Two runs needed. Two balls left. Delhi Capitals felt safe. Then everything changed. David Miller stood at the crease. Calm. Confident. The crowd held its breath. A single would’ve tied it. He chose not to take it. Instead, he kept the bat for himself. Trusting his own hands more than a shared chance. Kuldeep Yadav waited at the non-striker’s end. Ready. Silent. The moment slipped. One swing followed. Air met wood. Nothing else. Silence spread across the ground. One run decided it when Kuldeep got run out just after. That moment shifted everything – the South African player had stayed put instead of taking a quick single earlier. A quiet hesitation became costly right at the end.
Right after the game ended, Shubman Gill spoke plainly – no hesitation. The captain of Gujarat Titans said straight up: Miller holding back on that one run changed everything. It gave them a quiet signal. From that moment, belief crept in. They started thinking they might actually pull it off.
A single run decided it. When Miller missed Prasidh’s slower ball, things shifted. Then came Jos Buttler’s throw – sharp, quick – just ahead of Kuldeep Yadav stretching forward. That moment sealed the outcome. The Gujarat Titans stood victorious. Their first win arrived late but sure. Delhi Capitals fell short by the slimmest margin. All this unfolded Wednesday under tense skies.
“Definitely, all three games we played had gone till the last over but very pleased to got over the line. (When Miller didn’t take a single), I thought, we had a chance to win,” Gill said after the match.
Finding the right pace for the last ball, Gill thought a slower one would fit best given how the pitch played out.
“We decided whether to go for yorker or slower but given the wicket how it played, slower one would be difficult to hit.” Gill felt that the total of 210 on this Kotla track was a good one. “210 on this wicket was 10-15 runs above par and if we bowl well, we can win this,” he said.
One bounce away from victory, Delhi Capitals stumbled despite KL Rahul’s sharp 92 lighting the path forward. David Miller added fire with 41 off few balls, yet silence crept in when he stayed rooted instead of taking a run on second last delivery. That pause became louder as Kuldeep got caught attempting a desperate dash, leaving scoresheet reading 209 for eight. Target just out of reach.
