Delhi Capitals VS Punjab Kings: Punjab Kings won the match by 4 wickets, Punjab Kings defeated Delhi Capitals by 4 wickets in their first match of the Indian Premiere league. Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to ball first. Shai Hope scored 33 runs and impact player Abisek Porel scored 32 runs in 10 balls helping Delhi Capitals to score 174/9 in 20 overs. Arshdeep Singh and Harshal Patel picked 2 wickets each.
Sam Curran scored 63 runs and Liam Livingstone scored not out 38 runs. Punjab Kings scored 177/6 in 19.2 overs and Punjab Kings won the match by 4 wickets. Sam Curran won the Player of the Match award.
Delhi Capitals Playing eleven
David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Shai Hope, Rishab Pant (Captain, WK), Ricky Bhui, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Khalil Ahmed, Ishant Sharma
Punjab Kings playing eleven
Shikar Dhawan(Captain), Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharam(wk), Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
Delhi Capitals VS Punjab Kings: Punjab kings won the match by 4 wickets
Punjab Kings won the toss and invited Delhi Capitals to bat first in Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium. David Warner and Mitchell Marsh came to bat for the Capitals and Sam Curran had a first over for Punjab Kings. Mitchell Marsh and David Warner had a 39-run partnership for the first wicket.
In the 4th over, Arshdeep Singh bowled a fuller-length bowl to Mitchell Marsh who attempted to play a shot over the covers but his shot ended up in the hands of Rahul Chahar at Point Covers. Mitchell Marsh scored 20 runs off 12 balls. David Warner and Shai Hope had a 35-run partnership for 2nd wicket.
In the 8th over, David Warner was caught behind by Jitesh Sharma in the ball of Harshal Patel. David Warner scored 29 runs off 21 balls. Shai Hope and Rishab Pant had a 20-run partnership for the third wicket. In the 11th over, Kagiso Rabada bowled a fuller-length delivery outside off to Shai Hope who played a cover drive but his shot ended up in the hands of Harpreet Brar. Shai Hope scored 33 runs off 25 balls.
In the 13th over, Harshal Patel bowled a Short outside off to Rishab Pant who played an upper cut shot but Rishab Pant misjudged the pace of the ball and Jonny Bairstow took an easy catch at backward point. Rishab Pant scored 18 runs off 13 balls. In the 14th over, Ricky Bhui was caught behind by Jitesh Sharma in the ball of Rahul Chahar. Ricky Bhui scored 3 runs off 7 balls.
In the 16th over, Rahul Chahar bowled a fuller and outside-off delivery to Tristan Stubbs who played a cut shot but Shashank Singh took a diving catch at off covers. Tristan Stubbs scored 5 runs off 8 balls. In the 18th over, Axar Patel was run out by Tanay Thyagarajann. Axar Patel scored 21 runs off 13 balls.
Abisek Porel came as an Impact player in place of Ricky Bhui. In the 19th over, Sumit Kumar was caught behind by Jitesh Sharma in the ball of Arshdeep Singh. Sumit Kumar scored 2 runs off 9 balls. Abisek Porel and Kuldeep Yadav had a 27-run partnership. Abisek Porel scored not out 32 runs off 10 balls. Kuldeep Yadav was run out in the last ball of the innings. Kuldeep Yadav scored 1 run off 2 balls. Delhi Capitals scored 174/9 in 20 overs.
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Shikar Dhawan and Jonny Bairstow came to bat for Punjab Kings and Khalil Ahmed had a first over for Delhi Capitals. In the 4th over Shikar Dhawan was bowled out in the bowl of Ishant Sharma. Shikar Dhawan scored 22 runs off 16 balls. In the 4th over, Jonny Bairstow had an unfortunate run out by Ishant Sharma. Jonny Bairstow scored 9 runs off 3 balls.
Prabhsimran Singh played as an impact player in the place of Arshdeep Singh. Prabhsimran Singh and Sam Curran had a 42-run partnership for the third wicket. In the 10th over, Kuldeep Yadav bowled fuller length delivery to Prabhsimran Singh who mistimed his shot and made contact with the ball with the toe end of the bat and David Warner took a catch at long-on. Prabhsimran Singh scored 26 runs off 17 balls.
In the 12th over, Jitesh Sharma was Stumped out by Rishab Pant in the ball off Kuldeep Yadav. Jitesh Sharma Scored 9 runs off 9 balls. Liam Livingstone and Sam Curran had a 67-run partnership for the fifth wicket. In the 19th over, Sam Curran was bowled out in the ball of Khalil Ahmed. Sam Curran scored 63 runs off 47 balls.
In the next ball of the 19th over, Shashank Singh was caught behind by Rishab Pant in the ball of Khalil Ahmed. Shashank Singh scored 0 runs off 1 ball. Liam Livingstone scored 38*runs off 21 balls and Harpreet Brar Scored 2* runs off 2 balls. . Punjab Kings scored 177/6 in 19.2 overs and Punjab Kings won the match by 4 wickets.