Delhi Capitals kept their playoff hopes alive as they made it to the 4th spot on the points table with a thrilling win over Punjab Kings in IPL 2022. Marring Punjab’s chances, Delhi won their 7th game of the season by 17-runs at the Wankhede stadium.
Chasing 160, Punjab, though, got a decent start, but a terrible collapse turned out to be their major setback. Delhi spinners wreaked havoc on Mayank Agarwal’s team as they lost 3 wickets in the powerplay itself. Thereafter Jitesh Sharma waged a lone battle but failed to do much as wickets kept falling at the other end. In the following 6 overs, Delhi could only score 14 runs and lost 5 more wickets. Sharma’s 44 in 34 balls though ensured that Punjab did not lose by a huge margin. Shardul Thakur picked up a 4-wicket haul as Delhi restricted Punjab to 142/9 in 20 overs.
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Earlier, electing to bowl first, Punjab began on a strong foot as their bowlers came down heavily on Delhi’s top order. Liam Livingstone and Arshdeep Singh bagged 3 wickets each as they limited DC innings to 159/7. After losing David Warner on the first ball of the innings to Livingstone, Marsh first added 51 runs with Sarfaraz Khan (32) and then went to build another crucial 47-run stand with Lalit Yadav who fell after scoring 24 in 21 balls. With the help of Marsh, who anchored the innings with a 63 in 48 balls, Delhi were able to post a respectable 160-run target.