Prasidh and Buttler combine as Gujarat Titans upstage Delhi Capitals to go top
On a burning-hot day, on a flat track, Prasidh Krishna dazzled with a four-for to restrict Delhi Capitals to a par total of 203. Sai Sudharsan gave a brisk start, Buttler (unbeaten 54-ball 97) and Sherfane Rutherford (43) exploded in the middle overs, and Rahul Tewatia finished the job in the final over with a six and a four. The big screen flashed “Smooth as Buttler”. It’s a slogan that Jos Buttler should make his mantra as he awaits the ball in his stance. If there is an issue, it comes when he loses his shape, going for an ungainly heave or two. When he stays still, and focuses on timing, there aren’t many batsmen so easy on the eye and yet as effective. Like the treatment he meted out to Mitchell Starc in the match-deciding 15th over of the chase in Ahmedabad. The equation read 66 needed from six overs, and Starc who had spectacularly turned around a game just a couple of days, ran in at full steam. Two very-full outside-off balls came …
