Iranian defender Fazel Atrachali marshaled the defence and scored four points.
For Dabang Delhi, it was a night to forget as their skipper Meraj Sheykh drew a blank.
Gujarat Fortune Giants opened their account in the third minute with a tackle point. They followed it up with two more points in the next minute to lead 3-0 after four minutes.
Dabang Delhi scored their first point in the sixth minute and trailed 1-4 after eight minutes.
In a low-scoring first half, it was Gujarat who dominated the proceedings and led 8-4 after 17 minutes. Gujarat earned a technical point in the 19th minute and followed it up with an all out in the 20th minute and ended the first half leading 15-5.
Rakesh Narwal scored his second raid point in the 21st minute as Gujarat led 16-5. With Meraj Sheykh struggling in defence and offence, Dabang Delhi looked out of sorts and trailed 8-17 after 24 minutes.
A second all out was inflicted by Gujarat in the 31st minute to lead 25-9. Anand Patil scored two raid points for Dabang Delhi to give them some respectability to the score line as they trailed 11-26 after 35 minutes.
Dabang Delhi inflicted an all out in the 38th minute to reduce the deficit to nine points and trailed 19-26. Gujarat controlled the entire game and never looked like losing as they ran away comfortable winners in the end.
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