In Match 60 of IPL 2025, Gujarat Titans (GT) clinched the playoffs with a 10-wicket victory against Delhi Capitals (DC) at Arun Jaitley Stadium. DC, sent in to bat first by GT, scored 199/3 thanks to KL Rahul's unbeaten 112* (65 balls) and Tristan Stubbs' 31*. However, GT's bowlers made sure that Late in the innings, DC scored quickly to the limit of 200 runs - with a clinical 223-run stand (complete by both Gill and Sudharsan as they made their 100s batting together). R Sai Kishore (1/25) as most bowler ensured that GT left DC short by 10 runs. GT exacted a comprehensive chase through Gill (93* off 53 balls) and Sudharsan (108* off 61 balls) who were left (205 runs) unnaturally un-picked to chase 200, in 19 overs.

DC's bowlers, particularly Kuldeep Yadav, had no breakthroughs, wasted early reviews and miserable moans were originated without any success from the camp led by Axar Patel (who made cries for 10-15 runs washed up, review and pants - waste), as Gill explained GT played too many single times in a disciplined togetherness whilst Sudharsan mopped up runs in success against this scoring in Delhi (for the most). GT will make the playoffs with Royal Challengers Bengaluru ahead of Punjab Kings, whereas DC perhaps have held hopes by hooks or crook but having to win every game if they are to make the playoffs. Here are the top 3 reasons why DC lost against GT.

1. Absence of Mitchell Starc

The biggest miss to DC was star pacer Mitchell Starc, who is not playing any games until his coming up World Test Championship. Starc’s removal took away the potency from the bowling attack, who had a non penetrative performance without him - and took no wickets. So it allowed the Gujarat Titans op eners, Shubman Gill and B. Sai Sudharsan easy opportunity to chase the target in lock step fashion, without losing a wicket.

2. Batting Inconsistency

While KL Rahul excelled with an unbaten century, his counterparts who were supposed to lay a strong foundation in the batting order did not, either individually as a group or as individual starters. A number like Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, and Sameer Rizvi all got stars but did not get something meaningful in runs added; this was simply batting inconsistency in the order where DC set up a below par total, where it would have been incredibly easy run down the target for GT.

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3. Lack of Support in Bowling

With Starc missing, Mukesh Kumar and Mohit Sharma became the next option bowlers, however both bowled poorly - Mukesh in four overs - 40 runs, and Mohit in two overs, 28 runs. The remedial bowling quality support meant that the Gujarat Titans openers, made easy work of the run chase as quickly as they could.