DC vs PBKS Live, Delhi Capitals Live Cricket Score Updates: Punjab Kings have gone from 126/0 to 145/3, losing three wickets for 19 runs, in their chase of 265 against the Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Saturday. 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.
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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 has smashed six fours in the sixth over to light up Punjab’s chase.
An unbeaten 152 from KL Rahul off just 67 balls (thanks to 16 fours and nine sixes) helped Delhi Capitals score 264-2. Rahul 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.
PBKS’ record as the only unbeaten team of the ongoing Indian Premier League season is facing a severe test of character against Delhi. A victory today would help Shreyas Iyer’s Punjab put day light between themselves and the rest of the nine teams in the league.
Everything that Shreyas and Punjab coach Ricky Ponting have touched this season has turned to gold. For Delhi, they are in a desperate race to not fall off the top four spots that give a ticket to the IPL Playoffs.
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 complemented 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.
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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.
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