By Admin 
Madhav Tiwari was playing the first match of IPL 2026 against Punjab Kings on Monday, in which he played an important role in the victory of Delhi Capitals on the basis of his all-round performance. In this match played in Dharamshala, DC won the toss and chose to bowl first. PBKS scored a huge score of 210 runs. Madhav had taken 2 important wickets for 40 runs in 4 overs, after which he also did wonders with the bat.
Madhav Tiwari made Priyansh Arya, who was playing in an explosive style, his first victim, which was his first wicket of IPL. Earlier, Priyansh had beaten the main bowlers of Delhi fiercely, he had hit 2 sixes in the first over bowled by Starc. In the third over, he hit 2 sixes in the over of Lungi Ngidi. The ninth over was given to Madhav, he took the wicket of Priyansh in his very first over.
Showed strength with the bat also
After this he dismissed Cooper Connolly (38) in the 18th over. Madhav Tiwari took 2 wickets for 40 runs in 4 overs in his first IPL match. After this, he also made an important contribution in batting and took Delhi to victory.
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Delhi Capitals had a bad start while chasing the target of 211 runs. The team had lost its third wicket for 33 runs. Delhi made a comeback with half-centuries from Akshar Patel (56) and David Miller (51), but after their dismissal, the match became exciting. In the end, Ashutosh Sharma, who came as an impact player, played an important role in Delhi’s victory by scoring 24 runs in 10 balls and Madhav Tiwari scored 18 runs in 8 balls.
Earlier, Madhav had also impressed with fielding, he stopped a boundary by diving on a shot by Shreyas Iyer. He received the Player of the Match award.
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About Madhav Tiwari
Madhav comes from Mauganj in Madhya Pradesh. He is an all-rounder player, who plays for Madhya Pradesh team in domestic. 22-year-old Madhav made his IPL debut playing for Delhi Capitals, although he got to play only one match last season. This time also Delhi did not play him in the beginning, now the team is officially out of the playoff race, then Madhav got a chance.