DC vs PBKS, IPL 2026: Punjab Kings complete highest run chase in T20 cricket history with six wickets in hand and seven balls to spare
DC vs PBKS, Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings IPL 2026 Cricket Score Updates: The game saw Lungi Ngidi stretchered off after the Delhi pacer hit his head on the ground while attempting a catch. He was replaced by Vipraj Nigam as a concussion sub
Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings Live Score, IPL 2026: Prabhsimran Singh smashed a 26-ball 76 while Priyansh Arya scored 43 off 17 balls before they both fell in the space of five balls. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)
DC vs PBKS, Delhi Capitals Cricket Score Updates: Punjab Kings kept their unbeaten record in the Indian Premier League alive with a six-wicket victory over the Delhi Capitals. On the way to chasing down the target of 265, Punjab set a record for the highest successful run chase in T20s. Captain Shreyas Iyer rode his luck on his way to an unbeaten 71 off 36 balls. He was dropped twice in the span of three balls by Karun Nair, once on 28 and then on 35.
Before Iyer, it was Prabhsimran Singh, who smashed a 26-ball 76, and Priyansh Arya (43 off 17 balls) who smashed Delhi’s bowlers all over the park, taking Punjab to 116/0 in the powerplay. However, both Prabhsimran and Priyansh departed in the space of five balls as Punjab Kings went from 126/0 to 145/3, losing three wickets for 19 runs.
Thanks to Prabhsimran (who scored 71 runs off 23 balls with 8×4 and 5×6 in the powerplay) and Priyansh Arya (38 off 14 balls with 1×4 and 5×6 in powerplay) the Punjab Kings had scored 116/0 in the powerplay, which was the second highest powerplay score in IPL history, second only to the 125 runs Sunrisers Hyderabad smashed previously. Prabhsimran hit six fours in the sixth over to light up Punjab’s chase.
Earlier in the game, an unbeaten 152 from KL Rahul off just 67 balls (thanks to 16 fours and nine sixes) helped Delhi Capitals score a record 264-2. Rahul’s total is the new record score by an Indian batter in the IPL, surpassing Abhishek Sharma’s 141 scored last season. Rahul made the Punjab Kings pay after he was dropped for 12 by Shashank Singh.
The 264-run total posted by Delhi is also the highest score by a team in his season’s IPL. Earlier, Axar Patel had won the toss Delhi Capitals and decided to bat first against an unbeaten Punjab Kings led by Shreyas Iyer at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday.
Match EndedIndian Premier League, 2026 - Match 35
Delhi Capitals
264/2 (20.0)
vs
Punjab Kings
265/4 (18.5)
Match Ended ( Match 35 ) Punjab Kings beat Delhi Capitals by 6 wickets
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Live Updates
Apr 25, 2026 08:00 PM IST
DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score: PUNJAB KINGS
What a peerless chase from Punjab Kings. Despite losing wickets in a heap in the middle, they have managed to stroll their way to the target of 265.
Punjab Kings complete the highest run chase in T20 cricket history with six wickets in hand and seven balls to spare.
After the batting heroics of Prabhsimran Singh (26-ball 76) and Priyansh Arya (43 off 17 balls), they lost wickets in a heap, slumping from 126/0 to 145/3, while losing three wickets for 19 runs.
But then Shreyas Iyer took charge of the chase. He was dropped multiple times, twice by Karun Nair on 28 and 35, on his way to guiding Punjab home with a 36-ball 71.
Punjab Kings keep their unbeaten record alive in IPL 2026.
Apr 25, 2026 07:33 PM IST
DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score: Nair drops Iyer, twice
Karun Nair what have you done! he drops a sitter of Shreyas Iyer when the Punjab captain is on 28 at long off in Vipraj Nigam's over.
Iyer responds with a six on the first ball of the next over that is a difficult catch to take for Chameera at fine leg, but he does get a hand on the ball that flies for six.
Then in the next ball, Shreyas top edges the ball which goes high and the fielder at long on is coming under the ball. It's Karun Nair again. And he drops Shreyas Iyer again!
Iyer gave three chances over the span of three balls! And after getting lifelines on all three chances, Iyer responds with a FOUR, SIX. SIX!
Everything happening here!
Apr 25, 2026 07:23 PM IST
DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score: GONE
FOUR. FOUR. WICKET!
Two fours off the first two balls of the 15th over and then a wicket
In the battle between Nehal Wadhera and Vipraj Nigam, thanks to Karun Nair who is fielding on the long on boundary. He catches the ball just inside the boundary ropes and unlike two other instances today, there is no need to review whether the fielder's foot hit the ropes.
