hospice: IPLAnother close match. Delhi Capitals stayed in the playoff race by defeating Punjab Kings at their home ground. Akshar Patel’s team was chasing 211 runs. David Miller scored a half-century in the lower order despite breaking the regular batting line-up. Ashutosh Sharma also gave him worthy company. In the last five overs, Punjab Kings started to move away from the victory path.

Delhi Capitals were chasing the target of 211 runs. Neither KL Rahul nor Abhishek Podel scored runs in the opener. If Rahul dropped an innings, he could not shine like that in the whole season. He returned with 9 runs that day. Abhishek scored 5 runs. Sahil Parakh scored 13 runs. Tristan Stubbs unfortunately runs out. Captain Akshar Patel returned to the pavilion with 12 runs in a misunderstanding. Cooper Connolly breaks his stumps with a sharp throw. After that Akshar Patel and David Miller paired together. Akshar got out after playing an innings of 56 runs off 30 balls. Akshar hit eight boundaries and two sixes before getting out. He is the one who gives the impression of fighting. As long as Miller was at the crease, the pressure was on for Punjab. Because this Protea star has done many impossible things before. On this day, he hit 3 boundaries and 4 sixes in a mixed innings of 51 runs off 28 balls. But not only Miller, Ashutosh Sharma gave him worthy support and played an innings of 24 runs off 10 balls. Hit two boundaries and two sixes in his innings. Madhav Tiwari also played a cameo innings, dropping down the order with an eight-ball 18-run innings. He hit 2 boundaries and a six. Delhi Capitals won the match with 1 over remaining.

Earlier, Delhi Capitals captain Akshar Patel won the toss and decided to field first. Priyansh Arya’s fifty laid the foundation for Punjab’s big innings. Priyansh Arya played an innings of 56 runs from 33 balls. He hit 2 boundaries and eight sixes in his innings. Shreyas IyerHe played half-century innings. Suryansh Shedge played a cameo innings of 21 runs off 8 balls.