Delhi Capitals beat Gujarat Titans by 4 runs today (April 24) in the 40th match of Indian Premier League 2024. Gujarat needed 19 runs to win in the last over, Rashid Khan did his best to score these runs. But in the end fell short by 4 runs.

Gujarat needed 19 runs in the last over to win. Mukesh Kumar was bowling and Rashid Khan was batting. Rashid hit 2 fours in the first 2 balls.

After this, Gujarat needed 11 runs off the last two balls. Rashid hit a six on the fifth ball. But off the last ball Mukesh Kumar bowled a low full toss, Rashid could only score one run.

Earlier, Gujarat won the toss and elected to bowl first at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. After this, Delhi built a mountain of 224 runs in 20 overs when they first bowled. In reply, Gujarat Titans team could only score 220 runs for 8 in 20 overs.

For Gujarat, David Miller scored 55 off 23 balls while Rashid Khan scored an unbeaten 21 off 11 balls. Sai Sudarshan scored 65 off 39 balls.

Meanwhile, now with this win, Delhi team has reached the seventh position in the points table with 8 points. They have won 4 out of 9 matches. At the same time, the Gujarat team has fallen from the seventh position to the eighth position. They have lost 5 out of 9 matches and have 8 points. However, Gujarat team is behind Delhi in net run rate.

Delhi's next match will be against Mumbai Indians on April 27 in Delhi. Meanwhile, Gujarat will play their next match against Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 28 in Ahmedabad.

Delhi innings

Batting first after losing the toss, Delhi Capitals scored 224 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Captain Rishabh Pant and Akshar Patel scored half-centuries. Pant scored an unbeaten 88 off 43 balls. He hit 8 sixes and 5 fours in this innings. Akshar scored 66 runs off 43 balls.

Delhi scored 97 runs in the last 5 overs and lost one wicket. In the 20th over, Pant scored 31 runs off Mohit Sharma, who came to bowl. He hit 4 sixes and a four in this over.

Once Delhi lost 3 wickets for 44 runs. This was followed by a partnership of 113 runs between Akshar Patel and Pant. Akshar was dismissed after scoring 66 runs. At the same time, Pant and Tristan Stubbs had an unbroken partnership of 67 runs off 18 balls. Due to this, Delhi made a big score.