Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Delhi Capitals (DC) | IPL 2024 | 2nd Match

Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals have set for the 2nd Match of IPL 2024. Punjab side led by Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant returning from accident recovery to led Delhi Capital. Both the time have never won this trophy in IPL history. They will do try their level hard to lift IPL trophy of this season. Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium, Chandigarh is set for leading 2nd Match of IPL 2024.

Toss

Punjab Kings won the toss, choose to bowl first. Shikhar invited Rishabh to start the inning.

Teams

Punjab Kings

Shikhar Dhawan(c), Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh

Delhi Capitals

David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ricky Bhui, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Ishant Sharma

1st Inning Highlights

David Warner and Mitchell Marsh begun the inning for Delhi Capitals. Warner took the strike. Shikhar gave bowl to Sam Curran to start first over. Mitchell Marsh hit two consecutive boundaries on the ball of Sam Curran.

Warner started the inning in style and hit ball to maximum on 3rd ball of second over, followed by boundary on next ball of Arshadeep. He sent 5th ball of 5th over to maximum. He played a delightful scoop on length ball of Rabada. Jitesh Sharma caught David Warner on last ball of 8th over bowled by Harshal Patel. Warner departed on individual score of 29 runs in 21 balls. Warner c Jitesh Sharma b Harshal Patel 29 (21) [4s – 3, 6s – 2]

Mitchell Marsh continued his form and strike a SIX on first ball of Kagiso Rabada in 3rd over of inning. He sent Arshadeep’s first ball in next over to maximum. But, on next ball, Arshadeep took his wicket. Michell Marsh caught by Rahul Chahar on the Arshadeep’s bowl on individual score of 20 runs in 12 balls. Marsh c Rahul Chahar b Arshadeep 20(12) [4s – 2, 6s – 2]

Shai Hope took strike after Marsh. He took Rahul Chahar on grant and hit SIX on 5th ball of 7th over of inning. Captain Rishabh Pant come to strike after fall of Warner’s Wicket.

After 10 overs, Delhi Capital: 86/2

Shai Hope faced first ball of 11th over bowled by Kagiso Rabada. Shai Hope sent his 3rd ball to maximum. But, on next ball, Rabada took his wicket. Harpreet Brar made an amazing catch by diving forward to complete it. Shai Hope scored 33 runs in 25 balls. Shai Hope c Harpreet Brar b Rabada 33(25) [4s – 2, 6s – 2]

Rishabh gave his soft catch to wicket keeper Bairstow on 4th ball of 13th over of inning by Harshal Patel. Rishabh c Bairstow b Harshal 18(13).

Ricky Bhui came on strike after Hope. Bhui was not able to contribute a good score for team and was caught by Jitesh Sharma on 2nd ball of 14th over by Harpreet Brar. Ricky Bhui c Jitesh Sharma b Harpreet Brar 3(7)

Tristan Stubbs came on strike after pant. Axar Patel came on crease after Ricky Bhui and started his innings with a edged boundary in slips.

After 15 overs, Delhi Capital was 124/5

16th Over

Rahul Chahar bowled a good over. He gave only 4 runs and picked the wicket of Tristan Stubbs on 4th ball of over. Shashank Singh took his catch. Sumit Kumar joined Axar on crease. Tristan Stubbs c Shashank Singh b Rahul Chahar 5(8)

17th Over

Rabada came with last over of his spell and gave 9 runs from over include SIX by Axar Patel on 2nd ball of over.

18th Over

Delhi Capitals collected 9-runs from over with the loss of Axar Patel’s wicket. Harshal Patel bowled 18th over. The co-ordination of Thyagarajan and Jitesh Sharma ended the Axar’s inning by made him run out on first ball of the over. Abhishek Porel came on pitch after axar. Axar Patel run out (Thyagarajan/Jitesh Sharma) 21(13) [4s-2, 6s-1]

19th Over

Arshadeep Singh bowled his last over of spell. He delivered spectacular over with only 3 runs and took wicket of Sumit Kumar. Jitesh Sharma caught him on 3rd ball of over. He departed on individual score of 2 runs in 9 balls. Left-handed Kuldeep Yadav joined after his dismissal. Sumit Kumar c Jitesh Sharma b Arshadeep 2(9)

20th Over

Abhishek Porel concluded last over of innings bowled by Harshal Patel on style. Harshal Patel gave 25 runs in the last over which included three 4s and two 6s. Abhishek Porel hit SIX on 2nd and 5th ball of the over. He drived last ball of the inning to long-on and tried to complete two runs but only 1-run completed and Kuldeep Yadav got run out while completing 2nd Run. Delhi completed the inning on 174/9. Kuldeep Yadav run out (Shashank Singh/Harshal Patel) 1(2)

Target: Punjab Kings need 175-runs to win the match.

