Delhi Capitals defeated Punjab Kings by 9 runs. (Photo by Saikat Das / Sportzpics for IPL)IPL 2022, DC vs PBKS Highlights: Delhi Capitals beat Punjab Kings by nine wickets in the Indian Premier League here on Wednesday. Punjab were all out for 115 after being put in to bat. Jitesh Sharma top scored for Punjab with 32 off 23 balls. Delhi spinners enjoyed their time in the middle with Kuldeep Yadav, Lalit Yaav and Axar Patel taking two wickets each. Delhi raced to victory in 10.3 overs after Prithvi Shaw (41 off 20 balls) and David Warner (60 not out off 30 balls) shared 83 runs for the opening wicket. The game was in doubt with Delhi reporting sixth COVID case in their camp but the BCCI decided to go ahead with after players returning negative tests following two rounds of testing in the morning.
Brief Scores:
Punjab Kings: 115 all out in 20 overs (Jitesh 32; Kuldeep 2/24, Lalit 2/11, Axar 2/10).
Delhi Capitals 119/1 in 10.3 overs (Shaw 41, Warner 60 not out)
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119/1 (10.3)Punjab Kings
115 (20.0)Delhi Capitals beat Punjab Kings by 9 wickets
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With his team under the Covid cloud, David Warner did everything an opener possibly can in a chase of 116. He put on a staggering 81 runs with opening partner Prithvi Shaw in the Powerplay, easily sealing the game during the field-restriction phase itself. Even as Shaw fell soon after, Warner made sure he stayed right till the end. He reached his half-century with a deliberately-delayed forcing slice off Nathan Ellis that raced past the wicketkeeper for four. He even hit the winning runs just after the halfway mark of the innings, pulling Rahul Chahar to the deep midwicket rope to finish on an unbeaten 60 off 30 deliveries. But after all this, he was still stumped by his children. “My kids just want to know why I cannot get hundreds like Jos (Buttler) does,” Warner said at the post-match presentation. One way could be to ask his bowlers to concede higher totals.
Abhishek Purohit
Obviously there was confusion in our camp because in the morning we got to know that Tim is also positive. There was some confusion, nervousness and what are we going to do now feeling, but we spoke in the team meeting and pointed out on what we can focus, there was so much noise from the outside we thought we will focus on the match. Mostly I like to leave them alone as everyone knows their roles in the team. We will look to improve in every match and that's the only thing we can control, results are not in our control but we can learn from our mistakes. On a wicket like this I thought the ball was stopping a bit and that's why I used more of the spinners.
Vaibhav Arora troubled Prithvi Shaw twice with his inswing, and once with the lack of it, in the opening over of the DC chase, but ended up conceding three fours. Shaw nearly had his stumps disturbed trying a booming drive to the first in-dipper, but an inside edge saved him, as the ball ran away past short fine. Arora bowled the next one wider, and Shaw had a go again, but couldn’t get bat to ball as it curled in under his bat. Shaw was third time wiser and offered a relatively straighter bat to the third inswinger.
He barely has a front-foot stride and while that leaves him vulnerable to getting bowled through the gate, it helped him flick the next delivery, much straighter this time, over midwicket for four. By now Shaw was expecting inswing every ball but the last delivery of the over didn’t; Shaw threw his bat somewhat inside the line, but fortunately for him, toe-ended it safely over cover for the third four.
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'I think the bowlers did a fantastic job and made it easier for us. We had to go hard in the powerplay during the chase. It was a different surface compared to the last night, but credit to our bowlers. Was grateful that we were able to get out of our rooms and play tonight. I was just trying to be positive and am happy to have played with Shaw.. For me it's about sticking to the basics and I tried to put my best footwork forward, hopefully I ll be able to do going forward. My kids just want to know why I cannot get hundred like Jos (Buttler) does. It's great that the little ones around the world keep watching this game.'
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Another four by David Warner to bring up his 50!! Just 3 runs needed to win nwo after the last over. All over. Warner hits a four. Delhi win by 9 wickets.
Sarfaraz Khan gets a move on and hits Chahar for a four. In te last over, Warner had hit Rabada for a six to keep the innings moving along. Delhi are almost home as 100 comes up. And another four!!! 12 off this over. DC 104/1 after 9 overs.
