Kings XI Punjab beat Delhi Capitals by 5 wickets

Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) by 5 wickets in the 38th match of the 13th season of IPL. Kings XI have reached the top-5 of the points table with their third consecutive win. At the same time, despite the defeat, Delhi remains on top.

Batting first after winning the toss, Delhi gave a target of 165 runs. In response, Punjab lost 167 for 19 and won the match by scoring 167 runs.

Gayle and Rahul had a poor start to the pavilion Lottcings XI Punjab. The team had lost 3 wickets in the power-play. Captain Lokesh Rahul 15, Chris Gayle 29 and Mayank Agarwal were dismissed by 5 runs. Nicholas Puran scored the highest for the team, 53 and Glenn Maxwell scored 32 runs. Pooran (53) bowled out with the second fifty in the league. He shared a 69-run fourth wicket partnership with Maxwell.

Tushar scored the most expensive over power-play of the season. Chris Gayle scored 26 runs in the 5th over of the match with the help of 2 sixes and 3 fours. This was the most expensive over of this season's power-play, which was put by Tushar Deshpande. Earlier, Khalil Ahmed of Sunrisers Hyderabad conceded 22 runs in an over during the power-play against Chennai Super Kings. At the same time, Trent Bolt of Mumbai Indians gave 20 runs in an over against Kings XI Punjab.

Dhawan, the first batsman to score 2 consecutive centuries in IPL, Delhi scored 164 for 5 wickets. The team was not doing well. Prithvi Shaw (7) on 25 and captain Shreyas Iyer (14) on 73 were returned to the pavilion. Opener Shikhar Dhawan kept one end and scored an unbeaten innings of 106 runs on 61 balls. He has become the first player in the league to score 2 consecutive centuries. Earlier, an unbeaten 101-run knock was played against Chennai Super Kings.

Apart from Dhawan, captain Shreyas Iyer and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant were out for 14–14. Shreyas completed his 2 thousand runs in the league. For Punjab, Mohammed Shami took 2 wickets, while Glenn Maxwell, Jimmy Neesham and Murugan Ashwin got 1–1 wickets.

Kohli, the batsman with the highest century in a season, is the 5th player to score two or more centuries in a season. The record for the highest century in a season is named after Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli. He scored 4 centuries in 2016. Chris Gayle (2011), Hashim Amla (2017) and Shane Watson (2018) had two centuries each.

Prithvi Shaw flopped for fourth consecutive match

Opener Prithvi Shaw flopped for the fourth consecutive match. He could only score 11 runs in these 4 matches. During this time he could not even open an account against Rajasthan and Chennai. He scored 4 against Mumbai and 7 in the current match.

3 changes in Delhi's playing eleven

Delhi captain Shreyas Iyer made three changes in the playing XI. In the team, wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant, Shimron Hetmyer and Daniel Samms got the chance. Alex Carrey, Enrique Nortje and Ajinkya Rahane were dropped for him. Punjab captain Lokesh Rahul made a change. Includes Jimmy Neesham replacing Chris Jordan.