Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans Match Scorecard: 14th match, IPL 2026 T20 MATCH IB Highlights One of the tightest finishes any edition of this tournament produced all season long was to be found here in this 14th match. The match, which took place under lights at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, went to the final over with Gujarat Titans edging home by a mere single-run margin in T20 cricket.
A detailed analysis of every over, every batting and every bowling performance from an encounter that was a see-saw before Rashid Khan’s ice-cool death-bowling decided the match. Delhi Capitals, chasing 211 to win, fell just short despite a stunning 92 from KL Rahul and aided by a late blast from David Miller while Gujarat Titans clung on after contributions earlier in the day from Shubman Gill, Jos Buttler and Washington Sundar.
Match detail:- The match was the 14th match of the Indian Premier League 2026 season, held on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi.
Toss result and decision: Delhi Capitals won the toss, opted to bowl as always in preparations for a chase under lights on a ground that has generally favoured sides batting second.
Brief for final result: Gujarat Titans 210/4 in 20 overs, Delhi Capitals 209/8 in 20 overs (GT won by one run). Player of the Match: Rashid Khan 3/17
Both franchises came into this fixture with completely opposite form Delhi Capitals which was captained by Axar Patel have comfortably won their first two matches of the season against Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians both by six wickets each had appeared to be among the strongest sides in the IPL 2026’s early stages. Gujarat Titans, conversely, had lost their two previous matches including a close six-run defeat to Rajasthan Royals in which Sai Sudharsan’s 73 had kept them in the game.
The visitors welcomed back Shubman Gill after he had missed a game with neck spasms, strengthening the top order for an encounter that went down to the wire. This DC vs GT full scorecard is a testament to how well-matched the two teams were on the night with, in fact, a single run separating them by the end of 40 overs.
Quick Facts: Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans Match
| Quick Fact | Details |
| Match | Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans |
| Tournament | IPL 2026 |
| Match Number | 14th Match |
| Date | April 8, 2026 |
| Venue | Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
| Toss | Delhi Capitals won and chose to bowl |
| Gujarat Titans Score | 210/4 in 20 overs |
| Delhi Capitals Score | 209/8 in 20 overs |
| Result | Gujarat Titans won by 1 run |
| Player of the Match | Rashid Khan |
| Best Bowling | Rashid Khan – 3/17 |
| Highest Scorer | KL Rahul – 92 off 52 balls |
| GT Top Scorer | Shubman Gill – 70 off 45 balls |
| Best Strike Rate | David Miller – 205.00 |
| GT Best Partnership | Shubman Gill & Washington Sundar – 100 runs |
The file identifies this as the 14th IPL 2026 match, played at Arun Jaitley Stadium on April 8, with Gujarat Titans winning by one run after scoring 210/4 against Delhi Capitals’ 209/8.
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Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans Full Scorecard
Overall match score: Gujarat Titans 210/4 (20 overs) beat Delhi Capitals 209/8 (20 overs)
Overs played: Both innings went the full distance of 20 overs, with the result decided only on the final ball.
Wickets lost: Gujarat Titans lost 4 wickets; Delhi Capitals lost 8 wickets.
Run rate: Gujarat Titans finished at a run rate of 10.50, while Delhi Capitals ended at 10.45 — a difference small enough to reflect just how tight the match was.
Winning margin: 1 run — one of the narrowest margins of victory in IPL history and the smallest of the season.
Delhi Capitals Batting Scorecard
Delhi Capitals were set a target of 211 and got off to a watchful start before accelerating through the middle overs. KL Rahul’s 92 was the standout effort, but wickets at regular intervals in the death overs proved too costly.
| Batter | Dismissal | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | Strike Rate |
| Pathum Nissanka | c Tewatia b Krishna | 41 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 170.83 |
| KL Rahul (wk) | c Buttler b Siraj | 92 | 52 | 11 | 4 | 176.92 |
| Nitish Rana | c Sudharsan b Khan | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 83.33 |
| Sameer Rizvi (Impact) | b Khan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| David Miller | not out | 41 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 205.00 |
| Axar Patel (c) | c Phillips b Khan | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Tristan Stubbs | run out (Sudharsan) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 116.67 |
| Vipraj Nigam | c Gill b Krishna | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 171.43 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | run out (Buttler) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extras | — | 8 | — | — | — | — |
| Total | — | 209/8 | 20.0 overs | — | — | — |
Did not bat: Lungi Ngidi, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar
Gujarat Titans Batting Scorecard
Batting first, Gujarat Titans leaned on their top order once again. Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler laid the platform, Washington Sundar accelerated in the middle overs, and Glenn Phillips provided the finishing touches at the death.
