DC vs GT Highlights, IPL 2026 Match 14: Scorecard and Statistics | GT won by 1 run Match

Match Overview

• Fixture: Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans
• Tournament: Indian Premier League 2026
• Match: 14th Match
• Date and Time: 8 April 2026, 7:30 PM IST
• Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, India
• Result: Gujarat Titans beat Delhi Capitals by 1 run

Match Preview

What a night it was at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Cricket fans across India held their breath in the final over, and this match gave them every emotion – joy, shock, pain, disbelief. Gujarat Titans won the 14th match of IPL 2026 against Delhi Capitals by just 1 run. The margin is small. The drama is huge. This is the game that people have been talking about for weeks.

Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel won the toss for the third consecutive match and decided to field first. Gujarat Titans come into the field with captain Shubman Gill, who has returned after missing the game due to a neck injury. GT scored 210/4 in 20 overs. DC chased hard. KL Rahul scored a brilliant 92. David Miller hit two huge sixes in the last over. But in the end, DC trailed by just 1 run – finishing at 209/8.

Gujarat Titans first innings – 210/4 (20 overs)

Gujarat Titans opened with Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan. The pair read the pitch at the Kotla carefully. But the opening stand did not last long. With the new ball, a sharp Mukesh Kumar dismissed Sai Sudarshan for just 12 runs in 7 balls. Gujarat’s score is 19/1 in the second over.

Jos Buttler comes in at number three and completely changes the game. He is in a completely different mood today. Buttler faces Axar Patel and then hits Mukesh Kumar for a six in his third over. He hits five sixes inside the powerplay – a stunning display of power hitting. Buttler and Gill put on a 60-run partnership in just 32 balls and the Arun Jaitley crowd knows they are watching something special. Buttler completed his 25th IPL half-century in just 29 balls before Kuldeep Yadav came to his rescue and dismissed him. Gujarat’s score is 79/2 at the end of 7.3 overs.

Now Shubman Gill and Washington Sundar join hands. This partnership is the backbone of the GT innings. The left-right pair works perfectly. They time the ball well and keep the scoring rate healthy during the middle overs. Gill reaches his first fifty of the IPL 2026 season – a well-constructed innings of 45 balls – before Lungi Ngidi dismisses him for 70 runs in the 18th over. GT’s score is 183/3.

But the story does not end there. Washington Sundar, coming in at number four, plays his own brilliant innings. He reaches his first IPL half-century – a landmark in 30 balls – and continues to push the total higher. Sundar is out for 57 in the penultimate over, but his work is done. Glenn Phillips (14* off 9 balls) helps GT finish strongly at 210/4. For DC, Mukesh Kumar is the best bowler of the day, taking 2 wickets. Lungi Ngidi also took 1 wicket with figures of 4-0-24-1. Kuldeep Yadav took the big wicket of Buttler.

Did Not Bat: Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Ashok Sharma

GT Fall of Wickets

DC Bowling Figures (vs GT)

Delhi Capitals second innings – 209/8 (20 overs)

DC need 211 to win. That’s a huge demand on this pitch. But KL Rahul and Pathum Nissanka start beautifully. They put on a 76-run opening partnership and made the chase very possible. Nissanka plays some beautiful shots, especially a big over against Ashok Sharma in the sixth over as DC end the powerplay at 63/0 – a very strong start. But Nissanka is out in the ninth over for 41 off 24 balls. DC’s score is 76/1.

Then Rashid Khan strikes twice in quick succession and the match turns on its head. First he dismisses Nitish Rana for 5. Then, on the very next ball, he bowls Sameer Rizvi through a googly – a golden duck for the DC hero. DC are suddenly 101/3 after 10 overs and need 110 more runs.

KL Rahul keeps fighting. David Miller joins him and the pair start to strengthen again. But Miller’s arm hurts while running between the wickets and he has to get out. Rahul reaches his half-century – his first half-century of IPL 2026 – and holds the innings together. Axar Patel and Tristan Stubbs both fail to make big scores, and DC keep losing wickets.

