In the 55th match of IPL 2026, Delhi Capitals defeated Punjab Kings by 3 wickets. This is Punjab’s fourth consecutive defeat, after which their chances of reaching the top-4 have reduced from 95 to 60 percent. Talking about the reason for the defeat, PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer said that I will not twist things and say that we lost because of fielding and bowling. Iyer believes that we had made a good score, which should have been defended.

What did Shreyas Iyer say

Where did Punjab Kings go wrong? On this question, Iyer said, “I do not want to beat around the bush, the mistake was in bowling and fielding.” Was this a good score to defend? On this he said, “Of course, the way the ball was seaming, sometimes the ball was staying above, sometimes below, we had scored about 30 runs more.”

On not getting Chahal to bowl, Shreyas Iyer said, “We had thought of bowling to him but the way the ball was seaming, if our bowlers had kept the line length right, we might have got wickets. I always say that ‘hard length’ and short of hard length are the best balls, it is difficult for the new batsman on these balls. Our planning was lacking.”

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match status

In this match played in Dharamshala, Delhi won the toss and chose bowling. Batting first, Punjab Kings scored a huge score of 210 runs. Priyansh Arya played a brilliant inning of 56 runs in 33 balls. Captain Shreyas Iyer scored 59 runs in 36 balls.

While chasing the target, Delhi’s middle order batsmen Akshar Patel (56) and David Miller (51) scored half-centuries. In the end, Ashutosh Sharma (24) and Madhav Tiwari (18) played small but important innings to take Delhi to victory with 6 balls remaining.

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Arshdeep Singh bowled well, he took 2 wickets for 21 runs in 4 overs. Apart from him, every bowler proved to be expensive, the captain also made a mistake that he finished all four overs of Arshdeep early. Yash Thakur, who came as an impact player, gave 55 runs in 4 overs, Marco Jansen gave 45 runs, Ben Dwarshuis gave 51 runs. Stoinis gave away 44 runs in 3 overs.

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.

Cricket fans got to see a very unique record in the match played between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League 2026. In this match played in Dharamshala, Delhi Capitals took such a decision, which was not seen again in the history of IPL in the last 10 years. Captain Akshar Patel won the toss and decided to bowl first, but the most discussion was about the team’s bowling strategy.

In this match, Delhi Capitals completed its entire 20 overs bowling relying only on fast bowlers. The team used a total of five bowlers and all of them bowled their full four overs each. The special thing was that not a single spin bowler was included in these.

Mitchell Starc, Mukesh Kumar, Aaqib Nabi, Madhav Tiwari and Lungi Ngidi took the responsibility of bowling from Delhi side. Captain Axar Patel himself is a spinner, but he also did not bowl. It is believed that considering the pitch of Dharamshala, the Delhi team did not want to take any risk.

Such a record made in IPL after 10 years

This is not the first time in IPL history, but this was not seen in the last 10 years. Earlier in the year 2016, Sunrisers Hyderabad had played a match against Royal Challengers Bangalore without any spinner. Hyderabad had won that match, but Delhi’s move could not succeed. Delhi bowlers failed to stop Punjab batsmen and Punjab Kings scored a huge score of 210 runs after losing 5 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.

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Punjab batsmen played brilliant innings

Captain Shreyas Iyer and young batsman Priyansh Arya batted brilliantly for Punjab Kings. Priyansh Arya scored 56 runs in just 33 balls, which included 6 sixes and 2 fours. While playing the captaincy innings, Shreyas Iyer scored unbeaten 59 runs in 36 balls. Apart from this, Cooper Conley contributed 38 runs and Suryansh Shedge contributed 21 runs. Punjab’s batsmen adopted an aggressive style from the very beginning and maintained constant pressure on Delhi’s bowlers.

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Why was Akshar’s stake heavy?

Delhi Capitals certainly showed confidence in the fast bowlers, but Punjab’s batsmen took full advantage of this strategy. Due to lack of spin option, Delhi could not control the run rate in the middle overs. This was the reason why Punjab easily crossed 200 runs.