Clean catch.
Nehal Wadhera c sub (KK Nair) b Nigam 25 (15b 3x4 1x6) SR: 166.66
Apr 25, 2026 07:19 PM IST
DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score: Not too much of a slowdown
Despite losing three wickets of the top order for 19 runs, Punjab Kings are still going at a fair clip, thanks to captain Shreyas Iyer (28 off 20) and Impact Sub Nehal Wadhera (17 off 12).
They need 72 runs from six overs now.
Apr 25, 2026 06:58 PM IST
DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score: GONE
Another wicket, and this time it's Kuldeep Yadav again whose ball beats the swinging arc of Connolly's bat and thuds into the stumps!
In the four overs since the timeout taken after the powerplay ended, Punjab Kings have lost their top three batters in terms of runs for this season.
Cooper Connolly b Kuldeep Yadav 17 (10b 1x4 1x6) SR: 170
Punjab Kings have gone from 126/0 to 145/3, losing three wickets for 19 runs.
Apr 25, 2026 06:47 PM IST
DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score: GONE
Another wicket for Delhi! And it's the danger man Prabhsimran Singh who is flummoxed by the wiles of Kuldeep Yadav and is out.
Punjab Kings have lost both their openers in the span of five balls. Both to the spinners!
After the carnage, Delhi hope for the calm. After the strategic timeout, Priyansh Arya departs after holing out in the deep.
Priyansh Arya c Sameer Rizvi b Patel 43 (17b 2x4 5x6) SR: 252.94
When an opening pair smashes 116/0 in the powerplay overs, any team would be happy to see a wicket fall. But Delhi will not be celebrating too much since Cooper Connolly is walking out and he was the team's top scorer before the match began.
Apr 25, 2026 06:33 PM IST
DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score:
FOUR. FOUR. FOUR. FOUR. FOUR. FOUR. SIX FOURS IN SIX BALLS FROM PRABHSIMRAN OFF MUKESH!
An 18-ball half century from Prabhsimran Singh. And Punjab Kings cross the 100-run mark in 5.2 overs. Punjab end the Powerplay on 116/0.
Prabhsimran gets to his 50 off the first ball of Mukesh Kumar's second over with a four through cover.
He gets to Punjab Kings past 100 on the second ball with another four, this time through midwicket.
Third ball, hit through covers for a four.
Next two balls behind the stumps for fours.
Last ball is hit at the leg side and the fielder comes running in and dives. But he cannot get there! FOUR!
What a game
Auqib Nabi's economy rate is 20.50 after two overs. Mukesh Kumar's is 22.50 after 2, while Axar Patel is on 20 from his single over. Natarajan looks like a standout bowler after conceding nine runs in the single over he was handed.
Apr 25, 2026 06:22 PM IST
DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score: Carnage
Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh have cut, hooked and smashed their way to scoring 84 runs in just four overs. A run rate touching 20!
IF the Delhi Capitals thought they had enough on the board, they clearly thought wrong!
FOUR sixes in that fourth over, and 27 runs coming in. The previous over was smashed for 20 runs.
Vipraj Nigam meanwhile, named concussion sub for Lungi Ngidi
Apr 25, 2026 05:57 PM IST
DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score: Oh dear
We have an injury in the middle as Lungi Ngidi is down after his head collides with the turf. Ngidi was attempting a catch that was high and behind him! Ngidi was running backwards and reached too far behind with his right arm which made him fall backwards and his head thudded into the ground.
The physios and docs are tending to him. and he seems to be speaking with the physio.
There are people with a stretcher waiting to take him off the field. An ambulance is driven down to the middle to take him off!
Apr 25, 2026 05:40 PM IST
DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score:here we go!
First ball of the chase of 265 is smashed for a 74-metre six by Priyansh Arya off Auqib Nabi.
"Mindboggling!" says Gavaskar in commentary. "This wasn't a bad ball at all."
Nabi, who has played only in one game for Delhi previously, bowled the next four balls with just singles off them.
"That's impressive," says Gavaskar now before explaining. "In this format, you are going to be hit for sixes and fours. But how you respond to that is what matters. And Nabi has done well to keep the ball under the bat. He's pushed the length up."
The over ends with a six by Prabhsimran, who spots the length ball and sends it into the stands.
After one over, Punjab Kings are 15/0
Apr 25, 2026 05:35 PM IST
DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score: Rahul stays unbeaten
KL Rahul ends with a score of 152 not out, coming off just 67 balls (thanks to 16 fours and nine sixes). Rahul batted for all 20 overs in oppressive heat and has helped Delhi Capitals score 264-2 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
This is now the highest score by an Indian in IPL. meanwhile, Delhi Capitals' 264-run score is the highest score posted by a team in IPL 2026.
