Match overview
Gujarat Titans produced one of the most complete performances of the IPL season on 18 May 2025, beating Delhi Capitals by 10 wickets at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Delhi Capitals had posted a challenging 199/3, a total above the ground's average first-innings score of 185, yet Gujarat chased it down without losing a wicket, finishing on 205/0. B Sai Sudharsan was named Player of the Match. The result extended Gujarat's recent head-to-head dominance, having now beaten Delhi twice in the 2025 season.
Delhi's innings was built steadily across all three phases: 45 runs from the powerplay, 91 in the middle overs, and 63 at the death. Only three wickets fell across the full 20 overs, pointing to a disciplined batting effort. On most evenings, 199/3 holds up. Gujarat, though, were in no mood for a close finish.
The chase was controlled from the first over. Gujarat's openers put on 59 without loss in the powerplay alone, 15 runs above the venue's powerplay average, and never ceded the initiative. By the time the middle overs were done, 95 more runs had come without a wicket. Gujarat closed out the final powerplay with 51, leaving Delhi's bowlers wicketless through 20 overs.
Venue and conditions
Arun Jaitley Stadium has hosted 165 T20 matches, making it one of the more data-rich venues in the IPL. The average first-innings score is 185, and the average second-innings score drops to 165, suggesting there is genuine value in batting first. Yet teams winning the toss opt to field 59% of the time, and the ground's chase success rate is 56%. Gujarat's toss decision to field was consistent with recent trends at the venue, even if the conventional wisdom about first-innings advantage remains statistically meaningful.
Death-overs bowling is traditionally difficult at this ground. The venue average for the death phase (overs 16 to 20) is 37 runs, but both sides exceeded that in this fixture: Delhi scored 63 in the death, and Gujarat added 51 in the equivalent phase of their chase. The pitch offered little to bowling attacks across the evening, and the conditions never swung decisively in favour of the fielding side.
How to watch
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Recent form
Gujarat came into this fixture with four wins from their previous five matches, including victories over Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kolkata Knight Riders, and Delhi Capitals. Their only blip in that run was a loss to Rajasthan Royals. That consistency across different opposition makes the 10-wicket result here feel less like a one-off and more like a continuation of a settled, confident squad.
Delhi's recent form made for harder reading. Two of their last five results were no-results (against Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad), and they suffered back-to-back losses to Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore before this game. Their solitary win in that run came against Lucknow Super Giants. With their bowling unable to take a single wicket in the Gujarat chase, Delhi face a significant question about their attack's potency as the tournament moves towards its closing stages. Their next fixtures will reveal whether this was an anomaly or a structural problem.
