The home team struggled throughout their innings due to a slow, low, and turning pitch. Shubman Gill attempted to gain an advantage by aggressively attacking every ball. He successfully hit two crisp fours in five balls but was caught at cover while attempting another. It later became apparent that he was eager for early boundaries due to the ball holding in the pitch. Wriddhiman Saha attempted a pull shot but mistimed it, resulting in the ball hitting his stumps. The ball was spinning at the time. Tristan Stubbs, who has only bowled 177 balls in his 79-match T20 career, took two wickets in a single over with his off-breaks.
Four of the top six batsmen scored in single digits. Rahul Tewatia is currently batting during the powerplay. The decision to send in Shahrukh Khan instead of R Sai Kishore, who could have been an impact player against the right-hander-heavy Capitals line-up, proved to be costly. Despite being the in-case-of-emergency-break-glass option, he returned with a duck and was out stumped, even though the wicket-keeper didn't collect the ball cleanly. It was a disappointing outcome.