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IPL23 Match No 7 DC Vs GT This match GT won by 6 wickets. Sai Sudharsan (Player of the Match): "Thanks forbacking me, Hardik. A little bit nervous as this ismy first award. I was thinking of playing well andSCoring most often. I was not under any pressure. Hardik Pandya (Gujarat Titans Captain): "I meanit was really funny from the start We don't knowwhat exactly was happening in the powerplay. Butit was fun. I guess we conceded a bit more in thepowerplay. But we came back well. See, I back mydecisions and take those on instincts. It came outwell tonight. I am happy with that.David Miller (Gujarat Titans): "At times, you getjet lagged but not this time, and happy to getacross the line. We were within the range. Justa matter of three sixes or 4 fours. So we werebacking ourselves to chase it down. We startedwell last year and buildmomentum at the start ofthis season. We are making good clear decisionsandit has helped us ace chases. A pretty relaxedenvironment to be honest with you. They loveto get on the golf course but the calmness in thedressing room helps us succeed."David Warner (Delhi Capitals Skipper): "Idon'tthink I was surprised by it but the ball wasswinginga lot upfront. Losing three wickets in thepowerplay was always going to be a struggle. Butthe way the lower order batted is a learning for us.We have got six games here and we have to learnfrom our mistakes. The bowlers bowled extremelywell. Sai came out and played extremely well.Miller also did his thing. Axar didn't get a bowltonight because of the wicket and the matchups.Kuldeep bowled because of his wrong'uns andMarsh also did a goodjob."GT Won the toss earlier in the evening and optedto field first. Mohammed Shami, the new balIbowler of the Titans, started off with an eventfulover as he cut David Warner in half with beautifulseam movements both ways, apart from beingwayward sometimes. Despite looking scratchy,Warner scored runs in the powerplay. Shamicontinued bowling with terrific seam positionsand gave DC heartbreak with the double strikesof Prithvi Shaw and Mitchell Marsh well inside thefield restrictions.Warner and Safaraz Khan added 30 runs for thethird wicket and tried to rebuild, but a fiery spellfrom Alzarri Joseph in the middle overs shatteredthe momentum of DC. He bowled Warner, whilein the very next ball, Joseph bounced out RileeRossouw for a golden duck to leave DC reeling at67/4.Debutant Abhishek Porel impressed everyonebut couldn't stay at the crease for a long timeas spin wizard Rashid Khan castled the youngsouthpaw. But before getting out, Porel stitched34 runs for the fifth wicket alongside Sarfaraz,who struggled to get going in the entire matchand was also taken care of by Rashid Khan.It was Axar Patel in the slog overs who gave agood finishing to the innings with a quick-fireknock but was out in the 20th over. Anrich Nortjescored a boundary off the last delivery to pushthe score past 160 as DC posted 162/8 in theirallotted 20 overs.For GT, it was once again, Rashid Khan withimpressive figures of 4-0-31-3 was the successfulbowler and Mohammed Shami, despite beinga tad expensive, scalped three wickets, whileAlzarri Joseph picked two wickets and was reallyaggressive in the middle overs.

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parrey again 50 up score 👏