Eradicated Delhi Capitals stun playoff-bound Punjab Kings with a wonderful run-chase in Jaipur to maintain IPL 2025’s top-two race open
For a 3rd straight recreation, an eradicated workforce thrashed an already certified workforce within the Indian Premier League to boost the race for the top-two in an in any other case humdrum enterprise finish of the event. Delhi Capitals ended their IPL 2025 marketing campaign on a excessive, handing Punjab Kings a 6-wicket loss at Jaipur’s Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Saturday in what was a repeat conflict of the deserted match in Dharamsala.
Nair, Rizvi ship
On a day when “expensive” cricket lastly gave Karun Nair a long-awaited probability — incomes an India Check call-up after practically eight years — it didn’t take a lot time for the home stalwart to return the favours. In a difficult 207-run chase, the battle-hardened Nair delivered his A-game after openers Faf du Plessis and KL Rahul laid a robust basis for Delhi.
The chase threatened to unravel with the openers falling, however the dismissal of Afghan IPL debutant Sediqullah Atal by Praveen Dubey in some way fueled Nair much more as he hammered the leggies for 4 consecutive fours.
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Nair’s valiant effort was finally overshadowed by a clutch innings by Sameer Rizvi as he smashed a blistering 58 off simply 25. With 52 needing off the final 5, Arshdeep Singh put an instantaneous choke, conceding simply 4 off the sixteenth over. Rizvi then broke free and hit a clear strike over long-on earlier than Tristan Stubbs ended Harpreet Brar’s efficient spell with a 4. Rizvi slapped Azmatullah Omarzai for a few boundaries, making a sensible goal for DC of twenty-two off 12 from 34 off 18. The outcome grew to become educational when the UP League star swivel-pulled Arshdeep for six, adopted by Stubbs’ scoop for 4 within the penultimate over.
Shreyas shines
There’s an simple swagger in Shreyas Iyer — in his antics, his posture, the ever-present smirk, and his trademark gum-chewing. His batting often displays that omnipresent conviction, however on an evening when Punjab openers misplaced the observe early for the second consecutive recreation, it was skipper Iyer’s composure and never the exuberance that steadied the ship. Australian powerhouse Marcus Stoinis then arrived late to fulfil the workforce’s swag quota in his explosive vogue.
Whereas wickets tumbled at common intervals from the opposite finish, Iyer saved the scoreboard transferring, stitching collectively 4 partnerships of 20-plus runs. Iyer demoted himself to No. 5, sending Josh Inglis forward after the early dismissal of Priyansh Arya. The transfer was worthwhile until it lasted, as Inglis saved the tempo excessive, blitzing to a 12-ball 32. Iyer, who acquired off the mark with a 4, slapping it previous brief cowl off Vipraj Nigam, hit his fifth half-century of the season.
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For Delhi, Mustafizur Rahman impressed along with his cutters and variations. DC seized the center overs, denying Punjab any boundaries for 18 balls with Nehal Wadhera and Shashank again within the hut. The momentum shifted DC’s means earlier than Stoinis’s muscle present was on. Coming in to bat within the sixteenth over, he struck three fours and 4 sixes to get 44 off 16, taking Punjab over the 200 mark for the seventh time this season whereas batting first. Nevertheless it wasn’t to be sufficient in the long run as they face an anxious anticipate top-two.
Transient scores: Punjab Kings 206/8 (Shreyas Iyer 53, Mustafizur Rahman 3/33) misplaced to Delhi Capitals 208/4 in 19.3 overs (Sameer Rizvi 58, Harpreet Brar 2/41) by 6 wickets