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Match Details
GG vs IC Eliminator 1, LLC 2023-24
GG
211-720.0
India Capitals won by 12 runs 🏆
IC
20.0223-7
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Player of the Match
Isuru Udana
India Capitals1/22
4(1)
GG - 2nd Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 60 | 62 | 10 Over | 100 | 107 | 15 Over | 160 | 168 |
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IC - 1st Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 55 | 60 | 10 Over | 97 | 99 | 15 Over | 152 | 168 | 20 Over | 223 | 223 |
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That's it from the presentation ceremony and a wonderful game of T20 cricket. Thank you for joining us, Ninaad Dixit here signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Akshaya Krishna Polya and scorer Paras Yadav. Stay tuned for more cricketing action from around the world.
Gautam Gambhir (India Capitals Captain): "We always knew it will be a great run chase and had to up our game. Isuru with his 19th over got us back in the game. It was a great T20 game.
It was a par score. The ground is small and the ball was coming nicely. The bowlers stuck with the plans and kept backing themselves. Whenever you can defend against a batting line up like this you gotta give credit to the bowlers.
I thought we started off really well. Its not about me, its about the other guys as well who chipped in and got us to a good total.
We put ourselves in this position. If we had finished in top 2 we wouldn't have played back-to-back. But this is the schedule and we are professional cricketers. Hopefully we will turn up tomorrow and play our best game again as well."
It was a par score. The ground is small and the ball was coming nicely. The bowlers stuck with the plans and kept backing themselves. Whenever you can defend against a batting line up like this you gotta give credit to the bowlers.
I thought we started off really well. Its not about me, its about the other guys as well who chipped in and got us to a good total.
We put ourselves in this position. If we had finished in top 2 we wouldn't have played back-to-back. But this is the schedule and we are professional cricketers. Hopefully we will turn up tomorrow and play our best game again as well."
Parthiv Patel (Gujarat Giants Captain): "Our bowlers did well to keep them to that score. It is a good pitch and any total can be chased on this surface.
We wanted one of the openers to bat till the end. It's not easy for any top order batter to hit those sixes. I think Chris Gayle and Kevin O'Brien batted really well. We wanted someone to finish the game but sadly didn't happen.
I love playing in Surat. I have played a lots of first-class cricket here as well and the crowd comes in and supports us in big numbers."
We wanted one of the openers to bat till the end. It's not easy for any top order batter to hit those sixes. I think Chris Gayle and Kevin O'Brien batted really well. We wanted someone to finish the game but sadly didn't happen.
I love playing in Surat. I have played a lots of first-class cricket here as well and the crowd comes in and supports us in big numbers."
Isuru Udana (Legend of the Match): "I had a simple plan. I wanted to follow the basics and execute.
You have to back your skills and not to think about the batter. He will hit it anyways, you just try to execute the plans. If you do that then it is hard to hit.
It won't be easy to play back to back but still I'll be playing competitively."
You have to back your skills and not to think about the batter. He will hit it anyways, you just try to execute the plans. If you do that then it is hard to hit.
It won't be easy to play back to back but still I'll be playing competitively."
Isuru Udana is the legend of the match
10:23 PM IST and Local Time: The India Capitals win the important Eliminator game to seal a spot in the second qualifier to be played tonight after defeating the Gujarat Giants by 12 runs in a high scoring encounter at Surat.
The Giants won the toss and elected to bowl first allowing the Capitals to score 223/7 with skipper Gautam Gambhir top scoring with 51 in 30 balls. Rajat Bhatia and Rayad Emrit picked up 2 wickets each but the rest of the attack proved expensive.
Chris Gayle and Jacques Kallis provided a quick start adding 41 in 3 overs but the latter was dismissed by Fidel Edwards breaking the stand. Richard Levi continued the momentum but was unlucky to be dismissed at the non striker's end with Gayle's drive ricocheting off bowler Ishwar Pandey's foot who then soon dismissed the in-form Abhishek Jhunjhunwala.
Gayle continued the assault pacing his half century well and added 115 runs with Kevin O'Brien for the fourth wicket. O'Brien scored 57 in 33 balls and was dismissed by Pandey in the 18th over.
The penultimate saw the end of Gayle's 84 in 55 balls with Isuru Udana containing the score to just 2 runs in that over and setting a tough chase of 21 runs in the final over. Rusty Theron took the responsibility and finished with 2 wickets conceding 8 runs to keep the team alive in the contest.
Pandey (2/34) and Theron (2/37) both picked up a wicket apiece, Udana (1/22) was the pick of the bowlers with Fidel Edwards (1/43) providing the early breakthrough. The highlight of the innings though, was Gayle hitting offspinner Ashley Nurse for 4 consecutive sixes milking 29 runs off his final over.
Stay tuned as we bring you the updates from the post match presentation.
The Giants won the toss and elected to bowl first allowing the Capitals to score 223/7 with skipper Gautam Gambhir top scoring with 51 in 30 balls. Rajat Bhatia and Rayad Emrit picked up 2 wickets each but the rest of the attack proved expensive.
Chris Gayle and Jacques Kallis provided a quick start adding 41 in 3 overs but the latter was dismissed by Fidel Edwards breaking the stand. Richard Levi continued the momentum but was unlucky to be dismissed at the non striker's end with Gayle's drive ricocheting off bowler Ishwar Pandey's foot who then soon dismissed the in-form Abhishek Jhunjhunwala.
Gayle continued the assault pacing his half century well and added 115 runs with Kevin O'Brien for the fourth wicket. O'Brien scored 57 in 33 balls and was dismissed by Pandey in the 18th over.
The penultimate saw the end of Gayle's 84 in 55 balls with Isuru Udana containing the score to just 2 runs in that over and setting a tough chase of 21 runs in the final over. Rusty Theron took the responsibility and finished with 2 wickets conceding 8 runs to keep the team alive in the contest.
Pandey (2/34) and Theron (2/37) both picked up a wicket apiece, Udana (1/22) was the pick of the bowlers with Fidel Edwards (1/43) providing the early breakthrough. The highlight of the innings though, was Gayle hitting offspinner Ashley Nurse for 4 consecutive sixes milking 29 runs off his final over.
Stay tuned as we bring you the updates from the post match presentation.
OVER 20
Gujarat Giants
211/7
Rayad Emrit
1(1)
Rajat Bhatia
2(2)
Juan Rusty Theron
2-37(4.0)
19.6 Theron to R Bhatia
1 Short of a length and wide outside off, slapped to long off for a single.
19.5 Theron to R Emrit
1 Yorker on the leg stump, clipped to deep midwicket for a single.
19.4 Theron to P Patel
W Slower ball, good length and leg stump line. Parthiv swings to hard. Goes for the pull but gets a big top edge flying towards the short fine leg fielder. Ishwar Pandey takes a simple catch. Capitals turn the game towards themselves.
TV umpire is checking for the review, it is a fair delivery but the ball is pitching outside the leg stump. Decision remains not out.
19.3 Theron to P Patel
4lb Full and pitching very close to the leg stump, Parthiv swings and misses. Gets hit on the pad and ambles to the other end. Big shout for LBW is turned down, Theron wants the review and takes it. The ball runs away to the fence, leg byes signalled.
19.2 Theron to R Bhatia
1 Full and outside the off stump. Swings hard and slices it over point for just a run.
19.2 Theron to R Bhatia
WD Full but going down the leg side, umpire spreads his arms, welcome runs for Giants.
Rajat Bhatia can hit the long ball as well, takes his guard batting at number 8.
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