The Delhi Capitals on Wednesday shattered the playoff hopes of the Punjab Kings defeating them by 15 runs at the iconic HPCA Stadium. Batting first, Prithvi Shaw scored a 38-ball 54, while South African Rilee Rossouw smashed a scintillating 82 not out off 37 balls as Delhi Capitals scored 213 for 2.
With the loss, PBKS remains in the 8th place with 12 points from 13 games and a net-run rate of -0.308 while the winners secured 10 points from 13 games. Skipper Warner also contributed 46 of 31 balls. He punished Kagiso Rabada for two sixes in the fourth over, while Shaw amassed 16 runs off Arshdeep Singh’s over to carry on the momentum for DC.
DC managed 61 off the first six overs, and Warner even received a lifeline in the 10th over after he was dropped by Rahul Chahar off Nathan Ellis’ bowling. However, a spectacular catch from Shikhar Dhawan off Sam Curran’s bowling broke the stand and finally sent Warner back to the stands.
Prithvi Shaw followed suit in the 15th over, and it was up to Rilee Rossouw (82*) and Phil Salt (26*), as the duo forged an unbeaten 65-run stand for the third wicket to take DC to 213/2.
Punjab Kings needed 16 to win off three legal deliveries, but Livingstone failed to make use of the free hit. A full toss outside off from Ishant, Livingstone failed to go over long-off and instead slogged towards deep midwicket, PBKS managed to score only 198/8 in the end.
Currently, GT is the only team that has sealed a playoff berth. CSK, LSG, and MI are currently among the top four teams.