Gujarat's record of shame by being all out for the 'lowest' runs

 Gujarat's record of shame by being all out for the 'lowest' runs

Gujarat Titans played the final in their first two seasons in the IPL journey. Is that team looking at the other side of the coin in the current season? Both teams have been relegated after Hardik Pandya left Gujarat to join Mumbai Indians. Shubman Gill-led Gujarat fell shy of an all-out today (Wednesday), with the lowest run in their history. They could not even play the entire 20 overs. They scored 89 runs against Delhi Capitals.

At the home ground Ahmedabad Narendra Modi Stadium today, Gujarat's situation was of the 'chede de maa, kende bachi' genre. But at the end of the first four overs of the innings, the possible score of Gills was 169 runs in the scheduled 20 overs. It came down to 120 after six overs. But in the end, Gujarat could not even touch the triple digit house. Last season's finalists could have been embarrassed if Rashid Khan's highest run (31 from 24) innings did not come at the end.

 Gujarat's such collection is the lowest number of runs by any team in the current season. However, in this year's IPL, the teams are making a flood of runs one after the other. The record for the highest runs in IPL history has been achieved twice without even completing half the matches of the season. In that case, Gujarat gave a completely inconsistent innings. Gujarat's innings ended with 16 balls remaining in the stipulated over. Rishabh Pant's Delhi Capitals target just 90 runs to win. Mukesh Kumar is the most successful bowler of Delhi with 3 wickets for 14 runs.

After losing the toss and batting first, Gujarat's innings was shaky from the start. They beat skipper Shubman Gill by just 11 runs off Ishant Sharma (8 runs off 6 balls). The other opener Wriddhiman Saha also scored only 2 runs in 10 balls. Sai Sudarshan scored 12 runs off 9 balls at number three. Then David Miller contributed 2 runs from 6 balls. Abhinav Manohar scored 8 runs off 14 balls. Besides, Rahul Tiwatia scored 10 runs off 15 balls. Shah Rukh Khan, who came in as an impact player, got out on the first ball. Gujarat batsmen continue to play inconsistent innings with T20!

Losing 6 wickets for just 48 runs, the hosts were under pressure. Even the bottom batsmen could not handle that pressure. Behind the collapse of Gujarat's innings, the success of Delhi's bowlers was more due to Shubman's batting failure. Several batsmen got out by choosing the wrong shot. Rashid Khan tried to fight a little at the end. However, the Afghan all-rounder's innings could not save the team from a complete collapse. Rashid made 31 off 24 balls with 2 fours and 1 six. The only six for Gujarat came on Rashid's bat. Their innings ended in 17.3 overs as no one else could catch the lead of the team.

Earlier, Gujarat scored the lowest 125 runs in their history in the last season. The opponent and venue of that match were also the same. Gill's team is more embarrassed today after breaking the precedent set in Ahmedabad against Delhi. However, the teams have more shameful precedents in IPL. Royal Challengers Bangalore 2017 were bowled out for a tournament-low 45 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders. Gujarat ranks 28th in this embarrassing list.

 Among the Delhi bowlers, Ishant took 2 wickets for 8 runs. Besides, Tristan Stubbs took 2 wickets for 11 runs, Akshar Patel and Khalil Ahmed took 1 each.