And that's it! A leg bye to finish things off, as Nurse misses this flick, but that is a comprehensive victory for the Capitals
Giants vs Capitals, 7th Match at Delhi, Legends League, Sep 25 2022 - Match Result
Capitals won by 6 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
Well, that's all we have from this match tonight. Do join us tomorrow as Bhilwara Kings and Manipal Tigers clash. Till the next time, good night, take care.
9:50pm Time for the presentation.
Hamilton Masakadza, player of the match: "Batting with Sols [Mire] is very easy. Once i fuelled out a little bit around there, the power game was always I looked to."
Tillakaratne Dilshan, Gujarat Giants captain: "I think 20-30 short. We had a great start but we lost quick wickets and lost a bit of momentum. Spinners changed it. We can see tomorrow how the body is. After the ball gets wet, the dew sets in and the bowlers can't grip the ball."
Gautam Gambhir, India Capitals captain: "It's important to win, individual scores do not matter. Ashley stepped up today. We've got the depth in our batting, plenty of allrounders as well. Helps to have depth and hopefully he's in good touch. [Taylor] injured his hands and hence we did not send him in today. First time after I retired [played in front of the Gautam Gambhir stand]. When I was 14-15, there used to be steps there. I remember how much Kotla has given to me, to Delhi cricket and Indian cricket as well."
9:40pm: That's as clinical a chase as can be. Mire went berserk at the top, Masakadza ensured the momentum was kept up in the middle overs, and that meant the contest was effectively finished by the time the likes of Nurse and Bhatia came together. A top-class bowling effort followed by a clinical chase is exactly what Gautam Gambhir would've wanted from his team tonight, and they've delivered.
slower ball, short of length, tapped to backward point
length ball outside off, keeps low and goes under the attempted drive
really full ball on the stumps, driven down to long-on, to level the scores
slower bouncer, Bhatia lets it go
slower ball, short outside off, but a little too wide
full outside off, Bhatia plants that front foot forward and slaps that straight down the ground
Joginder to bowl the 19th
length ball on the pads, Nurse doesn't make contact with the attempted paddle
full, quicker and flatter outside off, Nurse is beaten on the cut
length ball on the stumps, worked to long-on
quicker and shorter outside off, Nurse looks to pull that over the leg-side, but gets a top edge which lands in no man's land around point
really short, half-tracker, Bhatia looks to hit the pull too hard and only manages a bunt to long-on
Mendis to bowl, can the Capitals finish it off in this over?
full ball on off, Bhatia drives through cover, where the fielder dives and prevents a run
darted into the pads, Bhatia doesn't make contact as he looks to work it to the leg side
oohh, that's close, Nurse gets an inside edge as he looks to drive off the back foot. Was beaten by the slowness and the hint of turn
length ball, a hint of turn, Nurse guides it to backward point
darted into the pads, paddled straight to the fielder at short fine leg
full ball on the stumps, a bit of air, Nurse gets under it and sends it smashing into the sightscreen
full-toss well outside leg, Bisla does well to get a hand to it and prevent a boundary
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi | |
Toss | India Capitals, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2022 |
Players per side | Gujarat Giants 13 (11 batting, 11 fielding); India Capitals 13 (11 batting, 11 fielding) |
Player Of The Match | |
Match days | 25 September 2022 - daynight (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | India Capitals 2, Gujarat Giants 0 |