Player of the Match
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Best performances - Batsmen

SM Curran
SM Curran
63(47) 6x4 - 1x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 12 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
11 0 5 3 12 16 2 14
LS Livingstone
LS Livingstone
38(21) 2x4 - 3x6
Control %78%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 9 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
4 10 2 0 3 1 11 7

Best performances - Bowlers

Kuldeep Yadav
Kuldeep Yadav
O4
M0
R20
W2
Eco5.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Arshdeep Singh
Arshdeep Singh
O4
M0
R28
W2
Eco7.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Punjab Kings , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

15.30 start, First Session 15.30-17.00, Interval 17.00-17.20, Second Session 17.20-18.50

Match days

23 March 2024 - day/night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Punjab Kings 2, Delhi Capitals 0

Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: Ekanth and Sidharth Monga

Pant's return game was fun. He didn't get a big score but looked happy and healthy, which has been the theme leading up to now. Hope that continues and that Ishant's fine. Updates will be in about that soon and you'll be able to check it out here. If Kings manage to get most from their resources, they'll have a good season. For now, the second game's started. KKR are struggling against SRH. Do follow that, and take care.

Sujit: "So Porel's innings ensures that Delhi don't take a big NRR hit. But they really need to spruce their bowling. I mean Khaleel and Marsh as front line bowlers is an invitation to the opposition to indulge themselves."

Sam Curran, POTM: Really pleased, didn't know how the ground would play. Amazing way to start. Nothing better than starting with a win at home. [Chat when Axar, Kuldeep were bowling] Those two are world-class bowlers and play a lot of cricket for India, thought we could take it deep with them being a bowler down. We were in a good position, and then to be with my great mate Liam, was pretty special. [Surviving the dropped chance] At that stage, you gotta take those risks, thankfully luck was on my side there. I knew after surviving it, one of us had to take it to the end Thought the wicket got better under lights, was a good pitch. Ground was big but the ball was travelling well, not much spin and ball was coming on nicely from the pacers. [Did you ask Dhawan for more overs] We got some great options, nice additions too, maybe it'll be different in Bangalore. Most importantly, we won.

Shikhar Dhawan, Kings captain: Feels great, happy to be on the ground. I've been preparing for this tournament, this is the first time I'm playing at this high a level since the last IPL. I was a bit nervous as well but yeah, came through. No chat in the innings break after the 25-run over because I was preparing to bat. Also, bowlers will be going through their own emotions. So I would rather give them space and chat after things calm down. I felt we leaked a few extra runs, of course extra nerves are there in the first match. It's normal. Felt the wicket got better under lights, we got a good start and Sam played an amazing innings. Livingstone finished it nicely. [Decision to bowl first] I didn't know the records here, it's a new ground. So didn't focus on it too much, we practiced during day and at night. Thought we'd let the other team use their brains first and then we'll assess it. It worked for us, so we're happy and content.

Machakaari : "DC didn't win the crucial moments. But for Kuldeep and Axar,Their bowling looks seriously weak. Fielding below par to say the least" I still can't get over Warner dropping a catch.

Rishabh Pant, DC captain: Ishant's injury was clearly evident because we were anyway one player short because we lagged with the batting a bit. Abhishek came in and chipped in with a few runs which were crucial. We were short on extra bowling. We actually pulled it back in the end [but couldn't complete the job], part and parcel of the game. [Batting] Personally I was pretty nervous but you have to go through this when you enter the field. This isn't the first time being nervous, but happy about that [return overall]. I think we had a par score but because we were one bowler short, because of an injury, can't do much about it. Wicket played as we expected to play, can't make excuses. We will learn from it but having one bowler short is never good. End of the day, well played to them [Kings] I guess. Porel's finish helped us finish on a high. It was an amazing innings, congrats to him. I think it's just his third or fourth game but the kind of impact he made was huge. Really looking forward [to seeing him] this season.

7:19pm It was a seesaw battle but Kings were often in front. For Capitals, Ishant twisting an ankle in the field was a big blow. Especially since it was in the sixth over. The bowlers, Marsh and Khaleel in particular, not coming good cost them. Curran, pushed up to No. 4, was spectacular. Bairstow and Dhawan gave Kings a decent start but fell quickly, so Curran held the innings together amid Kuldeep looking threatening as ever. Axar was trying his best to play a holding role. Sumit, who had to be brought in, was expensive. Curran and Livingstone used the short boundary to their advantage, especially when it was behind them and the bowlers went short. Capitals pulled it back a bit late in the innings, Khaleel got Curran but it wasn't enough with Livingstone and his clean hitting taking the hosts home, in their new home.

Afeef: "Last season Livingstone played one of his best T20 knocks against DC but PBKS failed to get over the line. I'm glad he could finish off this chase against DC today."

19.2
6
Sumit Kumar to Livingstone, SIX, Clean as a whistle, slugged over cow corner and Punjab Kings start their journey in Mullanpur with a win. Was a wide ball on a length. 119ks, Livingstone lunged and had ample time as the ball sat up to be clobbered across the line

Sandy: ""SUPERRRR-OVERRRR"?" Unlikely but who knows

19.1
0
Sumit Kumar to Livingstone, no run, Livingstone's missed out on the wide shortish ball, he's slapped the face off of it but finds cover
19.1
1w
Sumit Kumar to Livingstone, 1 wide, Another wide. Short one bounces well above head height
19.1
1w
Sumit Kumar to Livingstone, 1 wide, Wide and shortish, let go. Easy wide picked up

Run a ball needed, Livingstone on strike. Wicket will be huge. But with Ishant's absence, Sumit will have to bowl the final over

END OF OVER:
19 | 4 Runs 2 Wkts | PBKS: 169/6 (6 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.89, RRR: 6.00)

  • Harpreet Brar2 (2b)
  • Liam Livingstone32 (19b)
  • Khaleel Ahmed4-0-43-2
  • Mitchell Marsh4-0-52-0
18.6
2
Ahmed to Harpreet Brar, 2 runs, David Warner has dropped it at long-on! That's probably the unlikeliest event today as he has been a livewire in the field. He ran in and tried to cup the ball but it popped out. Was a shortish ball outside off, bounce too high and Harpreet clothed the pull

8 off 7. Effective free hit.

18.5
0
Ahmed to Harpreet Brar, no run, Beats bat. Shortish on fifth, Harpreet looked to have tried to upper cut it fine. Done for pace again

Harpreet in. Khaleel on a hat-trick!

PBKS 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st34S DhawanJM Bairstow
2nd8JM BairstowPrabhsimran Singh
3rd42SM CurranPrabhsimran Singh
4th16SM CurranJM Sharma
5th67LS LivingstoneSM Curran
6th0Shashank SinghLS Livingstone
7th10LS LivingstoneHarpreet Brar

Indian Premier League

TeamMWLPTNRR
KKR1493201.428
SRH1485170.414
RR1485170.273
RCB1477140.459
CSK1477140.392
DC147714-0.377
LSG147714-0.667
GT145712-1.063
PBKS145910-0.353
MI144108-0.318