Following his facet’s first house sport 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 the moment recovering from accidents sustained in a automobile accident final yr, 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 will 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 overall 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 did not plan the one-handed six. My bottom hand came off when I tried to extend my arms. Fortunately, I hit that ball for a six. And then I told Rishabh that the one-handed shot was for him. I was quite happy with my batting performance and I hope that I can keep performing well for Delhi Capitals.”

“It was great to meet Rishabh in the dressing room. Players from the Gujarat team also came to meet him. Hopefully, he recovers soon and comes back to Qila Kotla. Then both of us can play one-handed shots,” he added.

Speaking about taking part in at Delhi Capitals’ house floor for the primary time in 4 years, the DC Vice-Captain Axar Patel mentioned, “It was disappointing to be on the wrong side of the result. But, it was great to play in front of our fans after a long time. I hope the fans enjoyed the game. Hopefully, we’ll perform well in the rest of our home games.”

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

“It is still early days in the tournament. I do not think we need to work on too many aspects of our game. We are playing together after a long time so we’ll take some time to gel together as a unit. Once our combinations start working, then it will get better 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) have been the decide of GT bowlers and troubled DC’s high 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. Eventually, 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 ‘Player of the Match’ title.

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