David Miller will replay those final two deliveries in his head for a long time. Needing just two off two balls against Prasidh Krishna, the South African inexplicably turned down a single off the penultimate delivery — a decision that handed Gujarat Titans a barely believable one-run victory over Delhi Capitals in New Delhi on Wednesday night.
On the final ball, Kuldeep Yadav scrambled for the run that would have levelled the scores, but Jos Buttler produced a razor-sharp direct hit to seal one of the most dramatic finishes of IPL 2026. KL Rahul had done everything humanly possible, smashing a breathtaking 92 off just 52 balls to haul DC to the doorstep of the 211-run target. His knock deserved a winning cause, but Miller's moment of hesitation proved fatal.
Earlier, Shubman Gill anchored the GT innings with a classy 70 off 45 balls, lacing four boundaries and clearing the rope five times. Buttler was equally destructive at the other end, blasting 52 off 27 to propel Gujarat to 210 for four — a total that looked par at best when Rahul got going in the chase.
Yet cricket has a cruel way of punishing the smallest errors. Miller's brain fade — refusing an eminently achievable single with the match on the line — turned a near-certain DC victory into a gut-wrenching defeat. For Gujarat, the celebrations were wild. For Delhi, it was a loss that will sting deep into the tournament.
