IPL 2021 DC vs PBKS: Rishabh Pant’s Delhi Capitals take pole position after commanding win over Punjab Kings | Cricket News

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Delhi Capitals maintained their supreme run within the ongoing version of the Indian Premier League as they secured a commanding seven-wicket over Punjab Kings on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday.

Shikhar Dhawan emerged because the standout participant from the Delhi camp because the skilled Indian cricketer performed a match defining knock of 69* off 47 balls. His efforts noticed Delhi full the 167-run chase in simply 17.4 overs.  

Earlier within the night, Mayank Agarwal performed an encapsulating inning however fell quick by a run from finishing his second IPL ton. The right-handed batsman, who was additionally carrying the captain’s armband within the contest, scored 99 off 58 deliveries and revived a struggling Punjab batting order to information them to a good 166/6. 

With this win Delhi climbed to the pole position on the eight-team factors desk with six wins from eight video games. Punjab, then again, are languishing on the sixth position with three wins from the identical variety of matches.  

Chasing 167, Delhi bought off to a flying begin as openers Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan placed on 63 runs inside the primary six overs. The introduction of Harpreet Brar paid off instantly as he clear bowled Prithvi (39) within the seventh over of the innings.

Steve Smith then joined Dhawan within the center and the duo placed on 47 runs for the second wicket however with simply 50 runs away from the goal, Delhi ended up shedding the wicket of Smith (24) within the thirteenth over. Rishabh Pant then got here to the center and he performed a helpful 14-run cameo.

In the tip, Dhawan together with Shimron Hetmyer (16*) took Delhi over the road with seven wickets in hand and 14 balls to spare.

Asked to bat first, Punjab Kings bought off to a nasty begin because the facet misplaced Prabhsimran Singh (12) and Chris Gayle (13) inside the primary six overs and the facet`s powerplay rating learn 39/2. Kagiso Rabada took the primary two wickets for the Delhi Capitals.

Dawid Malan then joined Mayank Agarwal within the center and the duo blended warning with aggression to revive the innings for Punjab. Both batsmen placed on 52 runs for the third wicket, however as quickly as Punjab began to achieve an higher hand, Delhi stormed proper again as Axar Patel bowled Malan (26). 

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In the very subsequent over, Deepak Hooda (1) was run-out and consequently, Punjab was lowered to 88/4 within the 14th over. After Hooda`s dismissal, Mayank took on the mantle of being the aggressor and he even dispatched Ishant Sharma for 15 runs within the sixteenth over.

Shahrukh Khan (4) and Chris Jordon (2) dissatisfied with the bat, however Mayank ensured that Punjab posts a rating of greater than the 160-run mark.

Brief Scores: Punjab Kings 166/6 (Mayank Agarwal 99*, Dawid Malan 26, Kagiso Rabada 3-36) vs Delhi Capitals 167/3 (Shikhar Dhawan 69*, Prithvi Shaw 39, Harpreet Brar 1-19). 

– with ANI inputs 





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