With ten needed off the final over by Mitchell Starc, Rahul Tewatia nonchalantly smashed a six and four off the first two deliveries to seal a seven-wicket victory for Gujarat Titans against Delhi Capitals on Saturday.
The architect of Gujarat's victory on their home turf at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad was Jos Buttler who remained unbeaten on 97 off just 54 balls.
They are now top of the table, with the same number of points as Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings, but ahead on net run rate.
Chasing 204, Buttler and Sai Sudharsan were involved in a breezy 60-run stand after the early loss of Shubman Gill.
With the score at 74, Sudharsan was caught by Tristan Stubbs at deep midwicket off Kuldeep Yadav for 36 off 21 balls.
But Buttler and Sherfane Rutherford kept the asking rate under control with some big hits.
Mohit Sharma bore the brunt, going for 18 in his first over as the fifty partnership came up between the duo.
After completing his fifty in 32 balls, Buttler treated Starc with disdain, despatching him for five consecutive boundaries in the 15th over, at the end of which GT were in the driver's seat at 158/2.
Buttler and Rutherford added 119 for the third wicket, with the partnership finally being broken by Mukesh Kumar in the penultimate over when the West Indian was caught by Starc at long-off for 43 off 34 balls.
Mukesh conceded only five in the over but Starc could not close out the game this time unlike DC's last match against Rajasthan Royals.
The Aussie was the most expensive bowler for DC, finishing with figures of 0/49 in 3.2 overs.
Earlier, Gill had been run out for seven in a mix-up with Sai Sudharsan. A direct hit by Karun Nair found him short of his crease, leaving GT at 14/1.
The first half of the game saw a late cameo by Ashutosh Sharma helping Delhi Capitals breach the 200 mark off the last ball of the innings.
Ashutosh holed out to the long-on boundary off the penultimate ball by Sai Kishore after smashing 37 off 19 balls, with the score at 199. But Kuldeep Yadav struck a four off the final delivery to take Delhi to 203/8.
Prasidh Krishna had grabbed two more wickets in his final over -- the 18th of the innings.
He removed Axar Patel and Vipraj Nigam off successive balls, both caught by wicket keeper Jos Buttler. But the over was spoilt by Ashutosh who hit successive sixes as Prasidh ended with figures of 4/41. Axar had top-scored with 39 off 32 balls.
Earlier, Mohammed Siraj broke a threatening 53-run stand between Axar and Tristan Stubbs as Gujarat Titans pegged back Delhi Capitals after their blazing start.
Stubbs attempted a reverse scoop over short third man but only managed to send the ball straight into the hands of the fielder there after making 31 off 21 balls. At the end of 15 overs, DC had reached 150/4.
Prasidh had also taken the wickets of KL Rahul and Karun Nair. Rahul was trapped leg before for 28 in 14 balls while Nair was caught by Arshad Khan after scoring 31 off 18 balls, leaving Delhi at 93/3 in the ninth over.
Arshad had made the first breakthrough, dismissing Abishek Porel in the second over of the innings. Porel hit a full toss straight to Mohammed Siraj at mid-on after blasting 18 off 9 balls.
Gujarat Titans, currently third on the points table, had won the toss and chosen to bowl against table-toppers Delhi Capitals at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The Titans will aim to bounce back after their winning streak was broken in their previous clash against the Lucknow Super Giants.
Playing XIs
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul(w), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel(c), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar
Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj, Ishant Sharma
Impact Players
Delhi Capitals: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Darshan Nalkande, Sameer Rizvi, Donovan Ferreira, Dushmantha Chameera
Gujarat Titans: Sherfane Rutherford, Mahipal Lomror, Anuj Rawat, Washington Sundar, Karim Janat