The 35th match of IPL 2026 was historic, Delhi Capitals, batting first, had set a target of 265 runs for Punjab Kings. The pair of Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya gave a great start to Punjab, both of them made a partnership of 126 runs for the first wicket. After this, captain Shreyas Iyer played an amazing inning of 71 runs and gave PBKS victory by 6 wickets. 264 is Delhi’s highest score in IPL history, it is the fifth highest overall score but Delhi could not defend it either. DC captain Akshar Patel, citing poor fielding as the reason for the defeat, said that if you do not support the bowlers on such a pitch, then you deserve to lose.

While talking about poor fielding, Akshar Patel also targeted the bowlers. He even said that if you do not support the bowlers on such a wicket then you deserve to lose. Let us tell you that Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya had scored 116 runs without losing wickets in the powerplay, which became a major reason for the defeat. Iyer also got two leases of life.

What did Akshar Patel say?

Patel said after the match, “We are making the same mistakes again and again. If you don’t support the bowlers on such a wicket, then I think you deserve to lose. The bowling bowlers also need to look at their performance. Especially considering their scores in the powerplay. If we could have capitalized on some important opportunities, then 2-3 results would have been in our favor.”

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KL Rahul got POTM

Punjab Kings won this match by 6 wickets, but the Player of the Match award went to Delhi Capitals wicketkeeper batsman KL Rahul. He played a brilliant inning of 152 runs. He became the first Indian to score more than 150 runs in IPL. Winning team captain Shreyas Iyer said after the match, “Rahul cannot be praised enough. He was playing very brilliant shots by adopting new methods. I just said that if he can do it, we can also do it.”

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This is the sixth win of Punjab Kings in the seventh match, while one of their matches was canceled due to rain. Punjab is at first place in the points table with 13 points and net run rate of +1.333. Delhi Capitals is at sixth place. This is Delhi’s fourth defeat in 7 matches.