New Delhi, April 18 -- It was never meant to be for the Gujarat Titans from the start today, as the batting order failed to find any momentum, with DC's pacers wreaking havoc resulting in an embarrassing six-wicket loss against Delhi Capitals. Much credit has to be paid to DC skipper Rishabh Pant, whose rotation of bowlers was spot-on tonight as GT never once looked threatening with the bar and was eventually bowled out for a franchise-record low of 89 runs.

This was just the third instance of GT getting bowled out in an IPL game, after getting bowled out for 157 in Qualifier 1 against CSK last year and for 130 against LSG at Lucknow earlier this month. "Our batting was very average, and it is important to move on and come back strong. The...