What an absolute stunner of a catch!!! Prithvi Shaw went for another six. Nathan Ellis just coils his body and pulls off a stunner. shaw has to go as Chahar strikes. DC 83/1 after 6.3 overs
Last over of the powerplay and Ellis in to bowl. Two dots to start. Might be the calm before the storm. A wide to follow. Has to bowl this one again. Another four!!! Not intentional but Delhi won't complain, Punjab might though. 6 from this over. DC 81/0 after 6 overs
Arshdeep to bowl the penultimate over in the powerplay. Warner metes out the same treatment to him. Four more!!! Prithvi comes on strike and pulls Arshdeep for another four. Punjab don't know what to do. And another is just flicked for a four. They are just toying with the bowlers now. 17 off this over. DC 75/0 after 5 overs.
A four to welcome Rabada now. Just pulls it to the boundary. What a shot by Warner in the next ball!!! Just flicks it over the fielder and that's another four. 50 up for Delhi. Next ball is also hit for a four!!!! He is just hitting it everywhere. And that's a drop!!!! 15 off this over. DC 58/0 after 4 overs
Vaibhav Arora in to bowl the 3rd over. Anoter four straight down the ground by Warner. What a start!! Another four to follow. Relentless batting by Warner. Brilliant timimg. That's high from Shaw now and that's a 6!!! DC running away with the match now. 17 off this over. DC 43/0 after 3 overs.
Rabada in to bowl the second over and Warner slaps him for a four, straight down the ground. And look at that shot by Shaw. That's lofted behind for a four. DC 26/0 after 2 overs
Prithvi Shaw and Warner are at the crease. Prithvi Shaw is on strike. Vaibhav Arora will open the attack. 2 runs straight off the bat. Oh!!! Inside edge and that's gone for a boundary. Could have easily played it on the stumps. And that's a four to follow. Delhi are in a hurry to finish this one off. Another four to end. DC 14/0 after 1 over.
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Mustafizur to bowl the 20th now. Connects one and it's down the ground for a four. 4 dots in this over already. Can Punjab finish with a flourish? That's all out. Wicket off the last ball. PBKS 115 all out.
19th over now and Khaleel to bowl this one. Can he finish Punjab off in this over? Excellent over. Just 2 runs off it. PBKS 111/9 after 19 overs
Yadav to bowl the 18th and gets hit for a four by Chahar. That's another huge shot and it's nestled perfectly in Powell's hands. Punjab down to their last wicket now. Chahar goes. PBKS 108/9 after 17.4 overs.
WOW!!! What a six by Rahul Chahar. Takes it off his right shoulder and pulls it over the boundary. 7 off the over as 100 comes up for Punjab. PBKS 104/8 after 17 overs.
BANG!!! That's a four straight down the ground by Arshdeep Singh in Khaleel's last ball of the last over. Axar in to bowl his final over now. Just one off it. PBKS 97/8 after 16 overs.
That's another wicket down. This time it's Khaleel's wicket as Shahrukh Khan edges it and it's straight to Pant behind the wicket. This is breathless stuff!! PBKS 92/8 after 14.3 overs as we go for a timeout.
THAT'S ANOTHER ONE!!! Nathan Ellis tries to swing, the ball floats underneath the bat and knocks over the stumps. Punjab are struggling to reach 100. PBKS 90/7 after 14 overs.
Kuldeep in to bowl the 14th. Edged, the ball bobs up a bit but does not quite reach the fielder. And the next ball, the stumps are knocked over!!! Rabada plays down the long line. PBKS 90/6 after 13.4 overs.
THAT'S GONE!!! LBW!! Big shout from Axar. Umpire agrees. And Punjab review. No bat involved. Impact umpire's call. That's it. Sharma departs. PBKS 85/5 after 12.1 overs.
Axar Patel's last over yielded just 4 runs. Kuldeep to bowl the next one now. Oh, Shahrukh could have been caugt and bowled. but that was a toughie. Good over. Just 4 off it. PBKS 85/4 after 12 overs
Kuldeep to start the 10th over and is hit for a four by Jitesh Sharma. He has really taken it to Kuldeep in this match. Not much damage done though. Just 8 from this over. PBKS 77/4 after 10 overs.
