Gujarat Titans aim to maintain top two finish chances against Delhi Capitals

As IPL 2025 resumes after an unexpected break, 2022 champions Gujarat Titans' (GT) restart their aim of maintaining themselves for a top two finish when they take on Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday evening.

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The Shubman Gill-led GT currently lead the points table with 16 points and are just one win away from sealing a spot in the playoffs. DC, on the other hand, are at fifth place with 13 points and their chances of entering the playoffs look a bit stiffer, considering left-arm fast-bowler Mitchell Starc is not coming back to India for the remainder of the tournament.

The foundation of GT's success in IPL 2025 lies in their top three batters - captain Gill, B Sai Sudharsan and Jos Buttler. Statistics from Cricket-21 fully illustrate the awe-inspiring efficiency of GT's top three — its batting average in the first ten overs stands at a whopping 92.7.

Openers Gill and Sudharsan, with 508 and 509 runs respectively, have been great in surviving the power-play, resulting in GT losing only seven wickets in batting power-play, the fewest scalps lost by a team in the competition so far - even as their runs per over metric stands at 9.1. With Gill, Sudharsan and Buttler (500 runs) going great guns, it has meant that GT haven't suffered much damage in middle and death overs.