In probably the most gripping finishes of IPL 2026, former India cricketer Aakash Chopra has sharply criticised David Miller for a decisive name throughout Delhi Capitals’ (DC) slender one-run defeat to Gujarat Titans (GT). Chopra pointed to Miller’s refusal to take a single on the penultimate ball of the ultimate over—regardless of an opportunity to degree the scores—as a second that in the end value DC the match.
A thriller determined by effective margins
The high-scoring contest on the Arun Jaitley Stadium noticed Gujarat Titans submit a frightening complete of 210+, organising a difficult chase for DC. In response, Delhi fought valiantly, ending at 209/8—only one run brief in what turned out to be a dramatic last-over end.
With two runs wanted off the ultimate two deliveries, the sport hung within the stability. Miller, certainly one of DC’s most skilled finishers, was on strike with Kuldeep Yadav on the non-striker’s finish. A single was out there on the fifth ball, which might have tied the match and handed Kuldeep the strike for the ultimate supply. Nonetheless, Miller selected to remain on strike, a call that drew widespread consideration.
Aakash Chopra questions David Miller’s tacticts within the remaining over
Talking on his YouTube channel, Chopra expressed confusion over Miller’s contrasting choices within the closing phases. He highlighted how Miller had earlier allowed Vipraj Nigam to take a single on the ultimate ball of the nineteenth over, thereby retaining the strike away from himself at the beginning of the final over.
“When two runs have been required off two balls and a single was out there to David Miller, he refused, and I’m pondering you refused it now, however you allowed Vipraj to take a single off the final ball of the earlier over. When two runs have been required off the final ball, you missed, and Buttler made a direct hit from behind, and right here you go, the Gujarat Titans received their first win,” stated Chopra.
Chopra additional identified that whereas the bowling within the remaining over from Prasidh Krishna had its moments of vulnerability—together with a boundary and a towering six—the pacer held his nerve within the remaining two deliveries to seal the sport for GT.
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Gujarat Titans win a thriller
The match reached its climax on the ultimate ball, with DC nonetheless needing two runs. Miller tried to complete the sport himself however failed to attach. Within the chaos that adopted, Kuldeep tried a determined bye however was run out by a pointy piece of labor from Jos Buttler behind the stumps. That second sealed Gujarat Titans’ thrilling one-run victory and left Delhi Capitals ruing what might have been.
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