For a brief instant when he charged Axar Patel and wasn't to the pitch of the ball, Liam Livingstone found himself in the exact position from where he reckons he hits his biggest sixes. “The time you hit the biggest sixes against spin is when your last thought is ‘you are not there , I am being done’. And you swing your hands through and if you connect, they go further than anything else,” he had once said on a demonstration of six-hitting on Sky Sports.
But of course, for that you have to connect. Axar had shortened the length and Livingstone was well short but still went for the big swing. However, the bat swished through well inside the line of the ball that turned and bounced into the gloves of Rishabh Pant. Livingstone was left stumped, in more ways than one.
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Mustafizur in to bowl the 9th over. Punjab will hope to navigate him properly. Great shot by Jitesh Sharma. Sliced it square of the wicket for a four. 6 runs off this over. PBKS 69/4 after 9 overs as we go for a time-out.
Kuldeep Yadav in to bowl. Just needs one to move to the second place in the Purple Cap standings. But not like that. Jitesh Sharma goes after him and hits two boundaries off two lovely shots. 9 off this over. PBKS 63/4 after 8 overs
Delhi Capitals have two frontline spinners in their XI against Punjab Kings - Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav. But Axar brings the ball into the left-handers, and perhaps they didn’t want to risk Kuldeep in the Powerplay, or were saving him for later. So, when Punjab raced to 27 without loss in three overs, Rishabh Pant handed the ball to Lalit Yadav for some part-time off-spin to Shikhar Dhawan.
The plan seemed to be simple - Lalit darted it in full, in an attempt to take out the slog to the shorter leg-side boundary and make Dhawan hit to the longer rope on the offside. Dhawan did exactly that, moving inside the line to loft over mid-off for a couple of runs, although he didn’t quite time it. He bettered that effort, skipping out to now take one on the full and hit it for a straight four.
DC’s plan wasn’t working, and Lalit speared in a length ball headed down the legside. Dhawan decided to swivel and slap it past the wicketkeeper. If he had missed, it would have been a wide. And any decent connection would have got four, as fine leg was up. But all Dhawan managed was to feather it for Pant to take a sharp catch. The plan had worked, even if not in the way DC might have envisaged.
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Jitesh Sharma hits Ahmed for a four to start the 7th over. Edged and that's raced away to the boundary. That's another wicket gone!!! What is Punjab doing?? Bairstow tries to hit a big one but finds a fielder. PBKS 54/4 after 6.4 overs.
Jonny Bairstow had hit Mustafizur for 2 back to back boundaries in the last over. Now the final over of the powerplay begins. Axar to bowl this one. And another gone!!! The dangerous Livingstone is stumped by Pant. Punjab crumbling. PBKS 46/3 after 5.3 overs.
Mustafizur Rahman in to bowl the penultimate over in the powerplay. What can Fizz do now? And that's what he can do. An inside edge and the wickets are rattled. Mayank departs. Instant impact by the Fizz. PBKS 35/2 after 4.3 overs
Lalit Yadav to bowl to Dhawan and that's played high and falls just behind Powell. Dhawan's heart must have been in his mouth after that shot. Dhawan then hits a four straight down the ground and what do you know!!! Next ball, Dhawan departs. Great catch by Pant. PBKS 33/1 after 3.4 overs.
That's another 4 by Mayank to start the 3rd over by Shardul. Shardul attempts a yorker in the 4th ball and that's punished as well. Another four to complete the over. PBKS 27/0 after 3 overs.
Khaleel Ahmed in to bowl the second. That's 3 runs off the first 4 balls. Just 6 runs from the over ultimately. Punjab batters start slow and steady. PBKS 13/0 after 2 overs.
Mayank and Dhawan are at the crease. Mayank is on strike. Thakur will open the attack. Great start for Mayank as he hits a short ball for a boundary. 7 from the over. PBKS 7/0 after 1 over.
'I am fine now, just getting some protection for the shoe. I am in, Ellis comes in for Odean Smith. It's more of a strategic change. We need to put up our best foot forward and play some good cricket. We have an opportunity to bat first and put up a big score on the board and defend it.'
We are going to bowl first. It (Covid positive cases in the team) is an unfortunate thing, we are not going to think about it. We will find strength among ourselves. There were parts where we bowled and batted well (in the last match). Sarfaraz comes in for Mitch Marsh.
Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Mayank Agarwal(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Vaibhav Arora, Arshdeep Singh
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Sarfaraz Khan, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed
Delhi Capitals have won the toss and have opted to field
"This was the same pitch that was used a couple of nights ago between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders, it produced 427 runs. Why? Because the pitch is absolutely beautiful. It has a little less grass than it had the other night. But the boundaries are shorter, 65-66 meters on one side and the batters targeted that. There is going to be plenty of runs in it again but it might be just a touch drier. So if you are bowling first the spinners are definitely going to come into play. Still think it is a 180-190 surface though," reads Simon Doull.
Tim Seifert, the Delhi Capitals player, has contracted the covid virus for the second year in sucession at the IPL. Seifert was unlucky last year too during IPL, an experience that had left him scared, scarred, and emotionally draining that he broke down in tears during a press conference in Auckland on his return to his country. He was to get married in couple of months time when his world turned upside down with covid.
Match between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings scheduled at Brabourne will go ahead as per the schedule after the second round of COVID tests returned negative today.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday announced a change of venue for Match No. 34 – Delhi Capital versus Rajasthan Royals from MCA Stadium, Pune to Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai scheduled on April 22, 2022. The decision on the change of venue was made as a precautionary measure after Delhi Capitals registered the 6th COVID case.
Yuzvendra Chahal is the leading wicket-taker of the 2022 season so far followed by T Natarajan, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan & Wanindu Hasaranga. Delhi's Kuldeep Yadav is just 1 wicket short of claiming the second place in the standings. Can he do it tonight?
In the IPL 2022 points table, Gujarat Titans (GT) are currently topping the points table, followed by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Punjab Kings (PBKS) are next along with Delhi Capitals (DC), while Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI) are at the bottom end of the table.
According to PTI, officials from the Punjab franchise said the squad was ready to leave for the venue. We'll know more about it very soon.
According to weather.com, temperatures will hover around the 30 degrees mark in the evening and humidity will be 75 percent during the match timings of 7.30 PM to 11 PM.
As per the IPL regulations, a minimum of 12 players including seven Indians are needed for the game to go ahead in case of a Covid outbreak. There is also an option to reschedule the game if the minimum player requirement is not met.
Shikhar Dhawan of the Punjab Kings are David Warner of the Delhi Capitals are considered to be two of the most experienced and battle hardened veterans in cricket. Tonight these two swashbuckling openers are pitted against each other. Who will prevail?
Historically, the Brabourne Stadium has witnessed high-scoring matches and teams generally opt to chase after winning the toss. Dew has not played a part in the last few matches
Prithvi Shaw has had a great start to the tournament this season. Along with the experienced David Warner, Shaw has been part of the most explosive opening duos this season.
Rabada will be up against his former franchise DC for the first time in IPL. He has 7 wickets at 20.57 at an ER of 8. He has picked at least one wicket every game.
Punjab find themselves at the bottom of the bowling charts.
In eight innings among them, the overseas trio of Rovman, Seifert and Marsh have hit 69 runs at average of 8.63, SR of 93.24 and a highest of 21.
Last year, Mayank had led Punjab Kings for the very first time and it was against the Delhi Capitals. Life does come full circle here. In that match, he had scored 99 runs off 58 balls.
Punjab Kings skipper Mayank Agarwal, who missed their IPL match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday with a toe injury, is doing better and should be back soon, the team’s opener Shikhar Dhawan had said.
In case the match goes ahead as per schedule, here are the probable XIs who will start for borth sides:
DC Probable XI: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, TimSiefert/Anrich Nortje, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed
PBKS Probable XI: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prabhsimran Singh, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Odean Smith, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Vaibhav Arora, Arshdeep Singh
Punjab Kings lead the head-to-head 15-13, although since 2018, they're on par with each other with four wins each in 8 games.
The five Delhi Capitals members who had tested Covid-19 positive are before Wednesday are:
Patrick Farhat – Physiotherapist (tested positive on April 15)
Chetan Kumar – Sports Massage Therapist (tested positive on April 16)
Mitchell Marsh – Player (tested positive on April 18)
Dr Abhijit Salvi – Team doctor (tested positive on April 18)
Akash Mane – Social Media Content team member (tested positive on April 18)