 runs from 2 balls and Prasidh held his nerve and delivered an excellent over as Gujarat Titans Won the game by 1 run.
Jos Buttler: "Yeah, amazing. Great to get the win. Blind squirrels and all that. A very lucky throw, but yeah, obviously delighted. We desperately needed a win, so glad we managed to sneak through. (on his batting) Yeah, good. I've been searching for them a little bit, but felt in good touch, actually, since I've been here. So I've played for long enough to know that it'll come back at some point. So you just got to keep working through it. (change of shoes the trick?) Change of shoes. That's actually throughout the years. Yeah, if I can't score runs, I change my shoes. So these are doing well so far. Yeah, we do. Absolutely. It's crucial, obviously, it's a long tournament, but you need to start well, because there's only four playoff spots. So it's intense competition. And yeah, we desperately needed some points on the board and give some good confidence to the boys there to get a win. (on Rashid Khan) Yeah, he's outstanding. Sort of think, this is the kind of wicket that suits him, managed to spin the ball a little bit either way, but his accuracy was fantastic and yeah crucial wickets at crucial times. (how long can he go on?) Yeah, as long as I can.
Axar Patel | DC captain
(part translated from Hindi): "Yeah, obviously the way we are playing, I think both teams played a very good, I think, a very good cricket. And yeah, I think, this type of close game, you can, you know, point out anything. So I think, yes, we played very good cricket. As I said earlier, in a close chase, in a close game, you can point out a lot of things. But I think in the chase, I think we could have played smarter. The crucial time at which the wickets fell, I think if that hadn't happened, we could have finished the chase earlier. (on KL Rahul) Yeah, obviously, he played a very good innings. And if you know, the way the powerplay was going, after that he kept the momentum going. When the wickets were falling, he kept the momentum going from one side. He did not let the run-rate go down. So I think it was very good batting. I think we are playing good cricket and yes, we will finish in the next match.”
Read More: Axar Patel Captaincy Record
Shubman Gill | GT captain:
"Definitely, all the three games that we've played, you know, have gone until the last over. But very pleased to get over the line in this one. (on what he felt when Miller didn't take the run off the 5th ball?) We have a chance to win. (chat before the last ball with Prasidh) No, we were just discussing whether to go for the yorker or to go for the slower one. But, you know, we decided that giving the wicket how it's playing, the slower one, if you bowl a good slower one, it'll be difficult to hit that for a boundary. (on the fielding) Yes, it did. Apart from, you know, the overthrows that I gave and the boundary that I gave. I think those 5-6 runs, obviously in fielding, it makes a difference especially in a game like this, you see you're winning by one run. So every effort and every misfield or every good effort counts. Definitely very pleased, you know, 210. We always thought on this wicket, we are 10-15 runs above par. It won't be like even when we were batting in the death, it wasn't easy to hit the big boundaries, just hitting, the slowness of the wicket. And we thought if we bowl well, you know, we should be able to win this one. (on his batting) Yes, definitely. Now I just need to sleep and see how I wake up tomorrow.”
Rashid Khan is the Player of the Match:
"Quite happy [with] how things were coming. The win made it special. I had a break... tried to hit the right areas consistently. After long, I got such a wicket [like Rizvi's]. Yesterday, I had that in mind [going across to Axar]. If he hits me for a boundary, that's fine... we have been part of close games. It was just about making sure we focus on each and every delivery. Happy to be on the winning side in the end."
Read More: Shubman Gill Captaincy Record
Delhi Capitals would be hurting as it was their game when they needed 2 runs off 2 balls but they ended up losing the game and now have two wins and a loss in three matches. On the other hand, Gujarat Titans picked up an important win and have one win and two losses in three matches. It was a thrilling game at the Arun Jaitley Stadium and Gujarat Titans came out on top.
