DC vs PBKS IPL2022 / Delhi beat Punjab by 17 runs Shardul took 4 wickets Reached number 4 in the points table

Zoom News : May 16, 2022, 11:26 PM
The 64th match of IPL 15 was played between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals. In this match, Delhi team defeated Punjab by 17 runs. For DC, Shardul Thakur took 4 wickets while bowling brilliantly. Jitesh Sharma scored the most runs for Punjab. He scored 44 runs in 34 balls, but he could not get his team to win. With this win, Delhi has 14 points.

Great bowling by Delhi bowlers

Chasing the target of 160 runs, Punjab's team had a very poor start. His wickets kept falling at regular intervals. On 61 runs, half of the team's batsmen returned to the pavilion. After this Harpreet Brar also could not play a big innings and went on scoring one run. Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel have got two wickets each in the match.

Brilliant innings from Marsh

Earlier, Mitchell Marsh scored the most runs for Delhi. He scored 63 runs in 48 balls. At the same time, Arshdeep Singh and Liam Livingstone took the most wickets for Punjab, both got 3-3 wickets in their account.

Delhi captain Rishabh Pant could not do anything amazing even against Punjab. He got out after scoring just 7 runs in 3 balls. He was made his victim by Liam Livingstone. In the last five innings, Pant has scored 7, 13, 21, 26 and 44. Rovman Powell was also out early after Pant was dismissed. Only 2 runs came from his bat in 6 balls.

Warner out on the first ball Sarfaraz played a brilliant innings

The Delhi team got a big blow on the very first ball of the match. David Warner was caught on the very first ball. His wicket was taken by Liam Livingstone. After 8 years in the history of IPL, Warner got out on a golden duck. At the same time, after his dismissal, Sarfaraz Khan batted fast and scored 32 runs in just 16 balls. During this, 5 fours and a six came off his bat. His strike rate was 200. Arshdeep Singh took the wicket of Sarfaraz.

Both the teams have played 12 matches and won 6 matches and remain in the race for the playoffs. The net run rate of DC is +0.210, while that of PBKS is +0.023. The team that will be able to win today's match by a huge margin will have a better chance of making it to the playoffs.

Playing XI of both the teams-

Punjab - Jonny Bairstow, Shikhar Dhawan, Bhanuka Rajapakse, Liam Livingstone, Mayank Agarwal (captain), Jitesh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Rishi Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh

Delhi - David Warner, Sarfaraz Khan, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant, Lalit Yadav, Rovman Powell, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrique Nortya, Khaleel Ahmed

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