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In the last double-header Saturday in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on April 19, the Gujarat Titans (GT) are hosting the table-toppers, Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. While the Shubman Gill-led side are coming into this match after going down against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), they will be hoping to get back to winning ways as the tournament gets exciting from here on.
For the unversed, GT skipper Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to field first. As they kickstarted the innings, GT got two wickets inside the powerplay overs as both Abishek Porel and KL Rahul were dismissed with the DC scorecard reading 58/2 in 4.4 overs. What was shocking was that GT skipper did not give an over to Sai Kishore, who has been good for the Titans so far.
Khel toh raha hai na?: Fans left disappointed as Sai Kishore gets only one over in GT vs DC
In a shocking turn of events, Mohammed Siraj, Arshad Khan, Prasidh Krishna and Rashid Khan, all got four overs, but Ishant Sharma, who was struggling with the scorching heat in Ahmedabad, bowled three overs. Sai Kishore, who as been good with the ball, got a solitary over that also came at a crucial juncture where he had to bowl the penultimate over.
Seeing this, fans flooded social media, slamming GT for their decision to not introduce Sai Kishore into the attack early. Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra also took to X and wrote, “Sai Kishore khel toh raha hai na???”, with his post also grabbing several eyeballs.
Check out how fans reacted to Sai Kishore not getting overs in GT vs DC:
Speaking of the match, after inviting DC to put the score first on the board, the side posted 203/8 in their stipulated 20 overs. While the DC skipper Axar Patel top-scored with a 32-ball 39, Karun Nair, Tristan Stubbs and Ashutosh Sharma also chipped in with 30-plus scores. Prashidh Krishna was the wrcker-in-chief as he picked a four-wicket haul for GT in his four over spell.
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