- By Namrata Vijay
- Sat, 19 Apr 2025 09:11 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
GT vs DC IPL 2025: Gujarat Titans on the back of Jos Buttler's match-winning knock of 97 runs, chased down the mammoth target of 204 runs during their IPL 2025 match against Delhi Capitals. Buttler played just 54 balls and smashed 11 fours and four sixes.
The ex-England skipper scored 60 runs for the second wicket partnership with Sai Sudharsan and then built a 119-run partnership for the third wicket with Sherfane Rutherford.
With this win, the Shubman Gill-led side has become the first team in the tournament's history to have successfully chased down the mammoth target of 200-plus runs against Delhi Capitals.
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Highest successful run-chases vs DC
204 – GT in Ahmedabad, 2025
188 – CSK in Delhi, 2008
188 – SRH in Delhi, 2018
186 – CSK in Delhi, 2010
185 – RR in Delhi, 2015
Ahead of this match against GT, the Axar Patel-led side hasn't lost a single match while defending a target of 200 runs in their history of 18 years. They had won 13 consecutive matches. With DC losing this match, Mumbai Indians is now the only team, who have a 100 percent win record while defending a target of more than 200 runs. Ahead of beating DC by seven wickets, the Gujarat-based franchise's highest successful run chase of 198 runs came during their IPL 2023 clash against RCB.
GT’s highest successful run chase in IPL
204 vs DC, Ahmedabad, 2025
198 vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2023
197 vs RR, Jaipur, 2024
196 vs SRH, Mumbai (Wankhede Stadium), 2022
190 vs PBKS, Mumbai (Brabourne Stadium), 2022
For the hosts, besides the batter, pacer Prasidh Krishna had also put up a brilliant performance. He registered figures of 4/4 against DC. This four-wicket haul helped him take 14 wickets in the ongoing season till now in the seven matches that he has played and with that, he is currently the Purple Cap holder. He has taken two more wickets than bowlers like CSK’s Noor Ahmad, DC’s Kuldeep Yadav, and RCB’s Josh Hazlewood.