| Batter | Dismissal | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | Strike Rate |
| Sai Sudharsan | bowled b Mukesh Kumar | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 171.43 |
| Shubman Gill | c Nitish Rana b Ngidi | 70 | 45 | 4 | 5 | 155.56 |
| Jos Buttler | bowled b Kuldeep Yadav | 52 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 192.59 |
| Washington Sundar | c Nitish Rana b Mukesh Kumar | 55 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 171.88 |
| Glenn Phillips | not out | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 155.56 |
| Rahul Tewatia | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extras | — | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| Total | — | 210/4 | 20.0 overs | — | — | — |
Did not bat: Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Ashok Sharma, Prasidh Krishna, M Shahrukh Khan
Delhi Capitals Bowling Scorecard
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy |
| Mukesh Kumar | 4.0 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 13.75 |
| Lungi Ngidi | 4.0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 6.00 |
| Axar Patel | 3.0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 10.67 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 4.0 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 10.50 |
| T Natarajan | 4.0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 8.50 |
| Vipraj Nigam | 1.0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 23.00 |
Gujarat Titans Bowling Scorecard
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy |
| Mohammed Siraj | 4.0 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 13.00 |
| Kagiso Rabada | 4.0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Rashid Khan | 4.0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4.25 |
| Ashok Sharma | 3.0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 15.00 |
| Prasidh Krishna (Impact) | 4.0 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 13.00 |
| Washington Sundar | 1.0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11.00 |
Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans Match Summary
First innings: Gujarat Titans lost Sai Sudharsan early, caught off Mukesh Kumar for 12, before a fluent stand between Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler. Buttler was the more aggressive of the two, hitting at almost 193, before he was dismissed by Kuldeep Yadav in the 7th. 3rd over with GT at 79/2.
Gill continued batting till he was eventually dismissed for 70 off 45 balls in the 17. 3. L Ngidi to RR Pant, Nitish Rana | Bangladesh added 104 runs for the fourth wicket before Washington Sundar slammed a quickfire 55 off just 32 balls as some late hitting took Gujarat Titans over the score of 200 and finally finished off with Glenn Phillips helping Gujarat Titans finish at a total of 210/4.
Second innings: Delhi Capitals began well, with Pathum Nissanka and KL Rahul putting together 76 for the first wicket before Nissanka became Prasidh Krishna’s only victim. Rahul rode the momentum, mixing sensible strike rotation to calculate aggression with clean hitting to bring up 92 off just 52 balls, but Rashid Khan’s middle-overs control where he took the wickets of Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi and Axar Patel in a few overs hampered DC.
Unlike his compatriot Miller, David Miller remained unbeaten on 41 of 20 balls and hitting three sixes as Delhi pushed to chase down the coast with around two run outs in scalped overs helped DC finish an inching trail of it with him finishing on 209/8.
Crucial partnerships: The most important stand of the game was undoubtedly the Shubman Gill-Washington Sundar 100-run second-wicket partnership that built off a modest 56 balls and brought up Gujarat Titans to a partly competitive total. In response, partnerships were a little similarly important for the Delhi Capitals as bit-part knocks in between of the innings from both Nissanka (47 off 49) and Rahul (65 off 66) helped propel the chase after an opening stand of 76.
Moment of the match: The introduction of Rashid Khan into the attack proved to be pivotal. Thakur snatched the momentum with three wickets in the middle overs — of Rana, Rizvi and then Axar Patel — just when KL Rahul was about to propel a run chase against Gujarat Titans on his own.
Main strengths toward victory: 50- or nearly so-in the first two wickets of Gujarat Titans’ line-up (Gill and Buttler) helped tip the balance in a close match, as did Rashid Khan’s control both at the death of GTs innings and through the middle of Punjab’s chase.
