After a thrilling southern derby to start the IPL 2024 last night, the focus shifts north, where northern rivals the Punjab Kings (PBKS) face Delhi Capitals (DC), two clubs looking to shed the label of underachievers this year. The Match. No 2 is played at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, hosting its first-ever Indian Premier League match. This game becomes even more exciting as the Delhi Capitals skipper Rishab Pants makes his comeback after a year.
What an incredible day of play it was, two magnificent games and so many superstars. Some amazing sky-scrapping shots and nail-biting thriller. With that Day 2 of TATA IPL 2024 comes to an end.
Stay informed with the latest match updates of the IPL 2024 Match No. 2 Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals:
- PBKS's Sam Curran was the player of the match for his incredible match-winning innings of 63 (47) against the Delhi Capitals
For his heroics with the bat in the chase for @PunjabKingsIPL, Sam Curran received the Player of the Match award in the #PBKSvDC clash 👏👏
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- And with that Punjab Kings beat the Delhi Capitals by 4 wickets, Sam Curran and Liam Livingstone take their team across the finish line, with some incredible batting performance.
A win to start off ✅
Sam Curran & Liam Livingstone guide @PunjabKingsIPL to a 4️⃣ wicket victory over #DC
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- DC pacer Khaleel Ahmed strikes 2 wickets in the second last over and brings the game to a nail-biting thriller. PBKS needs 6 runs from 6 balls
- PBKS batter Sam Curran switches his gears as he hits a half-century to take his team across the finishing line.
5️⃣0️⃣ for Sam Curran 👏
Can he take @PunjabKingsIPL over the line tonight? 🤔#PBKS require 39 from 24 deliveries
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- PBKS struggles in the middle overs. At the end of 15 overs, PBKS are at 130 -4, they need 45 runs from the final 5 overs. English players Liam Livingstone & Sam Curran look forward to taking PBKS across the finishing line
- And with the end of 10.0 overs PBKS are at 87-3. With Kuldeep Yadav striking the last wicket. PBKS need 88 runs of 60 balls to win the game.
Prabhsimran Singh & Sam Curran going strong 🤝#PBKS reach 75/2 after 8 overs‼️
Who will provide #DC the breakthrough? 🤔
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- DC pacer Ishant Sharma strikes two wickets in a single over, sends the openers back to the pavilion
- PBKS opening duo Shikhar Dhawan & Jonny Bairstow give a decent start to the innings with 25 runs in 2.0 overs
- And with a stumbling batting DC finishes off at a decent total of 174 - 9 with some magnificent boundaries coming off the last over. Young batter Abhishek Powrel hit 25 runs in the final over to Harshal Patel.
A late cameo from Abhishek Porel 🙌#DC set #PBKS a target of 175 from 20 overs 👏
Which #TATAIPL team will start their campaign with a win? 🤔
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#PBKSvDC pic.twitter.com/SJiuWYCK1k— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) March 23, 2024
- With entering the final four over DC are at 128-6. DC will be looking forward to reaching a respectable total with some fireworks to finish off the innings in style.
- PBKS bowler Harshal Patel picks up the big wicket of DC skipper Rishab Pant for 18 runs. DC is 111-4 in 13 overs
- The ground cheers loudly as the star player Rishab Pant walks into his arena. DC is at 96-3 in 11 overs
Look who is out in the middle to bat 💙
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- The Delhi Capitals get off to a decent start in the powerplay with 54-1 in 6 overs
- Indian pacer Arshdeep Singh strikes the first wicket for the day, gets Mitchell Marsh for 20 runs in the 4th over
The Australian opening pair is off to an entertaining start! 💥@DelhiCapitals 33/0 after 3 overs
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- Aussie batters David Warner & Mitchell Marsh give a crackling start to the Delhi capitals with 33 -0 in 3.0 overs
- Here is the Final Playing XI for the first game of the day.
DC’s Playing XI: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ricky Bhui, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Ishant Sharma
PBKS’s Playing XI: Shikhar Dhawan(c), Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Shashank Singh
🚨 Toss Update 🚨@PunjabKingsIPL elect to bowl against @DelhiCapitals
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- The PBKS skipper Shikhar Dhawan won the toss and elected to bowl first against the capitals.
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