In the 55th match of IPL 2026, Delhi Capitals won the toss and decided to bowl first. Punjab Kings team will come out to bat first. Delhi Capitals has made 5 changes in its team. Many big players have been dropped. Punjab Kings have made one change in their team. In this way, a total of 6 changes have been made in both the teams.

Australian left arm fast bowler Ben Dwarshuis has been given the cap by Punjab Kings. He is debuting today. He has got a place in the playing eleven in place of Lockie Ferguson. David Miller and Abhishek Porel have returned to the Delhi team.

Know what Akshar Patel said?

After the toss, Delhi Capitals captain Akshar Patel said, “We will bowl first. Winning the toss is proving the same thing to be true. In the matches, we have not won on important occasions with bat, ball or fielding, otherwise our performance has not been that bad. We will play cricket in our own way and will not worry about the result. Win or lose, we will try to play on a good pitch. The pitch is new, the new ball can get a little swing and we will try to bowl them first. Want to let us bat. We have made five changes in our team.

Know what Shreyas Iyer said?

After the toss, Punjab Kings captain Akshar Patel said, “To be honest, you don’t know anything about the pitch until you play on it. Just get on the field and perform. We don’t have to think too much about the points table, just focus on our ability and instincts. That’s the thing we haven’t done well in the last few matches, we didn’t trust our instincts and didn’t perform well under pressure. Ups and downs are bound to happen.” It’s just a matter of how quickly you can recover from them. Ben Dwarshius has come into the team in place of Lockie Ferguson.”

Playing XI of Delhi Capitals- KL Rahul (wk), Abhishek Porel, Sahil Parakh, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Axar Patel (c), Madhav Tiwary, Mukesh Kumar, Aaqib Nabi Dar, Mitchell Starc and Lungi Ngidi.

Playing XI of Punjab Kings- Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Suryansh Shedge, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Ben Dwarshuis, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.

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The most dangerous openers in IPL 2026 have been Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh. Both the batsmen score runs quickly. Both of them have created history with their stormy batting in the very first over against Delhi Capitals at Dharamshala ground. Punjab Kings scored 22 runs in the first over. The first over for Delhi was bowled by Mitchell Starc.

For the first time, Punjab Kings scored so many runs in the first over.

For the first time in the history of IPL, Punjab Kings have scored so many runs in the first over. Earlier this season, Punjab Kings had scored 21 runs in the first over against Mumbai Indians. Then Deepak Chahar was beaten. Today Stark has been broken. The most runs scored by Punjab Kings in the first over of an IPL innings is 22, breaking the record of 21 runs scored against Mumbai at Wankhede earlier this season.

This is the record of Punjab Kings scoring the most runs in the first over in IPL. However, in the history of IPL, Rajasthan Royals holds the record for scoring the most runs by any team in the first over. In IPL 2023, Rajasthan Royals scored 26 runs in the first over against Kolkata Knight Riders.

Delhi Capitals also have a shameful record

Delhi has given so many runs in the first over for the second time in IPL. Earlier in IPL 2023, Delhi Capitals had given 23 runs in the first over against Kolkata Knight Riders.

For the sixth time in IPL, Priyansh Arya hit a six on the first ball, created history.

Earlier in the history of IPL, this had happened only five times when a batsman had hit a six on the first ball of the match. Virat Kohli, Priyansh Arya, Naman Ojha, Phil Salt and Yashasvi Jaiswal had done this once each. But Priyansh Arya is the first batsman in the world to do this twice. He has done this for the first time in 2025 against Chennai Super Kings and now against Delhi Capitals.

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In the 55th match of IPL 2026, Punjab Kings have given a target of 211 runs to Delhi Capitals. Punjab had made a great start. Created history by scoring 50 runs in just 16 balls. Priyansh Arya hit a six in the first ball of the match. Mitchell Starc bowled the first over for Delhi, in which 22 runs were scored. For the first time in IPL, Punjab Kings scored so many runs in the first over. Punjab’s innings stopped at 210 runs. Captain Shreyas Iyer returned unbeaten on 59 runs. Mitchell Starc definitely took two wickets, but also gave away 57 runs in 4 overs.