Delhi Capitals will have bittersweet memories about this game. Despite glaring injury concerns, KL Rahul’s return to form, who had a slow start to the tournament by his standards, was a major fillip along with David Miller, whose late hitting almost pulled off an improbable chase. Two run-outs in the final overs at a juncture where Delhi Capitals should have been taking calculated singles rather than risking twos were particularly costly in such a close contest.
With the individual brilliance of Rashid Khan’s decision to just bowl straight lines and back his field which was crucial in defending 210 against Delhi Capitals and making it a fit start to this IPL for Gujarat Titans the win was as much about composure under pressure.
Top Performers
| Category | Player | Performance |
| Highest Run Scorer | KL Rahul (DC) | 92 runs (52 balls) |
| Best Bowler | Rashid Khan (GT) | 3 wickets for 17 runs |
| Best Strike Rate | David Miller (GT) | 205.00 (41 off 20) |
| Best Bowling Economy | Rashid Khan (GT) | 4.25 |
| Player of the Match | Rashid Khan (GT) | 3/17 in 4 overs |
Key Moments of the Match
Key Partnership: The third wicket stand of 100, put together thanks to a rate of better than a run a ball between Shubman Gill and Washington Sundar was the bedrock over which Gujarat Titans recovered from a shaky start to get themselves to close enough total.
Key wickets: Rashid Khan getting rid of Axar Patel, the Delhi Capitals captain, during the middle overs removed a set batter at a time in the innings when need to push up on (scoring) rate and put more pressure on Delhi’s lower order than they would have preferred.
Best individual performance: KL Rahul scored 92 runs off 52 balls with the help of 11 fours and 4 sixes — it was one of the best innings (arguably the best) in this game, nearly single-handedly leading Delhi Capitals to an unlikely victory.
Momentum-changing effort: Rashid Khan’s pivotal second over of the spell broke the comfort zone, which Delhi Capitals appeared to be in while flaying at a target that looked easy for most parts of the game, sneaking out both Sameer Rizvi and Nitish Rana in successive deliveries thereafter.
Last two overs and key factor in match: With manageable runs needed towards the end, run-outs of Tristan Stubbs, a Kuldeep Yadav-adjacent partner for Vipraj Nigam then heavy death bowling from Gujarat Titans meant Delhi Capitals were unable to quite get over the line with 209/8 coming up as the last ball was bowled and chase right open.
Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans Head-to-Head
Total matches played: 8 (including this fixture)
Gujarat Titans wins: 5
Delhi Capitals wins: 3
Matches with no result/tie: 0 — every meeting between these two sides has produced a result.
Recent meeting results:
- Gujarat Titans (210/4) beat Delhi Capitals (209/8) by 1 run — April 8, 2026
- Gujarat Titans (205/0) beat Delhi Capitals (199/3) by 10 wickets — May 18, 2025
- Gujarat Titans (204/3) beat Delhi Capitals (203/8) by 7 wickets — April 19, 2025
- Delhi Capitals (224/4) beat Gujarat Titans (220/8) by 4 runs — April 24, 2024
- Delhi Capitals (92/4) beat Gujarat Titans (89) by 6 wickets — April 17, 2024
Gujarat Titans currently hold the upper hand in this young IPL rivalry, having won three of the last four meetings between the two sides.
Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans Match Records
Highest innings total: Delhi Capitals — 224/4 (24 April 2024)
Lowest team total: Gujarat Titans — 89 all out (17 April, 2024)
Best Batting Performance: The 97 not out by Jos Buttler (Gujarat Titans) on April 19, 2025 holds the record for the highest individual score in this match-up although KL Rahul’s 92 almost matched that run.
Best Bowling figures: Lockie Ferguson (4/28) for Guharat Titans (April 2, 2022) sits amongst bowling performances from this head-to-head. Rashid Khan only a few spots below with his incredible economical spell of 3/17 from this match.
Note on records: Details on ball by ball archives for older DC vs GT clashes aren’t sometimes consistently available across official sources, so numbers in categories like most sixes in an innings and best individual partnership across the entire head-to-head haven’t been included here to avoid presenting unverified data.
Perhaps best of all your October 2023 data is how these matches have been decided by fine margins in the DC vs GT rivalry. Four of the last eight clashes between these sides this encounter preceding the 4-run Delhi Capitals win in April 2024 and the narrowest possible, a 1-run win for Gujarat Titans over these same opponents are ranked among the smallest margins either franchise has ever achieved during IPL.
