It was a low scoring affair in today’s match of the TATA IPL.
Punjab Kings had a poor outing with the bat as Delhi Capitals wreaked havoc with their bowling although they are facing covid issues in their camp.
Delhi Capitals won the toss and put Punjab in to bat first.
Mayank Agarwal gave a good start to the Punjab Kings with the bat.
But, Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow and Liam Livingstone could not do further damage with the bat.
Jitesh Sharma played a firey inning of 32 from 23 balls.
The rest of the batsmen fell like a house of cards against the bowling attack of Delhi and thus their innings wrapped up at just 115.
It was a pretty easy chase for Delhi Capitals and they did it in style.
David Warner and Prithvi Shaw put the foundation of their innings right by scoring the maximum runs in the Powerplay overs.
Delhi lost only one wicket in their innings and Sarfaraz Khan and David Warner put things right for their team to give them a win by 9 wickets with 57 balls remaining.
Player of the Match
Kuldeep Yadav for his 2/24
Post Match Reactions
Mayank Agarwal, Punjab Kings skipper said that they would rather like to forget this game and think about the next one. He felt that its no use in digging out the details of this game. Added that they lost too many wickets in the game and there are a lot of negatives that they need to look into and improve upon those mistakes. Ended by saying that he could have enforced the spinners early on but he didn’t think it right at that time.
Rishabh Pant, Delhi Capitals skipper said that they had a rather confusing day since morning as they got to know of another case of covid in their camp but they were focused on playing cricket today. Mentioned that he leaves Warner and Shaw alone as they know their roles well. Added that the results are never in their control, but they can always keep improving upon their game. Ended by saying that when Lalit Yadav came into bowl, he felt that he could keep the spinners coming on throughout the game.
Next Match
Delhi Capitals will next face Rajasthan Royals on the 22nd of April at Wankhede Stadium while Punjab Kings will be up against the Chennai Super Kings on the 25th of April at the same venue.