After losing the toss and opting to bat first, Punjab Kings once again got a stormy start from Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya. Both added 78 runs for the first wicket in 6.5 overs. Prabhasimran was out after scoring 18 runs in 15 balls. Whereas Priyansh Arya played an inning of 56 runs in 33 balls. 2 fours and 6 sixes came from his bat.

Punjab Kings had lost both their openers by the score of 97. From here, Cooper Connolly along with Shreyas Iyer added 83 runs in 52 balls for the third wicket and took the team to a huge score. Cooper Connolly returned to the pavilion after scoring 38 runs in 27 balls with 2 sixes and 3 fours.

Punjab Kings lost the wicket of Marcus Stoinis (1) on the first ball of the 19th over. Mitchell Starc also dismissed Shashank Singh (0) on the next ball. Suryansh Shedge and Shreyas Iyer made an unbroken partnership of 23 runs in 10 balls for the sixth wicket, taking the team beyond 200.

Iyer remained unbeaten on 59 runs in 36 balls with 3 sixes and 5 fours, while Suryansh added 21 runs in 8 balls with 2 sixes and as many fours. For Delhi, Mitchell Starc and Madhav Tiwari took 2 wickets each. Whereas Mukesh Kumar took 1 wicket.

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Ben Dwarshuis made his international cricket debut in the year 2022, but he had to wait for four years to enter the IPL. He performed a historic feat when he made his IPL debut in the match against Delhi Capitals. Ben Dwarshuis, who comes from Australia, bowls fast with his left arm and now he has made a place in the list of bowlers who have scored a double century of wickets even before their IPL debut.

Double century of wickets before IPL debut

In fact, Ben Dwarshuis has joined those bowlers who have taken the most wickets at the time of their IPL debut. Before playing his first match for Punjab Kings, Dwarshuis had taken 236 wickets in T20 cricket. In this matter, only David Paine is ahead of him, who had taken 304 wickets in T20 before playing his first match in IPL. This list also includes Adil Rashid and George Linde, who made their IPL debut after scoring double centuries of wickets in T20.

Most T20 wickets at the time of IPL debut

• 304 wickets – David Paine
• 236 wickets – Ben Dwarshuis
• 232 wickets – Adil Rashid
• 218 wickets – George Linde
• 189 wickets – Jacob Duffy

Ben Dwarshuis was bought by Punjab Kings in the mini auction of IPL 2026 with a bid of Rs 4.40 crore. Dwarshuis has previously performed well in the Big Bash League (BBL 2025-26). He took 16 wickets in 11 innings for Sydney Sixers.

Ben Dwarshuis’s career

Ben Dwarshuis comes from Australia and so far has taken a total of 33 wickets in 15 T20 and 6 ODI matches in international cricket. He was last seen playing a T20 International match against Zimbabwe this year. In his total T20 career, Dwarshuis has taken 236 wickets in 188 matches.

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The record of the fastest fifty in the history of IPL is about to be broken, Punjab Kings are just one ball away.

Delhi Capitals has defeated Punjab Kings by 3 wickets. Ashutosh Sharma and Madhav Tiwari created havoc in the death overs and led Delhi to victory and kept its playoff hopes alive. On the other hand, Punjab Kings team had to face its fourth consecutive defeat. Delhi team achieved the target of 211 runs in 19 overs.

At one time Delhi Capitals had only 9 percent chances of victory. After the fall of Akshar Patel’s wicket, Delhi suddenly started moving towards defeat. When Akshar was out after scoring 56 runs in 30 balls, Delhi’s score was 138/5 in 14 overs. DC team had to score 68 runs in the last 5 overs to win.

Miller-Ashutosh overturned the match

Delhi had to score 68 runs in the last 5 overs, the responsibility for this was taken up by David Miller and Ashutosh Sharma. First David Miller changed gears in batting. At one time Miller was playing after scoring 28 runs in 20 balls and after 7 balls he had completed his fifty. Miller was out after scoring 51 runs, but Delhi’s troubles had not diminished.

Delhi had to score 36 runs in the last 3 overs. Then Ashutosh Sharma and Madhav Tiwari scored 19 runs in the over of Marcus Stoinis, which included one four and 2 sixes. 17 runs were needed in the last 12 balls. 11 runs had come in Yash Thakur’s over before the wicket of Ashutosh Sharma fell. Ashutosh was out after scoring 24 runs in 10 balls. Aaqib Nabi came and hit a four on the no-ball and then hit a six on the free hit, ensuring Delhi’s victory.

