Punjab Kings suffered a setback of their quest for securing a place in Qualifier 1 after a six-wicket loss by the hands of Delhi Capitals in IPL 2025 on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Saturday (May 24, 2025).
Karun Nair’s anchoring innings of 44 and Sameer Rizvi’s 25-ball unbeaten 58 helped the facet chase down the 207-run goal with three balls to spare.
Impact Player Okay.L. Rahul and captain Faf du Plessis ensured that Capitals bought off to a fast begin within the chase, combining for a 50-run stand inside 5 overs. Both batters fell in successive overs, leaving Karun and Sediqullah Atal to rebuild the innings.
The Afghan batter had an eventful IPL debut, launching two sixes and surviving two dropped probabilities earlier than being dismissed for a 16-ball 22 by PBKS debutant Praveen Dubey.
Karun collected 4 boundaries off as many balls towards Praveen, making certain Capitals didn’t concede the momentum. Despite shedding his skilled accomplice 5 overs from the tip, Rizvi continued his penchant for boundaries to see his group throughout the road.
Earlier, after placing PBKS in, Mukesh Kumar and Mustafizur Rahman caught to a back-of-a-length strategy, pinning down the openers. Mustafizur (three for 33) eliminated Priyansh Arya early, inducing an edge on his hoick throughout the road.
Josh Inglis collected a few fast runs through the use of the horizontal bat pictures to counter the lengths employed, however was stumped whereas charging Vipraj Nigam. Prabhsimran Singh survived a few false pictures throughout the preliminary section of play however was ultimately castled by Vipraj whereas making an attempt a ramp shot.
Shreyas Iyer (53, 34b, 5×4, 2×6) ensured that the run price hovered over 9 together with his take down of spin, mentioning his fifth half-century of the season within the course of. Du Plessis’ ploy to carry again the opening bowlers paid instant dividends, with each Nehal Wadhera and Shashank Singh falling cheaply.
Marcus Stoinis (44 n.o., 16b, 3×4, 4×6) ensured the innings clicked again into gear with some brutal hits. The Australian took down Mukesh Kumar and Mohit Sharma for 20-plus runs of their remaining overs. Despite Kuldeep Yadav selecting up two wickets whereas conceding simply three within the eighteenth, Stoinis ensured his group went previous the 200-run mark, however it proved insufficient.
Published – May 25, 2025 12:02 am IST
