The 2nd Match of the Indian Premier League 2024 was played today between Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Chandigarh. In which Punjab Kings defeated Delhi Capitals by 4 wickets.
TOSS- Punjab Kings won the toss and opted to bowl.
Delhi Capitals Innings- Delhi Capitals batted first started the inning very well, Abishek Porel played a very brilliant unbeaten quick inning of 32 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 4 boundaries in just 10 balls, Shai Hope scored 33 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 boundaries in just 25 balls, David Warner 29 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 3 boundaries in just 21 balls, Axar Patel 21 runs in 13 balls, Rishabh Pant 18 runs in 13 balls, apart from this, Ricky Bhui dismissed just for 3 runs in 7 balls, Tristan Stubbs 5 runs in 8 balls, Sumit Kumar 2 runs in 9 balls, and Kuldeep Yadav was run-out just for 1 run in 2 balls. In this way, Delhi Capitals scored 174 runs after losing 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 175 runs in front of Punjab Kings.
Punjab Kings bowlers- Arshdeep Singh took 2 wickets just for 28 runs in his spell, Harshal Patel 2 wickets for 47 runs in his spell, Rahul Chahar 1 wicket for 33 runs in his spell, Kagiso Rabada 1 wicket 36 runs in his spell, Harpreet Brar 1 wicket for 14 runs in 3 overs, and Sam Curran was wicketless for 10 runs in 1 over.
Punjab Kings inning- Punjab Kings chasing 175 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily by losing just 6 wickets in the second ball of the final over and won the match by 4 wickets. Punjab Kings also started the inning very well, Shikhar Dhawan and Jonny Bairstow came to start the inning and gave a good startup, the first wicket was dismissed for 34 runs in the first ball of the 4th over, Shikhar Dhawan was dismissed after scoring 22 runs with the help of 4 boundaries in just 16 balls, next batsman Prabhsimran Singh came to bat, after a few moments the second wicket also dismissed for 42 runs in 3.5 over, Jonny Bairstow was dismissed just for 9 runs in 3 balls, next batsman Sam Curran came to bat and handled the inning with Prabhsimran Singh, the third wicket was dismissed for 84 runs in 9.2 over, Prabhsimran Singh was dismissed after scoring 26 runs with the help of 5 boundaries in just 17 balls, followed by Jitesh Sharma came to bat and he was dismissed very quickly just for 9 runs in 9 balls as fourth wicket in 11.3 over, the team score was 100 runs, next batsman Liam Livingstone came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 67 runs with Sam Curran, the fifth wicket was dismissed for 167 runs in 18.3 over, Sam Curran was dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 63 runs with the help of 1 six and 6 boundaries in just 47 balls, next batsman Shashank Singh came to bat and he was dismissed just in 1 ball without scoring as sixth wicket in 18.4 over, the team score was 167 runs, followed by Harpreet Brar came to bat and he was remains unbeaten for 2 runs in 2 balls with Liam Livingstone, Liam Livingstone played a very brilliant unbeaten victory inning of 38 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 2 boundaries in just 21 balls. In this way, Punjab Kings chased the target very easily for the loss of just 6 wickets in 19.2 overs and won the match by 4 wickets.
Delhi Capitals bowlers- Kuldeep Yadav took 2 wickets just for 20 runs in his spell, Khaleel Ahmed 2 wickets for 43 runs in his spell, Ishant Sharma 1 wicket for 16 runs in 2 overs, Axar Patel was wicketless just for 25 runs in his spell, Mitchell Marsh wicketless for 52 runs in his spell, and Sumit Kumar also wicketless for 19 runs in 1.2 over.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH- Punjab Kings all-rounder Sam Curran was selected as the player of the match, he played a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 63 runs with the help of 1 six and 6 boundaries in just 47 balls.
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