New Delhi. The 59th match of IPL 2023 was played between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings. Punjab Kings not only defeated Delhi by 31 runs, but also put Delhi out of the playoff race. Batting first, Punjab Kings scored 167 runs for 7 wickets thanks to Prabhasimran’s century. In response, Delhi could only manage 136 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs.
Chasing the target of 168 runs, Delhi got off to a solid start. David Warner (54) and Phil Salt (21) shared a 69-run partnership for the first wicket. As long as both were at the crease, Delhi’s victory was looking easy. After the dismissal of these two, Delhi’s innings faltered. Mitchell Marsh, Rylee Russo, Akshar Patel and Manish Pandey were dismissed for 3,5,1,0 runs respectively.
Harpreet Brar took four wickets
In the end Praveen Dubey and Aman Khan scored 16-16 runs. Kuldeep Yadav played an unbeaten 10-run innings. Punjab’s impact player Harpreet Brar took 4 wickets. Rahul Chahar and Nathan Ellis got two wickets each. With this defeat, Delhi was out of the playoff race.
Prabhsimran played a century innings
Earlier, opting to bat first, Punjab got off to a poor start. In the second over, captain Shikhar Dhawan handed over his wicket to Ishant Sharma after scoring 7 runs. Livingston also could not do much. He got out after scoring 4 runs. Jitesh Sharma also got out after scoring 5 runs.
Ishant Sharma got two wickets
After this, Prabhasimran shared a half-century partnership with Sam Karan (20). After the dismissal of Sam Karan, Prabhasimran scored runs quickly. Also completed his first century in IPL. Prabhasimran got out after scoring 103 runs off 65 balls. Ishant Sharma took two wickets for Delhi. Akshar Patel, Praveen Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav and Mukesh Kumar got one wicket each.