Mustafizur Rahman’s Delhi Capitals started the tournament with a loss against Lucknow Super Giants in the first match. Despite arriving in India before that match, Fizz was not in coach Ricky Ponting’s XI. The Tiger pacer was also out of the squad for the second match against Gujarat. Delhi lost this match too. Delhi lost by 6 wickets against Gujarat on Tuesday (April 4). Batting first, David Warner’s team scored 162 runs for 8 wickets. In reply, Hardik Pandya’s team reached the target after losing 4 wickets with 11 balls remaining. Hardik won the toss and sent Delhi into bat at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Warner’s team did not start well. Shami dismissed Prithvi Shaw for 7 runs. He also sent Mitchell Marsh to the dressing room after 4 runs. After losing 2 wickets Sarfaraz Khan paired with Warner. Warner was playing well. But Alzari Joseph came to bowl and changed the picture of the game in one over. He dismissed Warner for 37 runs. Riley Russo was dismissed on the very next ball, not understanding Joseph’s bouncer. Due to successive wickets, Delhi’s run rate decreased. As a result, Sarfraz started playing slowly. Forced to play big shots, Abhishek Podre, made his debut in this match. He was dismissed by Rashid after scoring 20 runs. Rashid also dismissed Sarfaraz for 30 runs. Akshar Patel took Delhi’s 150 runs by playing some big shots toward the end. He got out after scoring 36 runs.

In reply, Wriddhiman Saha of Gujarat scored 14 runs in the first over. But he got bowled without understanding the pace of Enrique Norcia. Shubman Gill did not get a run in this match. He was dismissed for 14 runs. When Hardik got out for 5 runs, Gujarat was under pressure. Sai Sudarshan and Vijay Shankar, who came in as impact players, pulled the team from there. Both made a partnership of 50 runs. Vijay got out by 29 runs. After that, David Miller took the team to the port of victory by forming a pair with Sudarshan. He took two sixes and a four-in-one over Mukesh Kumar. Sudarshan completed his half-century in pursuit of runs. In the end, he scored 62 runs off 48 balls. Miller scored 31 runs off 16 balls.