Experienced pacer Ishant Sharma defended 12 runs off the last over to hand Delhi Capitals a five-run win over defending champions Gujarat Giants in the IPL 2023 match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. After guiding his team win to win, Ishant said practising wide yorkers paid off.
The narrow five-run win on Tuesday kept Delhi alive in the tournament. They now have three victories from nine games and need to win their remaining five matches to make the play-offs.
Ishant, who was not used in the initial part of the tournament, is now Delhi’s most economical bowler and has taken six wickets in four games conceding only 6.5 runs per over.
The 105 Test veteran was able to keep the dangerous Rahul Tewatia quiet in the 20th over with GT skipper Hardik Pandya remaining unbeaten at the other end in a losing cause.
“We practice bowling with the new ball, but at the same time we do practice bowling wide yorkers, and today the hardwork paid off, I just backed myself and bowled wide yorkers.
“When you are preparing yourself in the nets we plan for certain batters as to what to bowl and it is all about executing it every single time, back yourself and believing in yourself,” Ishant said after the game.