Then Rahul gets out for a brilliant 92 off 52 balls – caught by Jos Buttler off Mohammed Siraj – and DC are finished. But the game is not over yet.

David Miller comes back from his injury and joins young Vipraj Nigam. The pair put on 34 runs off just 16 balls and brought DC back into the game. Miller hits a huge six and then another. The crowd is on its feet. GT has been penalised for a slow over-rate, meaning only four fielders are allowed on the boundary in the last over. DC need 13 runs off the last 6 balls. Miller hits two big sixes off Pradish Krishna. DC need 2 runs off 1 ball. But Pradish bowls the ball cleverly. Miller hits the ball hard – but the ball goes to Shubman Gill at long-off. Kuldeep comes for a single, but Gill’s throw hits the stumps and Kuldeep is run out. DC’s score is 209/8. GT win by 1 run.

DC Batting Scorecard (Full)

Did Not Bat: Lungi Ngidi, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar

DC Fall of Wickets

GT Bowling Figures (vs DC)

Playing XI

Gujarat Titans XI

Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudarshan, Jos Buttler (wk), Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Ashok Sharma Impact Subs Used: Prasad Krishna

Delhi Capitals XI

KL Rahul (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Vipraj Nigam, Axar Patel (c), David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar Impact Sub Options: Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Arvin Nabi, Arvind, Arvind, Arvind.

Player of the Match

Rashid Khan — Afghanistan’s spin legend is a clear match-winner in bowling. He took 3 wickets for just 17 runs in 4 overs. His economy of 4.25 on the flat Delhi pitch is superb. He takes key wickets of Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi and Axar Patel at crucial moments in the middle overs. Without Rashid, GT will not be able to win this game.

Rashid Khan’s own words (as quoted after the match): He says he is very happy with how things are coming together, and he feels comfortable bowling on this type of surface.

Key Statistics and Records — Cricket Match 14 Statistics Review

Here are the most important statistics and records of DC vs GT in Match 14 of IPL 2026:

• GT’s narrowest ever victory: This is the narrowest margin of victory in terms of runs in Gujarat Titans’ entire IPL history – just 1 run.
• DC’s fourth one-run defeat: Delhi Capitals’ fourth defeat in IPL history by just 1 run. Their unfortunate pattern of ending close.
• First time three GT batsmen cross 50: Jos Buttler, Shubman Gill and Washington Sundar all score half-centuries in the same innings – this is the first time in Gujarat Titans’ IPL history.
• GT scores 200 for the 18th time: Gujarat scored 200+ for the 18th time in IPL history – 13 times in Ahmedabad, 3 times in Delhi and once each in Jaipur and Mullanpur.
• DC’s first 50+ opening runs at home since 2024: DC last scored 50+ opening runs at home in 2024, when Abhishek Porel and Jack Fraser-McGurk shared a 60-run partnership against Rajasthan Royals.
• 104-run partnership for GT: Gill-Sundar’s 104-run partnership off 61 balls is the third-highest partnership for the third wicket or less in GT’s IPL history.
• Buttler’s powerplay six: Jos Buttler hit 5 sixes inside the powerplay – the second-most by a non-opening batsman in any IPL powerplay, behind only Suresh Raina’s 6 in the 2014 Qualifier 2.
• KL Rahul’s first fifty of IPL 2026: After two low scores, Rahul finally showed his class with a brilliant partnership of 92 runs off 52 balls, his first half-century of the season.
• Ashok Sharma’s speed: GT fast bowler Ashok Sharma bowled the ball at a speed of 154.2 kmph – the fastest delivery in IPL 2026 so far.
• GT at sixth place: With this win, Gujarat Titans opened their account and moved up to sixth place in the points table. Delhi Capitals lost their first match but maintained their place in the top four.

Match Summary Table

DC vs GT Head to Head (IPL)