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In the IPL 2026 match against Punjab Kings (PBKS), Delhi Capitals (DC) emerged victorious by three wickets at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala.
After suffering a loss, PBKS` captain Shreyas Iyer said, “I won`t beat around the bush; I`ll just say fielding and bowling again. (If he thought 210 was a good score) Absolutely, I feel that it was 30 runs more on this wicket considering how the ball was seaming and there was variable bounce. (On bowling Chahal) There was absolutely a thought in my mind, but the way ball was seaming and the way it was helping seamers, I think if we would have executed our line and length precisely, we could have been able to extract wickets, but unfortunately again, we didn`t. (on how to bowl here) Still into the surface. I always say that the hard length – short of a hard length – is the best ball, especially when a new batsman is coming in. It`s not easy to hit because if you keep repeating those balls, at least one ball gives a chance of mis-hitting and you can get a wicket. We`ve been short of planning”.
IPL 2026, Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals: Match summary
With an aim of chasing the target of 211 runs, the Capitals scored 216 runs by losing seven wickets in 19 overs.
Opening the innings, wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul departed on nine runs in eight balls, including two boundaries. Fellow opening batsman Abhishek Porel scored five runs in six balls, including a boundary.
Sahil Parkh was also dismissed on 13 runs in six balls, including a boundary and a maximum. Tristan Stubbs returned to the pavilion after scoring 12 runs in 17 balls, with the help of a boundary. Skipper Axar Patel delivered a stunning knock of 56 runs. His knock came in 30 balls, including eight boundaries and two maximums. David Miller also registered 51 runs in 28 balls, laced with three boundaries and four maximums.
Impact Player, Ashutosh Sharma, played a blistering cameo of 24 runs. His knock of 10 balls included two boundaries and the same number of maximums. Later, Madhav Tiwari and Auqib Nabi stayed unbeaten on 18 and 10 runs, respectively. Facing eight balls, Tiwari smashed two boundaries and a maximum, whereas Nabi played just two balls and smashed a boundary and a maximum.
PBKS` star pacer Arshdeep Singh returned with the figures of two wickets for 21 runs in four overs. Impact Player, Yash Thakur, Ben Dwarshuis, and Marcus Stoinis also bagged one wicket each. Marco Jansen went wicketless in the IPL 2026 match against DC.
Earlier, having been put to bat first, PBKS` wicketkeeper-batsman Prabhsimran Singh departed after scoring 18 runs in 15 balls, including three boundaries. Fellow opening batsman Priyansh Arya smashed 56 runs in 33 balls, with the help of two boundaries and six maximums.
Swashbuckling batsman Cooper Connolly struck a crucial 38 runs. Facing 27 balls, he smashed three boundaries and two maximums.
Later, captain Shreyas Iyer played a glorious knock of an unbeaten 59 runs, which came in 36 balls, including five boundaries and three maximums. Marcus Stoinis was dismissed for one run in two balls. Shashank Singh also departed on a one-ball duck. Suryansh Shedge stayed unbeaten on 21 runs in eight balls, laced with two boundaries and the same number of maximums. With this, the Kings posted a total of 210 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs.
Delhi`s Madhav Tiwari returned with the figures of two wickets for 40 runs in four overs. Mitchell Starc also bagged two wickets by conceding 57 runs in four overs. Mukesh Kumar also chipped in with one wicket. Auqib Nabi and Lungi Ngidi went wicketless in the IPL 2026 match against PBKS.
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