'Old monk king Ishant Sharma' - Fans elated as Delhi Capitals register a thrilling win in the low-scoring affair against Gujarat Titans in IPL 2023

Gujarat Titans and Delhi Capitals locked horns in the 44^th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2023 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. The DC skipper David Warner won the toss and decided to bat first but their batting lineup failed miserably against the Gujarat bowling attack led by the senior pacer Mohammed Shami.

Batting first, Delhi Capitals could manage somehow to post a total of 130 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Later on, in utter shock to everyone including both the cricket fans and the experts, they beautifully defended after bowling entire 20 overs in the second innings and won the match by a very close margin of five runs.

Subsequently, the fans were also thrilled following this amazing win of Delhi Capitals in a low-scoring encounter against the table toppers Gujarat Titans. They immediately took to Twitter and came up with a lot of interesting reactions and responses in the aftermath of the match praising DC’s performance and also trolling the GT skipper Hardik Pandya for taking the chase too deep that eventually happened to cost them the match.

Here's how fans reacted:

Last team at the table beats the top team at the table. That's the beauty of No. 1 T20 league#GTvDC

— Azaz (@CricAzaz45) May 2, 2023

#DelhiCapitals what a fight! What a victory 🔥
What a bowling ishant sharma..#GTvDC #TATAIPL2023 pic.twitter.com/bXuXx5XFto

— Naveen999 (@Naveen983756623) May 2, 2023

#GTvDC #GTvsDC #DCvGT This is why GT lost today - DC to GT before the Start of the match : pic.twitter.com/ETMPPqQejT

— Cricket With Laresh (@Lareshhere) May 2, 2023

Kaun tha woh bc woh coach jisne advice Dena shuru Kiya tha ki "chase Deep leke jao"? #GTvDC

— Jasmeet Singh Bhatia (@DuhJizzy) May 2, 2023

Imagine the outrage if Kl Rahul had played this slow knock #GTvDC

— Wingo (CSK) (@india_wing) May 2, 2023

Ishant Sharma has defended 12 runs in the final over vs Hardik Pandya & Rahul Tewatia.
You dont see the age or size of the dog,
You see the FIGHT OF THE DOG✨#ishantsharma #GTvDC #TATAIPL2023

— Invincibles Warrior 🥷🏏 (@mayankskt005) May 2, 2023

GT batting required run rate breakdown in the second half..
After 10 - 8.2
After 11 - 8.44
After 12 - 9.0
After 13 - 9.7
After 14 - 10.0
After 15 - 10.4
After 16 - 10.5
After 17 - 12.3
After 18 - 16.2
....@CricCrazyJohns @mufaddal_vohra @DelhiCapitals #GTvDC #IPL2023

— GuruprasanthGK (@GuruGK1804) May 2, 2023

Hardik Pandya not out in a low run chase is exactly what was needed.

This overconfident guy almost managed to do the same against Pakistan in that WC game but there was Virat Kohli to save his ass & here too Rahul Tewatia almost saved him but Ishant Sharma denied that.#GTvDC

— Vipul Ghatol 🇮🇳 (@Vipul_Espeaks) May 2, 2023

So delightful to see our veteran one pulling off the game so heroically. Hats off Ishant Sharma!#ishantsharma #GTvDC

— Adarsh Baheti (@Adarsh_baheti) May 2, 2023

The Old War Horse is still doing wonders 💥#GTvDC | #DCvGT | #IshantSharma | #IPL2023 | pic.twitter.com/AfQLEXOAy8

— Natheem Irfan (@irfanaathi) May 2, 2023

This is the team that people expected when they saw Gujarat Titans on paper!
But they always find people to win games, will be back to winning in no time. #IPL2023 #GTvDC

— Geeky Comrad (@GeekyComrade) May 2, 2023

Talking about the entire action of the match, the veteran Gujarat Titans’ pacer Mohammed Shami completely rattled the entire top and middle order of the Delhi Capitals’ batting lineup. He scalped four wickets by conceding only 11 runs in his spell of four overs. At one moment, the visitors were in serious trouble when they lost their five wickets only on the score of 23 runs in five overs.

Later on, lower middle-order batter Aman Hakim Khan scored a very crucial half-century and contributed 51 runs with three boundaries and three sixes to take his team to a total of 130 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the first innings.

Later on, while, defending the target, the Delhi Capitals’ bowling consisting of senior pacers like Ishant Sharma and Anrich Nortje restricted the defending champions to a total of 125 runs for the loss of six wickets in the entire 20 overs; eventually, DC won the match by 5 runs to register their third victory in the tournament.

Ishant Sharma and Khaleel Ahmed scalped two wickets each alongside one wicket each by Anrich Nortje and Kuldeep Yadav.