On the other side of that scale, you saw just how rapidly it can tip when a top order faced an undermanned opposition with May 2025’s 10-wicket mauling and April 2024’s capitulation to 89-all-out.
Match Highlights
Major batting highlights: Not out 92 runs off 52 balls, hitting the straight boundaries for those juicy deliveries pitching outside leg stump all with confidence. Shubman Gill came strong scoring 70 and initially anchoring the innings along with Washington Sundar (55) completing a great start for the Gujarat Titans. Delhi Capitals kept their chase alive till the final few overs, thanks to a brisk 41 not out in the death by David Miller off just 19 deliveries.
Bowler of the match: Rashid Khan’s 3/17 in his four overs was easily the most effective bowling performance of the match – barely more than four runs an over in a game where the average run rate would hit double figures. Performers of the Match: Gujarat Titans fast bowler Prasidh Krishna with 2/28 and Delhi Capitals bowler Mukesh Kumar also with 2/30 in the high-scoring contest.
Key catches/run-outs: Stubbs and Kuldeep’s run-outs in the closing overs (by Sai Sudharsan and Jos Buttler at the wicketkeeper’s end) went down as expensive dismissals as Delhi Capitals lost those important balls and overs during a chase that came down to its final delivery.
Best passages of play: Washington Sundar’s late, powerplay-style hitting to end the Gujarat Titans innings and KL Rahul ‘s fluent stroke-play through the powerplay and middle overs of the chase were the two passages that determined how big a margin they won by in the end.
Looking past the headline numbers, both sets of dugouts will have gleaned important lessons from this DC vs GT scorecard. Gujarat Titans batter had earlier posted a total of 210 which was never safe as their bowling unit leaked heavily in the middle overs both Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna gave away more than 50 runs in 4 overs each. In contrast, Delhi Capitals’ attack kept it tight through Lungi Ngidi and T Natarajan but the absence of specialist over-19 or 20 man to match Rashid Khan cost them in the end on a night every single run counted.
Conclusion
This Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans Match Scorecard is a record of a contest that delivered on every single promise it held 419 runs between two teams in just 40 overs, the defending champions needing to somehow defend their target with literally one ball to spare. Delhi Capitals, who needed 140 to win, had the last laugh after KL Rahul made a pivotal 92 and David Miller some late hitting before Rashid Khan’s bowling (3/17) with contributions from Shubman Gill, Jos Buttler and Washington Sundar with the bat.
DC vs GT IPL 2026 best uncut score and full DC vs GT scorecard: For anyone looking for the complete Delhi Capitals vs GT scorecard from this IPL 2026 encounter, the numbers speak for themselves as an absolute nail-biter decided by the most narrow margin possible in this format.
FAQs
1.What was the Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans match scorecard?
Gujarat Titans scored 210/4 in 20 overs, and Delhi Capitals replied with 209/8 in their 20 overs, with Gujarat Titans winning by 1 run.
2.Who won the Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans match?
Gujarat Titans won the match by 1 run, successfully defending their total of 210/4 against Delhi Capitals’ 209/8.
3.Who scored the most runs in DC vs GT?
KL Rahul was the highest run-scorer of the match with 92 runs off 52 balls for Delhi Capitals.
4.Who took the most wickets in Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans?
Rashid Khan of Gujarat Titans took the most wickets, finishing with figures of 3/17 from his four overs.
5.What was the highest score in DC vs GT?
KL Rahul’s 92 was the highest individual score in this match. Across the broader DC vs GT head-to-head, Jos Buttler’s unbeaten 97 remains the highest individual score recorded.
6.Who was Player of the Match in DC vs GT?
Rashid Khan was named Player of the Match for his three-wicket haul, which proved decisive in Gujarat Titans’ one-run win.
7.Where was the Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans match played?
The match was played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, a venue where Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans have now met three times, with Delhi Capitals winning once and Gujarat Titans twice.
8.Did the toss play a role in the DC vs GT result?
Delhi Capitals won the toss and chose to bowl first, opting to chase. While the match ultimately went in Gujarat Titans’ favour, the contest was close enough that the toss decision was not the deciding factor — disciplined bowling in the closing overs was.
