Shikhar Dhawan captain of the Punjab Kings team chose to field first after winning the toss. Delhi Capitals posted 174 runs total in twenty overs with nine wickets down. It was a good total especially on a medium paced wicket. David Warner Mitchell Marsh both Australian batsmen gave a good start to DC team. Mitchell Marsh scored 20 runs off 12 balls. David Warner contributed 29 runs off 21 balls. Shai Hope added 33 runs to his team’s scorecard. The captain of their team Rishabh Pant† contributed 18 runs off 13 deliveries he faced. After four wickets down DC lost next two wickets very early. They were six down at 128 runs on the board. Which indicates that DC team completely failed in the middle overs.
21 runs from Axar Patel and 32 runs from Abishek Porel on just ten deliveries gave them a respectable total to defend. In reply the PBKS team’s opener Shikhar Dhawan (who is also their captain) scored 22 runs and out. Jonny Bairstow 9, Prabhsimran Singh 26 and Jitesh Sharma † scored 9 runs. It was Sam Curran who took charge and batted beautifully. He completed his innings with scoring 63 runs off 47 balls he faced. He smashed six 4s and a maximum in his innings. Liam Livingstone smoked three 6s and two boundaries.
Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals Highlights today. Saturday 23-3-2024. Indian Premier League 2024 Highlights, Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur.
Toss: Punjab Kings chose to bowl first.
Punjab Kings team: S Dhawan*, JM Bairstow, LS Livingstone, JM Sharma†, SM Curran, HV Patel, Harpreet Brar, Shashank Singh, K Rabada, RD Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
Delhi Capitals team: MR Marsh, DA Warner, SD Hope, RR Pant*†, T Stubbs, AR Patel, Sumit Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, RK Bhui, KK Ahmed, I Sharma
Head to Head In T20’s: 33
Punjab Kings Won: 17
Delhi Capitals Won: 16
Form guide
(last five completed T20’s, most recent first)
Punjab Kings LLWLL
Delhi Capitals LWLLL
Match Timings: 10:00 AM GMT | 03:30 PM Local
Umpires – Jayaraman Madanagopal, Nikhil Patwardhan
TV Umpire – Alex Wharf
Match Referee – Narayanan Kutty
Reserve Umpire – Pranav Joshi
Match number – IPL 2024 Match Number = 2
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