The TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 went to the most picturesque stadium in the world for match no.55 between the Punjab Kings (PBKS) and the Delhi Capitals (DC) at the HPCA Cricket Stadium, Dharamsala. DC had their revenge over the Shreyas Iyer's side in the reverse fixture, winning the game by 3 wickets and keeping their playoff hopes alive.
DC captain Axar Patel won the toss and opted to field first. They made five changes in the match: Abishek Porel, Sahil Parakh, David Miller, Auqib Nabi, and Madhav Tiwari, making way for Kuldeep Yadav, Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Karun Nair, and T Natarajan. PBKS also made a change, which was a forced one as Lockie Ferguson was out due to a niggle, and Ben Dwarshius made his debut.
After being put into bat first, PBKS openers, Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh, were off to a blazing start, scoring 50 runs inside three overs, as PBKS scored 72 off the power play without losing a wicket. The former was the aggressor, bringing his fifty in 24 balls. Prabhsimran never got going and went back after scoring 18 runs.
The DC bowlers then made a small comeback, picking wickets as Priyansh Arya was dismissed soon for the score of 56 runs, as Madhav Tiwari, the debutant, provided the breakthrough. Shreyas Iyer and Cooper Connolly then stitched a partnership of 83 runs, as the latter was back scoring 36 runs, Shreyas scoring his half-century in 32 balls.
Shreyas Iyer played a more anchoring knock in the first innings and was unbeaten till the end of the innings with the score of 59 runs off 36 deliveries. A fiery 21 off 8 balls from Suryansh Shedge helped Punjab to go past the 200-run mark as PBKS scored 210/5 in their 20 overs.
Captain Axar Patel steps up for DC
Coming out to chase, DC lost Abishek Porel early in the second over, with Yash Thakur bamboozling the batter. Then KL Rahul also soon departed, putting the Capitals on the back foot. They lost Sahil Parakh for 13 runs, and the visitors were struggling with the score of 33/3. Then a small 41-run partnership between skipper Axar Patel and Tristan Stubbs.
Stubbs was back for a huge mix-up on the score of 12 runs. Then David Miller and Axar stitched a partnership, and the DC skipper brought up his half-century in 28 balls, but he was soon back playing a knock of 56 runs. Miller was dismissed on the very next ball after scoring his fifty with a score of 51 runs.
Later, two small cameo knocks from Ashutosh Sharma and Madhav Tiwari, scoring 24 off 10 and 18* off 8 balls, sealed the deal for the Capitals, and Auqib Nabi hit the winning runs, scoring 10 off 2 balls.
I won't beat around the bush- Shreyas Iyer furious after four back-to-back loss
Shreyas Iyer was furious after the loss and blamed his bowling attack and the fielders for dropping catches. This loss was a fourth straight loss for the Punjab side, making a worry for their qualification, still sitting at fourth in the league table.
Shreyas Iyer after the loss said, "I won't beat around the bush; I'll just focus on fielding and bowling again. (If he thought 210 was a good score) Absolutely, I feel that it was 30 runs more on this wicket considering how the ball was seaming and there was variable bounce."
"(On bowling Chahal) There was absolutely a thought in my mind, but the way ball was seaming and the way it was helping seamers, I think if we would have executed our line and length precisely, we could have been able to extract wickets, but unfortunately again, we didn't. (on how to bowl here) Still into the surface."
Shreyas Iyer finally concluded, "I always say that the hard length - short of a hard length - is the best ball, especially when a new batsman is coming in. It's not easy to hit because if you keep repeating those balls, at least one ball gives a chance of mis-hitting and you can get a wicket. We've been short of planning."
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