IPL 2023: Delhi out of playoffs, Punjab beat by 31 runs

IPL 2023: Delhi out of playoffs, Punjab beat by 31 runs

Delhi Capitals is out of the current season of the Indian Premier League. The team was defeated by Punjab Kings by 31 runs at their home ground. The team has lost its 8th match out of 12. Even if they win the next two matches, Delhi will be able to reach only 12 points, while the number four team in the table has 13 points. In such a situation, it can be said that Delhi is out of this season.

Delhi won the toss and decided to bowl first at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Punjab scored 167 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Delhi could only manage 136 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs.

Chasing a target of 168 runs, Delhi got off to a good start in the powerplay. Both the openers made a partnership of 69 runs, but after the powerplay, the spinners of Punjab completely tightened the screws on the batters of Delhi. The team gave 6 wickets within 19 runs and from zero on 69, DC's score became 88 for 6 wickets. Harpreet Brar also took the wickets of Riley Russo (5 runs), David Warner (54 runs) and Manish Pandey (0 runs) after bowling Philip Salt. He gave 30 runs in 4 overs. The team's second spinner Rahul Chahar also bowled lethally, conceding only 16 runs in 4 overs and walking Mitchell Marsh (3 runs) and Akshar Patel (1 run).

After Brar-Chahar, Nathan Ellis dismissed Aman Khan and Praveen Dubey for 16-16.

Earlier, Prabhsimran scored 103, Sam Karan scored 20 and Sikandar Raza scored 11 runs for Punjab. Ishant Sharma got 2 wickets from Delhi. Akshar Patel, Praveen Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav and Mukesh Kumar got one wicket each.