Apr 25, 2026 05:23 PM IST
DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score: Records fall
At the end of 19th over, Delhi Capitals are 255/2, which is not the highest score in the IPL this season by a team.
Meanwhile, KL Rahul hits highest score by an Indian in IPL after surpassing Abhishek Sharma's 141. Only ahead of him are Chris Gayle's 175 not out and Brendon McCullum's 158*.
Apr 25, 2026 05:16 PM IST
DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score: 200-run partnership
What innings both Delhi batters are playing here. But finally, Nitish rana's night ends for 91 off 44 balls with the Delhi score reading 248/2.
It was a low full toss from Xavier Bartlett which Nitish Rana thought he could put past Shreyas Iyer at mid off. But Iyer leaps in the air and plucks the ball out of mid air to complete a famous catch.
Still three ball left in the 19th overs and Rahul is still in the middle, bearing down on the magical figure of 150.
Nitish Rana c Iyer b Bartlett 91 (44b 11x4 4x6) SR: 206.81
Apr 25, 2026 05:11 PM IST
DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score: GONE! NOT QUITE!
WHAT DRAMA! After a very very economical five balls from Yuzi Chahal, the final ball if a full toss on the waist of Nitish Rana, who heaves the ball only to find Marcus Stoinis at the ropes. After all the misadventures in the deep earlier in the game, this is finally a good catch in the deep.
OR IS IT!?
Yuzi Chahal and Punjab think they have a breakthrough. Rana himself is walking off when he is stopped by a member of the officiating team at the boundary ropes. The umpires want a look at whether this was cleanly taken. And after a lot of replays --- and we mean a lot of replays! --- TV umpire Swaroopanand Kannur is convinced that one foot grazed the boundary rope cone.
Rana thought his night was done on 74 runs off 39 balls. But he's going to get one more chance to get to his century as well.
After 17 overs, Delhi are 226/1
Apr 25, 2026 04:58 PM IST
DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score: Rahul takes off
Dot ball. Six. wide. Six. Six. Four. Single. 24 runs from the 16th over!
KL Rahul absolutely punishing the IPL 2026 table toppers. Three full tosses on the trot from Vijaykumar Vyshak. two sixes and a four in that over from those three balls.
Delhi Capitals are headed towards the highest score in IPL this season, if things continue like this!
KL Rahul takes the Orange Cap as well with that blitz. With four overs to go, Rahul is batting on 126 from 54 balls.
After 16 overs, Delhi are 213/1
Apr 25, 2026 04:52 PM IST
DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score: Rahul galloping to his century
KL Rahul scores one of his best centuries, after galloping to the three-figure mark in just 47 balls. 12 fours and five sixes in that innings. He gets there with a shot down the ground that races away and beats the long off fielder!
Imagine how Shashank Singh is feeling. he dropped Rahul on 12 early in the game.
Delhi Capitals are 189/1 in 15 overs
Apr 25, 2026 04:38 PM IST
DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score: Rahul slams a six!!
Stoinis in the attack and starts with a wide, followed by a single. And Rahul gets in on the act with a SIX!! That's sailed over deep extra cover!! 11 from this one.
DC 153/1 after 13 overs
Apr 25, 2026 04:32 PM IST
IPL 2026, DC vs PBKS Live Score Updates: Nitish takes apart Bartlett
On to the 12th over after Chahal gave away 12 from the last one. Bartlett on the attack and Rana pulls and that's sailed over deep midwicket for a SIX!!! And follows that with a four to fine leg. Chahal got a hand to it but it still reaches the ropes. The third ball is met with the same result and to the same area!!! 4 more!! 50 for Nitish. And would you know it!! He has mis-hit but the ball still reaches the boundary!! PBKS leaking runs. Follows that up with a slash through extra covber for another 4!!! Already 22 off this over with a ball left. And it ends with a 6!!!!!! What an over!!
DC 142/1 after 12 overs
Apr 25, 2026 04:24 PM IST
DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score: Fifty for Rahul
Vyshak in the attack and starts with yielding 2 runs that enables KL Rahul to get to his half century. And the over ends with a four that helps DC cross 100.
DC 102/1 after 10 overs
Apr 25, 2026 04:18 PM IST
IPL 2026, DC vs PBKS Live Score Updates: Yuzi stems the boundaries
Yuzi Chahal in the attack now and he does well to stem the boundaries, giving away just 5 from the first 4 deliveries, ending the over at just 7 runs.
