DC vs PBKS / Delhi out of IPL, Punjab beat by 31 runs - Prabhsimran scored a century

Delhi Capitals are out of the current season of the Indian Premier League. The team was defeated by Punjab Kings by 31 runs at their home ground. The team has lost its 8th match out of 12. Even if they win the next two matches, Delhi will be able to reach only 12 points, while the number four team in the table has 13 points. In such a situation, it can be said that Delhi is out of this season. Delhi won the toss and

Vikrant Shekhawat : May 13, 2023, 11:12 PM
DC vs PBKS: Delhi Capitals are out of the current season of the Indian Premier League. The team was defeated by Punjab Kings by 31 runs at their home ground. The team has lost its 8th match out of 12. Even if they win the next two matches, Delhi will be able to reach only 12 points, while the number four team in the table has 13 points. In such a situation, it can be said that Delhi is out of this season. Delhi won the toss and decided to bowl first at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Punjab scored 167 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Delhi could only manage 136 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs.

This is how Delhi's wickets fell

First: Phil Salt was bowled by Harpreet Brar on the second ball of the 7th over.

Second: On the second ball of the 8th over, Rahul Chahar made Mitchell Marsh LBW.

Third: On the first ball of the 9th over, Harpreet Brar got Riley Russo caught by Sikandar Raza.

Chaitha: On the last ball of the 9th over, Harpreet Brar made David Warner LBW.

Fifth: Rahul Chahar made Akshar Patel LBW on the first ball of the 10th over.

Sixth: Manish Pandey was bowled by Harpreet Brar on the first ball of the 11th over.

Seventh: In the fourth ball of the 16th over, Nathan Ellis caught Aman Khan at the hands of Harpreet Brar.

Delhi trapped in spin trap

Chasing a target of 168 runs, Delhi got off to a good start in the powerplay. Both the openers made a partnership of 69 runs, but after the powerplay, the spinners of Punjab completely tightened the screws on the batters of Delhi. The team gave 6 wickets within 19 runs and from zero on 69, DC's score became 88 for 6 wickets. Harpreet Brar also took the wickets of Riley Russo, David Warner and Manish Pandey after bowling Philip Salt. He gave 30 runs in 4 overs. The second spinner of the team, Rahul Chahar, while bowling deadly, gave only 16 runs in 4 overs and made Mitchell Marsh and Akshar Patel walk.

Warner collects 60th Fifty

David Warner has completed his 60th career half-century. He completed Fifty on 23 balls. Warner is the batsman with the most half-centuries in this league. He has scored Fifty for the 13th time against Punjab.

Explosive start of Delhi

Chasing a target of 168 runs, Delhi made an explosive start in the powerplay. His openers David Warner and Phil Salt scored 65 runs without loss in 6 overs.

Prabhasimran hit, rest of the batters failed

Delhi won the toss and decided to bowl first at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Punjab Kings scored 167 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Opener Prabhsimran Singh scored the first century of his career. He completed the century on 61 balls. Prabhsimran scored 103 runs in 65 balls at a strike rate of 158.46. His innings included 10 fours and 6 sixes. The rest of the batsmen of the team could not do anything special.

Ishant Sharma got 2 wickets from Delhi. Akshar Patel, Praveen Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav and Mukesh Kumar got one wicket each.

5th century of the season

The 5th century of the season came out from the bat of Prabhsimran. Before him, Suryakumar Yadav of Mumbai scored a century on Friday itself. Harry Brook of Hyderabad, Venkatesh Iyer of Kolkata and Yashasvi Jaiswal of Rajasthan have also scored centuries in the tournament.

Prabhsimran's century in 61 balls

Punjab opener Prabhsimran Singh recovered the team from the initial shock. He completed his fifty off 42 balls in the 13th over. He then scored the next 50 runs in 19 balls and completed the first century of his IPL career.

Lost 3 wickets in powerplay

After winning the toss, Delhi Capitals came out to bowl first and gave 3 shocks to Punjab in the powerplay itself. Ishant Sharma took the wickets of Shikhar Dhawan and Liam Livingstone. At the same time, Akshar Patel bowled Jitesh Sharma in the sixth over. The team could only manage 46 runs for 3 wickets in 6 overs.

First: Second ball of the second over, Ishant Sharma bowled a fuller length at leg stump. Shikhar Dhawan is out caught at deep square leg. He scored 7 runs.

Second: Ishant bowled the first ball of the fifth over on a good length. Liam Livingstone is bowled, he scores 4 runs.

Third: The fourth ball of the sixth over was bowled by Akshar Patel on a good length. Jitesh Sharma gets bowled. He scored 5 runs.

Fourth: Third ball of the 15th over, Praveen Dubey bowled leg spin on good length. Sam Karan is caught at long on. He scored 20 runs.

Fifth: Kuldeep Yadav bowled the first ball of the 17th over on a good length. Harpreet Brar is caught at covers. He scored 2 runs.

Delhi Capitals: David Warner (Captain), Phil Salt (Wicketkeeper), Mitchell Marsh, Rilee Russo, Aman Khan, Akshar Patel, Praveen Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed and Mukesh Kumar.

Impact Players - Manish Pandey, Ripple Patel, Lalit Yadav, Chetan Sakaria, Abhishek Porel.

Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh, Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Sam Karan, Sikandar Raza, Shah Rukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rishi Dhawan, Rahul Chahar and Arshdeep Singh.

Impact Players - Nathan Ellis, Atharva Tayde, Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Mohit Rathi.