IPL 2023: Delhi's hopes shattered, Punjab's spectacular victory based on Prabhsimran and Harpreet!

Punjab Kings, captained by veteran opener Shikhar, registered a 31-run win over Delhi Capitals in the IPL-2023 match played on Saturday night. Punjab scored 167 runs for 7 wickets with the help of young Prabhsimran Singh's century. After this Delhi team could score 136 runs for 8 wickets. With this defeat, Delhi's hopes of reaching the playoffs were also shattered. Delhi had to face its 8th defeat in 12 matches, which is at the bottom of the points table of 10 teams. At the same time, Punjab registered its sixth win in 12 matches and now this team has come at number six in the table with 12 points.

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Harpreet Brar's four

Captain David Warner and Philip Salt gave a good start to the Delhi team chasing the target of 168 runs. Both made an opening partnership of 69 runs which was broken by Harpreet Brar. Then the process of falling wickets started and on seeing Delhi's score, it became 88 runs for 6 wickets. Warner scored a half-century and scored 54 runs in 27 balls with the help of 10 fours and a six. Harpreet made Warner, Riley Rosso (5) a victim in the 9th over of the innings. Then bowled Manish Pandey (0). This left-arm spinner from Moga took 4 wickets for 30 runs in 4 overs. Aman Khan and Praveen Dubey also contributed 16-16 runs for Delhi.

Prabhsimran scored a brilliant century

Earlier, Delhi Capitals captain David Warner won the toss and invited Punjab to bat first. Thanks to Prabhsimran Singh's brilliant century, Punjab scored 167 runs for 7 wickets. Apart from Prabhasimran, who scored his first century in his IPL career, the rest of the Punjab batsmen failed. Pacer Ishant Sharma put pressure on Punjab by taking 2 wickets in the initial spell but Prabhsimran played patiently and took the team close to 170.

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Took full advantage of dropped catch

Prabhsimran and Sam Karen, playing carefully, added 72 runs in 54 balls in the fourth wicket partnership. Prabhsimran got life on the score of 68 runs in the 15th over when Rosso dropped his catch at long-on off Praveen Dubey. He completed his first century by hitting Khaleel Ahmed for fours in the third and fourth balls of the 18th over. The 22-year-old batsman touched triple digits in 61 balls with the help of 10 fours and six sixes. Mukesh Kumar ended his innings in the 19th over of the innings.