- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.5 A strange innings from Arya ends, thanks to a well-judged catch by Stubbs. Arya looked in some hurry today, and was often losing his shape. Mustafizur lands it on a short length around off, 136kph, Arya is hurried into the pull. Gets a top edge and flies behind. Stubbs has his eyes on the ball as he backtracks and pouches it with a tumble 8/17.5 Nigam with a perfect riposte again. After being hit for a boundary that. This is also Prabhsimran's own doing though. He goes across to play the scoop. Nigam fires it full on off, so he gets an inside edge onto the off stump. A missed chance that for Prabh 77/35.2 Nigam has the last laugh, thanks in big measure to Stubbs! Slips in the googly again on middle and leg, Inglis charges down the track with no intent of going big actually. Looks to tickle it away but perhaps doesn't pick the googly. He is beaten down the legside and Stubbs does the rest. Easy movement to his left, pouches it and breaks the stumps. A quick cameo from Inglis ends 55/217.2 This time, Mohit takes it easily. At deep fine leg, took it around the chest and threw it into the ground in some disgust after missing the last ball. Was a very quick, flat ball from Kuldeep on the pads, Shreyas got on one leg for the Nataraja pull but top edged it. Set batter gone 172/612.3 Bottom hand comes off, he's skied it... and Faf runs from mid-off to take a good catch at mid-on. Tumbled to the left and held on with both hands. The 135ks ball was on the fuller side of length, was coming in towards fourth. Looked more like the batter going for the straight drive too early rather than the ball sticking in the pitch. 118/415.4 Thin edge, low catch for the keeper. Shashank looking to drive the 136ks length ball on the up through cover with power. He cleared the front leg but didn't have room for the open-faced vertical-bat shot. The Fizz releasing the ball from quite wide too 144/517.6 Omarzai launches the pull but can't clear deep midwicket. 89ks googly, might've been too slow for the batter who pulled with the bat facing up. Replay shows that hit the inner-half of the bat, a touch too high too 174/719.3 Appeal for caught behind. Ump takes a while before giving it out. He walked to the right before signalling. Jansen happy to walk. The bouncer went over fourth stump and Jansen wanted to pull it in front of square. He'd opened himself up too much and under-edged it 197/8Extras8 (nb 2, w 6)TOTAL206/8 (20 Overs, RR: 10.3)Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Priyansh Arya, 1.5 ov), 2-55 (Josh Inglis, 5.2 ov), 3-77 (Prabhsimran Singh, 7.5 ov), 4-118 (Nehal Wadhera, 12.3 ov), 5-144 (Shashank Singh, 15.4 ov), 6-172 (Shreyas Iyer, 17.2 ov), 7-174 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 17.6 ov), 8-197 (Marco Jansen, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mukesh Kumar 4 0 49 1 12.25 9 6 2 4 0 Mustafizur Rahman 4 0 33 3 8.25 8 1 2 0 0 MM Sharma 4 0 47 0 11.75 5 5 2 1 1 V Nigam 4 0 38 2 9.5 5 4 1 1 0 Kuldeep Yadav 4 0 39 2 9.75 7 1 3 0 1
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.3 A harmless delivery, a well-judged catch do it for Rahul. Jansen dishes out the offcutter on a length on middle and leg, Rahul perhaps did not pick the change in pace. Goes for the lofted drive over mid-off but only sliced it. Shashank runs to his right, leaps and takes it 55/16.4 Soft, soft dismissal and Brar does a thigh-five! Flatter trajectory on a length outside off, it bounces a touch more. Du Plessis goes back to cut it over backward point but slices it straight to Arya. A start goes to waste again, DC lose two in quick time 65/214.6 Nair goes too far across and is bowled trying to sweep. Brar roars. Was a stock ball that landed close to the crease and knocked out leg stump. Nair couldn't fully get on one knee, just couldn't get low enough. Pace - 95ks 155/410.1 That'll increase now as Atal's top edged a slog sweep to long-on. He tried to hit it off a length as it angled away outside off. Ball didn't turn but Atal wasn't to the pitch which cost him 93/3Extras8 (lb 4, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL208/4 (19.3 Overs, RR: 10.66)Fall of wickets: 1-55 (KL Rahul, 5.3 ov), 2-65 (Faf du Plessis, 6.4 ov), 3-93 (Sediqullah Atal, 10.1 ov), 4-155 (Karun Nair, 14.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Arshdeep Singh 4 0 35 0 8.75 6 4 1 0 0 Azmatullah Omarzai 4 0 46 0 11.5 6 6 2 0 0 Harpreet Brar 4 0 41 2 10.25 5 3 2 1 0 M Jansen 4 0 41 1 10.25 8 1 4 1 1 P Dubey 2 0 20 1 10 4 4 0 0 0 MP Stoinis 1.3 0 21 0 14 1 0 2 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Delhi Capitals , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.15, Second Session 21.15-22.45
Match days
24 May 2025 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Delhi Capitals 2, Punjab Kings 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 60 runs, 2 wickets)
- Delhi Capitals Impact Player Subs: KL Rahul, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Ajay Mandal, Darshan Nalkande
- Punjab Kings Impact Player Subs: Praveen Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlett, Kyle Jamieson, Vijaykumar Vyshak
- Punjab Kings: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (31 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 91/3 in 9.0 overs (SS Iyer 15, N Wadhera 7)
- Punjab Kings: 100 runs in 10.4 overs (65 balls), Extras 3
- Over 14.2: Review by Punjab Kings (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - SS Iyer (Upheld)
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 142/4 in 15.0 overs (SS Iyer 46, Shashank Singh 10)
- Over 16.1: Review by Punjab Kings (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - MP Stoinis (Upheld)
- Punjab Kings: 150 runs in 16.2 overs (99 balls), Extras 5
- SS Iyer: 50 off 33 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Delhi Capitals Impact Player Sub: KL Rahul in for Mukesh Kumar ( Punjab Kings innings, 16.6 ov)
- Innings Break: Punjab Kings - 206/8 in 20.0 overs (MP Stoinis 44, Harpreet Brar 7)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 61 runs, 1 wicket)
- Punjab Kings Impact Player Sub: Pravin Dubey in for Prabhsimran Singh ( Punjab Kings innings, 19.6 ov)
- Delhi Capitals: 50 runs in 4.6 overs (30 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (KL Rahul 31, F du Plessis 19, Ex 0)
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 81/2 in 9.0 overs (KK Nair 10, Sediqullah Atal 11)
- Delhi Capitals: 100 runs in 10.4 overs (64 balls), Extras 3
- Over 11.3: Review by Punjab Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - KK Nair (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 146/3 in 14.0 overs (KK Nair 38, Sameer Rizvi 22)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 24 balls (KK Nair 27, Sameer Rizvi 22, Ex 4)
- Delhi Capitals: 150 runs in 14.3 overs (88 balls), Extras 6
- Sameer Rizvi: 50 off 22 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Delhi Capitals: 200 runs in 19.0 overs (115 balls), Extras 8
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (Sameer Rizvi 34, T Stubbs 18, Ex 1)
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