Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill on Wednesday (April 17) emphasised the significance of shifting on after his crew suffered a dismal defeat in opposition to Delhi Capitals within the thirty second match of the continued IPL 2024.
Requested to strike first, G.T have been bowled out for simply 89 runs. They have been bowled out for lower than 100 runs in an innings for the primary time of their IPL journey that began in 2022. GT stored dropping wickets from the beginning and by no means actually appeared in competition to attain huge.
They misplaced the wickets of Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha, David Miller and Sai Sudharsan through the powerplay and simply could not get better. Other than Rashid Khan (31), no different participant may attain the 20-run mark whereas Sudharsan (12) and Rahul Tewatia (10) have been the one batters to succeed in double figures.
In reply, DC chased down the whole inside 9 overs. The guests did lose the wickets of each their openers – Jake Fraser-McGurk and Prithvi – within the third over, however by no means actually appeared in hassle. They misplaced two extra wickets earlier than an unbeaten 25-run stand between Rishabh Pant and Sumit Kumar took them over the road.
Shubman Gill on the defeat:
On the finish of the match, Shubman Gill began by saying that his crew’s batting efficiency was common earlier than urging his teammates to maneuver on.
He additionally determined to not blame the pitch and said that poor shot choice was the explanation behind the crew’s poor present. Shubman Gill additionally hoped that his crew would get better and win a lot of the remaining league matches.
“Our batting was very common, and it is very important transfer on and are available again sturdy. The wicket was proper, should you see some dismissals it had nothing to do with the pitch. Poor shot choice I might say,” mentioned Shubman Gill.
“If the opposition is chasing 89 gamers, the opposition will all the time be within the sport except somebody scores a double hat-trick. That is solely midway by the season for us, we now have gained three and hopefully we’ll win one other 5.” 6 of the following 7 as in the previous few years,” he added.