DC: 94/1 after 9 overs
Apr 25, 2026 04:13 PM IST
IPL 2026, DC vs PBKS Live Cricket Score: Rana mines a boundary
Back after the break and Punjab have brought in Xavier Bartlett. Rahul starts with a single before Rana slams a boundary!! Two singles follow as the DC batters keep rotating strike. 9 from this over.
DC 87/1 after 8 overs
Apr 25, 2026 03:57 PM IST
DC vs PBKS Live Score IPL 2026: Misfields galore
After dropping KL Rahul for 12, Shashank Singh's wretched afternoon in the field continues. He misfields a show from Nitish Rana and Vyshyak cannot believe it! In the previous over as well, there was a costly misfield in the deep which ended up going for a four, that was from Priyansh Arya fielding off Marco Jansen's bowling.
And the butter-fingered adventures in the field are now rubbing off in bowling too as Vyshyak ends his over with a full toss straight at KL Rahul's waist, which he slaps for a six!
Shashank's actually left the field now!
After five overs, Delhi are 61/1
Apr 25, 2026 03:47 PM IST
DC vs PBKS Live Score IPL 2026: A drop and a catch
Arshdeep Singh sees a catch being dropped off his bowling, and then picks up a wicket later in! All in the span of four balls!
On the second ball of the third over, Arshdeep manages to get Rahul to throw his bat at the rising ball and Rahul's not managed to connect well. The ball flies straight at Shashank Singh, who drops the ball and it trickles to the ropes for a four. Arshdeep is not happy. Shashank had dropped like three catches in the last Punjab game.
But on the fourth ball, Arshdeep Singh sends back Nissanka whose premeditated shot takes the top edge and is caught by the keeper.
Pathum Nissanka c †Prabhsimran Singh b Arshdeep Singh 11 (7b 2x4 0x6) SR: 157.14
After three overs, Delhi are 35/1
Apr 25, 2026 03:42 PM IST
DC vs PBKS Live Score IPL 2026: Rahul rumbles on
What a start to the second over from KL Rahul, who smashes two fours of Xavier Bartlett in the first two balls from the bowler. And then there are a bunch of singles before another four, this time from the blade of Nissanka.
KL Rahul's career average is around 137. Over the last two IPL seasons, he's been going at 154, which tells you a lot about his mindset for the shortest form of the game.
A good over for Delhi, who are 23/0 after 2 overs
Apr 25, 2026 03:37 PM IST
DC vs PBKS Live Score IPL 2026: Nissanka tees off
Nissanka gets us off! A good four from him in the first over surrounded by four singles. Unlike other games, Arshdeep starts us off with a very disciplined line. No wides in that over. But on one ball, he bowls on the pads, and Nissanka just flicks it to the leg side. There is very little protection there. Only a deep square leg.
After one over, Delhi are 8/0
Apr 25, 2026 03:32 PM IST
DC vs PBKS Live Score IPL 2026: here we go
Arshdeep Singh with the ball. Kl Rahul and Pathum Nissanka out with the bat!
Apr 25, 2026 03:26 PM IST
DC vs PBKS Live Score IPL 2026: Delhi record
Beat Lucknow Super Giants
Beat Mumbai Indians
Lost to Gujarat Titans
Lost to Chennai Super Kings
Beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad
DC - 6th Place - 6 points from 6 games
Apr 25, 2026 03:24 PM IST
DC vs PBKS Live Score IPL 2026: Punjab record
Beat Gujarat Titans
Beat Chennai Super Kings
No Result vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Beat Sunrisers Hyderabad
Beat Mumbai Indians
Beat Lucknow Super Giants
PBKS - 1st Place - 11 points from six games
Apr 25, 2026 03:22 PM IST
DC vs PBKS Live Score IPL 2026: Punjab captain Shreyas Iyer during toss
"It's important to stay in the moment, that's how you want the environment to be. I personally feel you just have to keep training harder and keep getting better every now and then, better than the previous performance. And that's what I keep telling my teammates as well. We need to inculcate right habits in the dressing room and culture that we've been building so far. And it has been, touch wood, going great. We just have to keep enjoying the game and have fun along with each other. I would love to bowl. And thankfully, I had a small discussion with Axar before the toss. He said that he's going to bat, so I was happy that we are going to bowl and the toss was inconsequential. We are going with the same team."