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Delhi’s playoff hopes remain intact

Delhi Capitals now have 10 points from 12 matches and their playoff hopes still remain. However, it will not be easy for him to go to the playoffs. If Delhi wants to get a ticket for the playoffs, it will have to win its next two matches by a big margin and also hope that the results of the remaining matches go in its favor.

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Today in IPL 2026 there is a match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals. This is the 55th match of this season. This match will be played in the home ground of Punjab, but now the home ground of Punjab Kings is not New Chandigarh but Dharamshala. This match between Punjab and Delhi will be played at the Himachal Pradesh Association Cricket Stadium in Dharamshala. This is the first match of this season on this ground.

Punjab Kings team is at fourth position in the points table. Till now Shreyas Iyer’s team has played 10 matches. There have been 6 wins in this. However, their points are 13, because one of their matches was washed out due to rain. Whereas Delhi Capitals is at number seven. Delhi has won only four matches in 11 matches. If Delhi loses today, it will officially be out of the playoff race.

pitch report

Today will be a cold day and there is a possibility of rain with thunderstorms in the afternoon. The weather is expected to improve at the time of the match, although there is a possibility of light rain. The average score of the first innings at this ground from IPL 2023 is 209 runs. The pitch here is helpful for the batsmen, but considering the rain and weather, fast bowlers can wreak havoc. The team winning the toss can decide to bowl first.

match prediction

Our match prediction meter is saying that Punjab Kings have the upper hand in this match, but Delhi can also register victory. In such a situation, a lot is expected to depend on the toss. The team bowling first has more chances of victory.

Probable playing eleven of Punjab Kings- Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Suryansh Shedge, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar/Vijaykumar Vaishak, Lockie Ferguson, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Probable playing eleven of Delhi Capitals- Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul (wk), Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Viparaj Nigam, Ajay Mandal/Aaqib Nabi, Mitchell Starc, Lungi Ngidi, Mukesh Kumar

Punjab Kings co-Malakin and Bollywood actress Preity Zinta questioned an umpire’s decision after the defeat of Delhi Capitals on Saturday. In fact, during the batting of Punjab, Karun Nair caught a catch on the boundary, which he left inside the body because he felt that his leg had touched the body. Fielder Nair himself told that this is a six but the third umpire found something else. This six was not given. Now Preeti’s anger was bound to be there, she took out her anger through a tweet around 3 pm.

This whole matter is of 15th over. Punjab Kings batsman Shashank Singh put a big shot in the air off Mohit Sharma. Karun Nair, standing on the boundary line, caught him, but seeing his balance deteriorating, he left the ball inside. However, soon after this, he indicated with his hands that it was a six, he felt that his foot had touched the boundary line. Then the third umpire checked and found that it is not a six, that is, Karun’s foot did not touch the boundary line. Now there was a dispute over it because the fielder himself had agreed that his leg had touched.

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Preity Zinta got angry like this

The Punjab Kings team lost this match by 6 wickets to Delhi Capitals. Although Punjab has already made place in the playoffs, it was important to win this match for the top 2. After the end of the match, at 2.40 pm, Preity said in response to a tweet that such a big tournament should not make such a mistake.

He wrote, “In such a high profile tournament, which has so many techniques with the third umpire, such mistakes are unacceptable and it should not happen, I talked to Karun after the game and confirmed that it was definitely 6! Now I finish this matter.”

In a such a high profile tournament with so much technology at the third umpire’s disposal such mistakes are unacceptable & simply Shouldn’T Happen. I spoke to karun after the game & he confirmed it was definitely a 6! I rest my case! #Pbksvsdc #IPL2025 https://t.co/o35ycueunp

– Preity g zinta (@realpreityzinta) May 24, 2025

The last match of Punjab Kings in the league stage is with Mumbai Indians (PBKS vs Mi). This match to be held on May 26 will be played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Punjab will have to win this match under any circumstances to keep the hopes of ending the league stage by staying in the top 2.