Punjab Kings’ batting is thrill-a-minute when it comes off. It has on four occasions this IPL where they posted 180-plus scores, winning three of those games. The flip side of such a high-risk, high-reward game is there will be days when things won’t go to plan. Their batting nosedived on Wednesday as their power-hitters fell for a string of low scores to be bowled out for 115.
Delhi Capitals chased it down in 10.3 overs to win by nine wickets at the Brabourne stadium, overcoming the Covid-related crisis in the lead up to the match, including Tim Seifert testing positive on match day, the sixth within the team’s bio-bubble. Support staff of both teams remained masked up, watching from the dugout, while most of the public stands remained empty due to the last minute shift in venue from Pune.
Back-again and leading PBKS, Mayank Agarwal found some boundaries at the beginning but on 24 (15b) he chopped a good length delivery from Mustafizur Rahman on to the stumps. That’s after Shikhar Dhawan (9) was caught behind failing to pull Lalit Yadav’s off-spin.