Apr 25, 2026 03:15 PM IST
DC vs PBKS Live Score IPL 2026: Delhi skipper Axar Patel during toss
"We will bowl first. It looks a bit dry and obviously it’s a day game, and you know it’s quite hot as well. So we’re thinking of putting up a good total first and then trying to defend it. (Do you think it will get quite slow later on?) Yes, from the looks of it, it seems like it will slow down a bit later, and the bowlers might get some help as well. So we want to post a good total first and give the bowlers a chance to make use of any assistance from the wicket. We want to focus on ourselves. Every team we are playing is playing good cricket. We have also been playing good cricket, but the thing is that in crucial moments, I think we are not winning those moments in the game. We are making silly mistakes, and if we correct those, I think we will be back on track. If consistency comes in, and if we fix the small mistakes we are making in the field or in taking decisions at crucial times, then I think we will be on the winning side most of the time. We are playing the same team."
Apr 25, 2026 03:10 PM IST
DC vs PBKS Live Score IPL 2026: Playing XI
Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh(w), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer(c), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
DC vs PBKS Live Score IPL 2026: Delhi coach Sarandeep Singh on Priyansh Arya's biggest strength
“Arya’s biggest strength is his ability to pick the length early,” says Delhi coach Sarandeep Singh. “It allows him to be in good position and with that hand speed, the rest falls in place. It is what made Steve Smith the batsman he is in Test cricket.”
Apr 25, 2026 03:03 PM IST
DC vs PBKS Live Score IPL 2026: Delhi win toss, to bat first vs Punjab
Sayak gets the right call during the toss and he decides Delhi Capitals will bat first against Punjab Kings at home.
Apr 25, 2026 03:02 PM IST
DC vs PBKS Live Score IPL 2026: Toss time
We are all set for toss as both captains Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel are in the middle for coin flip.
Apr 25, 2026 02:52 PM IST
DC vs PBKS Live Score IPL 2026: Punjab Kings predicted XII
Punjab Kings predicted XII’s: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijaykumar Vyshak
Apr 25, 2026 02:48 PM IST
DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 Live Score: Delhi Capitals predicted XII
DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 Live Score: Punjab writing history
No team in IPL history had played their first six fixtures and remained unbeaten. Then this season, the Punjab Kings came along. Currently they are the only unbeaten team in the IPL. They stride into Arun Jaitley Stadium with a NRR of +1.420 and 11 points to their name, with only the weather managing to steal a point off them with a no result.
Apr 25, 2026 01:22 PM IST
DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 Live Score: DC replace Duckett
Delhi Capitals have named young England all-rounder Rehan Ahmed to this side for the remainder of the Indian Premier League 2026. The 21-year-old leg-spinning all-rounder joins DC as a replacement for opening batter Ben Duckett.
Rehan have never featured in the IPL for the first time.
Rehan Ahmed’s arrival adds a lethal new dimension to the Capitals' bowling arsenal. Known for his deceptive googlies and fearless lower-order hitting, Rehan joins Kuldeep Yadav and Vipraj Nigam as wrist-spinning options.
Apr 25, 2026 01:01 PM IST
DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 Live Score: The importance of Priyansh Arya
One of the reasons for Punjab Kings finding themselves where they are at the moment is their opening pair of Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh, which is complimented by Cooper Connelly and skipper Shreyas Iyer. While there is no Punjab batter in the top 10 for the race for the Orange Cap, Arya has scored his 211 runs from five innings at a breathtaking strike rate of 248.23, which is unmatched among the top 20 batters in the league at the moment.
What is also remarkable about Arya is that on the list of best strike rate by innings, Arya has two entries in the top 10: the 39 he scored off 11 balls at a strike rate of 354.54 against Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium (ranked no 2) and the 57 he scored off 20 balls at a strike rate of 285.00 against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the New International Cricket Stadium.
Apr 25, 2026 12:37 PM IST
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Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer: ‘If someone tells me I can’t do something, trigger ho jaata hai mind mein’
Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer led from the front with a 69-run blitz, maintaining his team's 100% win record in IPL 2026 with a victory over SRH. (CREIMAS)
Shreyas Iyer’s flying catch has gotten presiding deity of fielding, Jonty Rhodes to wax eloquent on the fielding craft, and feel like a grandfather. But the Punjab Kings skipper, who has been sublime for his franchise since last season, and highly popular despite RCB claiming the title, has continued riding the wave, with even his leadership getting rave reviews.
In a teaser of an interview with the host broadcaster JioHotstar’s ‘Believe’ show hosted by Irfan Pathan, Shreyas has dropped some pearls on his mindset and witticisms.
Dubbed Sarpanch at Punjab Kings, Iyer starts by saying, “Honestly speaking, main instinctive type hoon” even as Pathan calls him the man with Midas touch.
The Mumbaikar has offered stability and guts to a Punjab lineup, and brought the mentality that makes the northern franchise rise up to the challenge of the biggies – RCB, MI, KKR and CSK.
