New Delhi: Harpreet Brar’s strong bowling after Prabhsimran Singh’s century, Punjab Kings defeated Delhi Capitals by 31 runs at their home. Batting first in the 59th match of the Indian Premier League 2023, Punjab Kings scored 167 runs at the loss of 7 balls in the prescribed 20 overs. In response to this, the start of Delhi Capitals was excellent, but once the process of falling wickets started, then did not take the name of stopping. In this way, the Delhi team, chasing the target of 168 runs, could only score 136 runs in 20 overs losing 8 wickets. In bowling for Punjab, Harpreet Brar took 4 wickets for 30 runs in his four over spell. Apart from this, two wickets each came in the account of Rahul Chahar and Nathan Ellis while Arshdeep Singh could not get a single success.
Delhi Capitals made a strong start in the power play
Chasing the target of 168 runs given by Punjab Kings, Captain David Warner and Phil Salt started with a bang for Delhi Capitals. David Warner played an inning of 54 runs in 27 balls for the team. And Phil Salt contributed 21 runs. There was a partnership of 72 runs for the first wicket between these two. However, after this Delhi’s wicket kept falling like autumn.