2nd Innings Highlights

Shikhar Dhawan and Bairstow came to chase the target of 175-runs. Rishabh gave ball in the hands of Khaleel Ahmad. Shikhar took strike for first and started the inning in style by sending the ball to boundary to backward point. First over of Khaleel concluded with 17 runs with Two 4s by Shikhar and two by Bairstow.

Shikhar were trying to build the inning but Ishant bowled him on first bowl of 4th over. It was first clean bowled of this IPL by experienced Ishant Sharma. Shikhar scored 22 runs off 16 balls. Shikhar Dhawan and Ishant Sharma came face-to-face in 8 innings in IPL. Ishant got him out 4 times. Shikhar b Ishant 22(16) [4s-4]

It was unlucky day for Bairstow. He was unfortunately run-out on 5th ball of same over in which Shikhar got out. Prabhasimran Singh punched a drive which got a finger touch of Ishant and hit the stump on opposite side and Bairstow was out of crease. He got run-out. Bairstow run-out (Ishant) 9(3) [4s-2]

Prabhasimran Singh, impact player for Punjab Kings, replaced Shikhar on crease. He started his innings with two consecutive boundaries to Ishant Sharma. 5th over of Khaleel Ahmad again gave 11-runs to Punjab Kings. Prabhasimran Singh scored two boundaries in this over. Prabhasimran Singh was going good and scoring boundaries all around the ground but Kuldeep dismissed him by delivering a googly. On 2nd ball of 9th over, Warner caught him on googly of Kuldeep Yadav. Prabhasimran Singh c Warner b Kuldeep 26(17) [4s-5]

Punjab Kings after 10 overs – 87/2

Sam Curran replaced Bairstow on crease and joined Prabhasimran Singh. Sam Curran took the inning of Punjab slowly with couple of boundaries and single-double towards the target. He reached 33 runs in 27 balls after 13 overs. Stubbs dropped him on Kuldeep’s ball in 14th over. He hit two boundaries in 15th over of Mitchell Marsh.

Jitesh Sharma came at the place of Prabhasimran Singh. Kuldeep Yadav got his wicket on 3rd ball of 12th over with the anticipation of wicket-keeper skipper Rishabh Pant. Rishabh Pant stumped Jitesh Sharma on Kuldeep’s ball. Jitesh Sharma st Rishabh Pant b Kuldeep Yadav 9(9) [4s-1]

Liam Livingston joined Sam Curran after Jitesh Sharma. Both have scored 18 runs from 15th over of inning delivered by Mitchell Marsh. Livingston hit SIX on last ball of 15th over of Mitchell Marsh.

Kuldeep bowled a good spell. He gave 20 runs in 4 overs and took 2 crucial wickets.

After 15 Overs, Punjab Kings: 130/3. Punjab need 45 runs on 30 balls

16th Over

Axar Patel came with his last over of spell. Sam Curran completed first fifty of this IPL on 4th bowl of over. Axar finished the over by giving 6 runs from over. He didn’t get any wicket but bowled well by giving 25 runs in 4 overs. Punjab Kings need 39 runs off 24 balls.

17th Over

It is not the day of Khaleel Ahmed. He already gave 28 runs in 2 over. In 17th over, he gave 11-runs to Punjab Kings team. Livingston hit him with two consecutive boundaries on 4th and 5th ball of the over. Punjab Kings need 28 runs off 18 balls.

18th Over

Mitchel Marsh again gave 18 runs from last over of his spell. He completed his expensive spell by giving 52 runs. Sam Curran hit a SIX on second ball of over and Livingston hit maximum on last bowl of over. Sam Curran also hit a boundary on third ball of over. This over turned the match in favour of Punjab. Now, Punjab need only 10 runs in 12 balls.

19th Over

Expensive Khaleel Ahmed begun last over of his spell. He only gave 4 runs in his last over and take two wickets for Delhi and tried to build pressure on Punjab Kings team. He took wicket of Sam Curran and Shashank Singh in this over. Sam Curran was clean bowled on 3rd bowl of over and Shashank was caught by Pant vehi the wicket on next ball. Punjab need 6 runs from last over.

Sam Curran b Khaleel 63(47) [4s-6, 6s-1]

Shashank Singh c Pant b Khaleel 0(1)

20th Over

Pant trusted Sumit Kumar for last over drama. But, Livingston finished in style by hitting maximum over the mid-wicket. Punjab Kings clinched victory in second match of IPL 2024.

Result

Punjab Kings won the match by 4 wickets

Player of the Match

Sam Curran