In the seventh match of IPL 2023, played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, Delhi Capitals lost the toss against Gujarat Titans and came out to bat first. Delhi’s captain was hoping to take wickets during the opening partnership of Hardik Pandya and his team.
However, this did not happen as DC captain David Warner missed the ball from Mohammed Shami, which touched his off-stump but the bails did not fall. Due to this, Warner was saved from getting out.
This incident happened in the first over of the innings when Shami was troubling Warner with his excellent swing bowling. David Warner was clueless facing the first ball of the over. Shami bowled a fuller delivery to Warner, who completely missed it.
When the ball passed the wicketkeeper, there was a loud appeal from the Gujarat Titans, thinking that they had got the wicket. Fortunately, they did not go for a review after the umpire turned down their appeal because the ball had only touched the stumps but the bails didn’t fall.
This was the first legitimate delivery of the match, as the previous ball was a wide. Let me tell you that in this match, Delhi’s captain Warner played a 37-run innings with the help of 7 fours in 32 balls before being bowled by Alzarri Joseph. Apart from him, other opening batsman Prithvi Shaw once again disappointed and got out on Mohammed Shami’s ball after scoring 7 runs in 5 balls.
Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya said, “We are going to bowl first. It’s not certain how the wicket will play. Clearly, we are disappointed, especially for them. As a team, we can manage, but I am disappointed for them. Miller has come in place of Ken. Sai Sudarshan will come in place of Vijay in our team. There is not much talk going on in our team. It’s about keeping things simple and focusing on controllable things. The pitch looks fantastic. There could be some dew later.”