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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Delhi Capitals’ veteran Ishant Sharma showed he still has some tricks up his sleeve with a masterly display of seam bowling in their shock win against Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Gujarat Titans on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Bottom-placed Delhi looked to be hurtling towards a seventh defeat of the season after posting 130-8 against table-toppers Gujarat at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium.<\/p>\n

And even that modest total looked unlikely at one stage after Mohammed Shami (4-11) reduced Delhi to 23-5 in five overs.<\/p>\n

In reply, Gujarat captain Hardik Pandya made an unbeaten 59 off 53 balls but Delhi’s lion-hearted bowlers restricted the champions to 125-6 to secure a shock five-run victory.<\/p>\n

Ishant, who played the last of his 105 tests in late 2021, struck in the powerplay by dismissing an in-form Vijay Shankar with a cleverly-disguised knuckle ball.<\/p>\n

“Okay, Ishant just bowled the best knuckle ball wicket I’ve ever seen,” tweeted former South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn.<\/p>\n

Ishant was equally impressive in the death overs.<\/p>\n

With Gujarat needing 33 from 12 balls, Rahul Tewatia smashed Anrich Nortje for three consecutive sixes to reduce the target to 12 from six deliveries.<\/p>\n

But Ishant bowled a nerveless final over, dismissing Tewatia and conceding only six runs to secure Delhi’s third win in nine matches.<\/p>\n

“With Ishant forever getting younger and coming out and delivering, it’s amazing to see him,” Delhi captain David Warner said at the presentation ceremony.<\/p>\n

“Ishant was so clear with what he wanted to execute and he was able to do that.”<\/p>\n

His clever use of wide yorkers made it difficult to hit boundaries in the final over.<\/p>\n

“I was practising bowling wide yorkers in the nets with the new ball. I think the hard work paid off today,” said the bowler, who returned 2-23 in his fourth match this season.<\/p>\n

Delhi, who remain at the bottom of the points table, host Royal Challengers Bangalore in their next match on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; editing by Peter Rutherford)<\/p>\n

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