IPL 2026: Pointless GT’s Quest to Make It Three in a Row vs. DC

Last year, the Gujarat Titans (GT) won both games against the Delhi Capitals (DC)

The Indian Premier League (IPL) has entered its second week, and on Wednesday evening, the 14th game of the tournament will be between DC and GT. For those who are not familiar, GT has not yet scored any points in the tournament, having lost their first two games before entering the third. Will GT finally secure their first points of the season against Delhi Capitals, a team they have historically performed well against??

GT vs. DC head-to-head

Since the Gujarat Titans made their IPL debut, they have played 7 matches against DC. Out of seven games, GT won four, whereas DC won three. However, the Titans have only managed one victory against Delhi at their home stadium, where the game will take place on Wednesday evening.

Three in a row?

Gujarat Titans may have lost the first two matches of the ongoing IPL season. However, since last year, they have won both games against Delhi. In the first match, Jos Buttler scored 97 runs, whereas Sherfane Rutherford added 43 runs, helping GT chase the target of 203 runs set by Delhi in 19.2 overs with seven wickets in hand.

In the other game, DC set a target of 200 runs, which GT’s opening duo of Sai Sudarshan and Shubman Gill chased down easily. Sai scored 108 runs in 61 balls at a strike rate of 177.05, whereas on the other side of the crease, Gill made 93 runs in 53 balls at a strike rate of 175.47. GT won the game by 10 wickets with six balls to spare.

On both occasions last season, GT enjoyed victories by significant margins and will be hopeful of continuing their run against DC.

Predicted playing XIs

Delhi Capitals: KL Rahul (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Vipraj Nigam, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan and Mukesh Kumar.

Gujarat Titans: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Kumar Kushagra, Jos Buttler (wk), Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Ashok Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.

AI’s match prediction

Last but not least, given the trend toward AI predictions, we asked ChatGPT for a match prediction. The AI stated, “At Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, DC’s batting depth and current momentum to edge a close one, especially if KL Rahul / Sameer Rizvi / Stubbs carry recent form into the chase. GT has enough firepower to flip it if Gill returns and Rashid plus the seamers control the middle overs, so this feels closer than the table suggests. DC wins by 4–6 wickets if chasing or 10–15 runs if batting first.”

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