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Punjab Kings (Image Credit: Twitter/IPL)In the 59th game of the ongoing IPL 2023, Delhi Capitals played hosts to Punjab Kings at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Ahead of the game, the home team, DC has lost by a fair margin against Chennai Super Kings. On the other hand, PBKS came off two back-to-back losses and they needed to win to remain in the playoffs race.
Meanwhile, in the game, the Blye brigade, Capitals won the toss and elected to bowl first. They had a good start with the ball as they took three wickets for 45 runs. However, for the Red Army, the likes of Prabhsimran Singh and Sam Curran put together 72 runs. While the latter struggled, Singh kept going well with the bat.
In the end, the right-hander went on to hit his maiden IPL hundred. This inning helped the team reach 167/7 on a dry and turning wicket. For the David Warner-led side, Ishant Sharma took two wickets while Axar Patel, Praveen Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, and Mukesh Kumar took one each.
Delhi Capitals had a great start but lost their way
In reply, the 2020 finalists had a great start as the likes of skipper Warner and Phil Salt put together 69 runs in just 6.1 overs. However, on the second ball of the seventh over, Harpreet Brar went through Salt. This led to a collapse. From 69/0, the team was reduced to 88/6 with Rahul Chahar and Harpreet Brar wreaking havoc.
The latter took four wickets and registered his best spell of this IPL career (30/4). On the other hand, Chahar took two wickets. This ensured that the 2014 finalists will win the game and remain alive in the playoffs race. In the end, the home team ended up getting only 136/8, losing the game by 31 runs. With this loss, DC has become the first team to be crashed out of the tournament.
On the other hand, the Shikhar Dhawan-led side's NRR has improved. However, they would also need to win their remaining two games to reach the playoffs.
This is how Twitter reacted
Another day, another IPL century! It's @prabhsimran01 who achieves this magnificent feat. His innings has been full of confident and enterprising strokes with calculated risks. A special innings on a difficult wicket. 👏#DCvPBKS #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/DcG9FZ5lan
— Mithali Raj (@M_Raj03) May 13, 2023
Betraying Shreyas Iyer was the biggest mistake of Delhi Capitals!!
— Rajiv (@Rajiv1841) May 13, 2023
DC reached one and only final under the leadership of their greatest ever captain Shreyas Iyer and right after that season, DC sacked him to capitalise the brand value of Pant.
Karma at its finest❤️#DCvPBKS pic.twitter.com/1V5diNtWWP
69-0 to 88-6, Wah Delhi wah #DCvPBKS pic.twitter.com/PtMLrP6wp4
— Rizwan Haider (@razi_haider) May 13, 2023
IPL Playoff Qualification chances after #DCvPBKS match
— Krishna Kumar (@KrishnaKRM) May 13, 2023
Gujarat - 99.6%
Chennai - 94%
Mumbai - 72%
Lucknow - 61%
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Rajasthan - 35%
Punjab - 24%
Bangalore - 12%
Kolkata - 1%
Hyderabad - 0.4% https://t.co/lBtbhmCY1i
A BREATHER 😌 !!!!@prabhsimran01 💯🔥👌 @thisisbrar JATTA ❤️👍 @rdchahar1 #nathanellis@davidwarner31 BLINDER OF AN INNINGS 👏 #DCvPBKS #IPL2023@PunjabKingsIPL #SaddaPunjab #JazbaHaiPunjabi pic.twitter.com/Zy3DOLkPnH
— Arun Singh Dhaliwal (@asd1994) May 13, 2023
ਜੱਟ ਜਾਟ ਜੇ ਅੜ੍ਹਜੇ ਮਿਤਰੋ ਗੱਬਿਓ ਪਾੜ ਦਿੰਦਾ @thisisbrar @rdchahar1 @prabhsimran01 #DCvPBKS #PBKSvsDC#IPL pic.twitter.com/V3hBJCcEJt
— 𝘿𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙬𝙖𝙡 (@advoDHALIWAL) May 13, 2023
#DCvPBKS #MyView
— Durgesh Tiwary (@iDurgeshTiwary) May 13, 2023
Here is my analysis for the winning team Punjab Kings:#Positives
1. Prabhsimran Singh
2. Harpreet Brar
3. Rahul Chahar
4. Nathan Ellis
5. Sikandar Raza #Negatives
1. Sam Curran
2. Arshdeep Singh
3. Rishi Dhawan
4. Liam Livingstone
5. Shikhar Dhawan
6.…
#DCvPBKS #PBKSvsDC#IPL2023 #DelhiCapitals
— g0v!ñD $#@®mA (@rishu_1809) May 13, 2023
David Warner taking DC out of IPL : pic.twitter.com/8Sc71ZmjMg
#DCvPBKS David Warner's decision at the toss today signed the final note for todays match, come to think of DC's chase in this season and them choosing to bowl? Seriously?? 😕
— Patrick Demelo (@TAPrickDe_mello) May 13, 2023
Ye Dilli ka kuch nhi ho skta bc 👍#DCvPBKS
— naina (@sickasfnow) May 13, 2023