END OF OVER:
20 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | PBKS: 115/10 | RR: 5.75

  • Vaibhav Arora2 (4b)
  • Mustafizur Rahman4-0-28-1
  • Khaleel Ahmed4-0-21-2

9.13 pm Ekanth will be with you for the early part of the chase. He's a good kid - I hope he sees us through an early finish today.

Axar Patel speaks on the broadcast: "It was a bit sticky when our spinner bowled in the Powerplay. When I bowled as well, the ball was gripping a bit. (On his parsimonious bowling) I am Gujarati, no. That's why I didn't give runs. I just wanted to bowl to my strengths. Favourite wicket was getting the in-form batter (Livingstone) stumped. When we got to the ground, Ricky just said let's focus on what's happening on the ground. Who knows where and when someone gets a positive result. This should be an easy target to chase."

Maruti Suzuki ASKcricinfo stat: Which are the lowest team totals in IPL 2022 so far?

9.09 pm This has been one strange innings. Let's see what Delhi have in store when they come out to gun down 116.

19.6
W
Mustafizur Rahman to Arshdeep Singh, OUT, full, just outside off, and he has a swing and a miss. Wants a single, but won't be getting anything for this. Pant is quick to come over and whip the bails off. Unselfish, that is one way of looking at it, I guess

Arshdeep Singh run out 9 (25m 17b 2x4 0x6) SR: 52.94

19.5
0
Mustafizur Rahman to Arshdeep Singh, no run, on pace, but full outside off, and he yet again creates a lot of room. Cannot make any contact with this

Vikas: "A low scoring thriller on the cards here i predict."

19.4
0
Mustafizur Rahman to Arshdeep Singh, no run, slower ball again, way outside off. Arshdeep backs away again, and tries to get back on time, but cannot
19.3
0
Mustafizur Rahman to Arshdeep Singh, no run, fullish cutter, and he backs away and finds he has left himself with a long way to recover if he wants to lay bat on it. Smart from the Fizz
19.2
4
Mustafizur Rahman to Arshdeep Singh, FOUR, yorker gone awry, becomes a leg stump full toss, and Arshdeep just nonchalantly slaps it down the ground. The footwork is identical, backing away to create room
19.1
0
Mustafizur Rahman to Arshdeep Singh, no run, fullish ball, off the inside edge, just misses leg stump, and would have run away for four, but for Pant. Superb, one-handed grab after it goes into the ground and to his right

Mustafizur

END OF OVER:
19 | 2 Runs | PBKS: 111/9 | RR: 5.84

  • Arshdeep Singh5 (11b)
  • Vaibhav Arora2 (4b)
  • Khaleel Ahmed4-0-21-2
  • Lalit Yadav2-0-11-2

Gagan: ""As a pbks fan, "it is frustrating to see team starting every ipl on a promising note but gradually fade away as the tournament progress. "" --- Still a long way to go in the tournament though

18.6
1
Ahmed to Arshdeep Singh, 1 run, fullish, and he backs away and is somehow able to squirt it away towards deep square leg. This was homing in on the leg stump

Abraar: "10-0-45-6 for the spinner, pretty impressive"

18.5
0
Ahmed to Arshdeep Singh, no run, backs away yet again, and has a swing and a miss, possibly with closed eyes. The line was on the stumps, but the length a little shorter
18.4
0
Ahmed to Arshdeep Singh, no run, short, and he backs away too. Looks to scoop it over the keeper, but fails to make contact. The line was well outside off

Ash: "Dodgy selection playing Jonny over Bhanuka. Previous record should not trump current form. Didn't Dirk Nannes keep Mcgrath out of Delhi in 2009?"

18.3
1
Ahmed to Arora, 1 run, backs away and just punches this to the left of Warner at cover. Quick single pinched

A wide slip now in place

18.2
0
Ahmed to Arora, no run, slower ball, cuts across him, and he doesn't know a lot about it. Just loosely lets his bat hang out, and sees it go across him

prakash: "prior to start of the IPL by looking at kings team line up . i thought they would dominate this ipl but now they are playing like "we don't care about result but we play our own game" made them least favorites.....deserve to be on bottom along with CSK and MI" --- They have the personnel to do it, but today's team selection has been a bit garbled, I would agree

18.1
0
Ahmed to Arora, no run, fullish, across him, and he backs away in trying to drive. No contact, thankfully, neither with bat nor with the top of off stump!

Khaleel

END OF OVER:
18 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | PBKS: 109/9 | RR: 6.05

  • Arshdeep Singh4 (8b)
  • Vaibhav Arora1 (1b)
  • Lalit Yadav2-0-11-2
  • Mustafizur Rahman3-0-24-1

Barring the long hop he started with, that was a pretty tidy over from Lalit

17.6
0
Lalit Yadav to Arshdeep Singh, no run, goes back and punches this back towards the bowler
17.5
1
Lalit Yadav to Arora, 1 run, length, and he punches this towards midwicket with the angle into him
17.4
W
Lalit Yadav to Chahar, OUT, sweep, and straight to Rovman Powell at deep backward square leg! Chahar has just made too much of a connection with this ball. It wasn't tossed up a lot, but the line was teasing and tempting, angling in and on the stumps, at a fuller length. Probably there for the sweep, but he failed to keep it down

RD Chahar c Powell b Lalit Yadav 12 (18m 12b 1x4 1x6) SR: 100.00

17.3
0
Lalit Yadav to Chahar, no run, advances down the pitch, and then defends a length ball around off
17.2
0
Lalit Yadav to Chahar, no run, flat, and driven back to the bowler off the back foot
17.1
4
Lalit Yadav to Chahar, FOUR, short, outside off, and he has cut this fiercely. A bit of a misfield from the man at deep cover, and he gets four for this!

Here's Lalit

Sampath with this stat: "PBKS' first six of the innings came in their 17th over, the longest any team had gone this season before hitting their first six. Previous longest was SRH in their 14th over vs RR."

END OF OVER:
17 | 7 Runs | PBKS: 104/8 | RR: 6.11

  • Arshdeep Singh4 (7b)
  • Rahul Chahar8 (8b)
  • Mustafizur Rahman3-0-24-1
  • Axar Patel4-0-10-2

Kannadachi Sowm: "Despite the fact that Individual brilliance wins matches on a given day, collective team effort makes a side enviable. Neither for Punjab tonight!!!! "

16.6
0
Mustafizur Rahman to Arshdeep Singh, no run, wide of the crease, yorker length, and dug out towards midwicket

Of course, we have seen Punjab get past 100 here. If they can get up to around 130, their bowlers will have something to bowl at...

16.5
1
Mustafizur Rahman to Chahar, 1 run, short again, and he angles his bat to steer this down to third
16.4
6
Mustafizur Rahman to Chahar, SIX, short, across his right shoulder, and he absolutely creams this towards deep backward square leg. May not have intended to send it this fine, but that is some shot!

Raghav: "This might be the record fastest time someone has asked this, but who would be the ideal MoM Candidate?" --- Long way to go, to be fair. Stranger things happen in this game

Indian Premier League

TeamMWLPTNRR
GT14104200.316
RR1495180.298
LSG1495180.251
RCB148616-0.253
DC1477140.204
PBKS1477140.126
KKR1468120.146
SRH146812-0.379
CSK144108-0.203
MI144108-0.506