PBKS vs DC Ball by Ball Commentary

SIX! What a way to finish the game! That is some stroke. Full and straight, Sameer Rizvi gets down on a knee and sweeps it magnificently over backward square leg! DELHI CAPITALS WIN BY 6 WICKETS AND 3 BALLS TO SPARE, finishing 5th in IPL 2025!

Good yorker, tailing down the leg side, Tristan Stubbs works it through mid-wicket for a run. 5 needed from 4 balls.

Outside off, slapped down to extra cover for a single. 6 needed from 5 now.

WIDE. Poor start. Full and down the leg side, with the only saving grace for Stoinis being that Sameer Rizvi did not connect with his paddle. 7 needed from 6 balls.

FOUR! That's why he is called a Finisher! A length ball, around leg stump, Tristan Stubbs gets inside the line of the ball and reverse-pulls it over short third for a boundary! Is that the winning deal? 14 from the over, 40 in the last 3 overs! Arshdeep Singh finishes with bowling figures of 4-0-35-0.

Slower ball, around off, 135.3 kph, Sameer Rizvi gives himself a bit of room to the leg side. Gets under the ball and powers it down to long off for a run. The stand moves to 40 (23).

Low full toss, around off, dipping in, Stubbs reaches out and works it towards long on for a single.

FIFTY FOR RIZVI! Good length around off, Sameer Rizvi cuts this through point for one. Brings up his half century in just 22 balls and what a time to play such a knock.

SIX! RIZVI ON THE ROLL! Top-notch stroke from Sameer Rizvi. Short pitched, angling across the batter, Sameer Rizvi quickly steps a long way across and hooks this up and over the fence towards fine leg for six.

Back of a length on the pads, Stubbs gently tucks this through mid-wicket for one. Keeps the scorecard ticking.

FOUR! CLOUT! This is a wonderful innings from Sameer Rizvi and it is his highest in the IPL! Moves to 43 (20). A short ball, around off, Rizvi gets on top of the bounce and pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary! 12 from the over, 26 in the last 2! 4-0-46-0 for Azmatullah Omarzai in this match.

Slower ball, into the deck, 124.7 kph, Tristan Stubbs looks to punch it down the ground but the ball holds onto the surface a touch. Is surprised and ends up chipping it towards long on for a run.

A slower ball, 129.8 kph, short in length outside off, Sameer Rizvi leaps and punches it through point for a single.

FOUR! Azmatullah Omarzai nails the yorker around the toes of Rizvi but the batter does well to lean inside and just tickle this past the left of short fine leg for four. Rizvi moves to 38 (18).

On a length, around middle and leg. Tristan Stubbs powerfully thumps this towards long on for a single.

Back of a length around off, Sameer Rizvi pulls this flat and right out of the middle of his bat but straight at the fielder on the fence towards deep square leg. Single taken.

FOUR! 14 from the over! A low full toss, outside off, this time Sameer Rizvi stands his ground and powers this through extra cover! Harpreet Brar finishes with bowling figures of 4-0-41-2.

Fired just outside leg stump, Rizvi backs away again, to pull but misses.

Backs away pretty early to the leg side and Harpreet Brar spots that. Delivers a slow ball, albeit a full toss, but wide outside off. Makes Sameer Rizvi stretch and ensures that it is just a single to point.

SIX! RIZVI GOES BIG! Floated, into the batter. Just misses that fuller length and Sameer Rizvi clears his front foot and slogs this up and over the fence towards the deep mid-wicket region for a huge six.

Fired full, following the batter to his leg. Tristan fails to get underneath this and ends up rolling this to long on for one.

Floated down leg, Tristan Stubbs gently nudges this towards deep square leg's left and comes back for two.

A short ball, rising sharply, around middle, Stubbs leaps and punches it through mid-wicket for a run. 4 from the over, keeps the Capitals in check.

On a length, around off, 137.3 kph, Tristan Stubbs punches it straight to extra cover.

Full, around off, Sameer Rizvi gets across and works it through mid on for a single. 49 more needed from 26 balls.

Good length on the pads, Stubbs tickles this towards fine leg for a single.

On a length, around middle and off. Tristan Stubbs hits this right out of the middle of his bat but straight at short cover.

Good length around off, Sameer Rizvi punches this down to long off for a single.

OUT! BOWLED! First dot ball after 19 straight legal balls and it is a wicket! Well, some respite for the Kings. But don't think it will suffice. Karun Nair makes his intentions to play the paddle very early and Harpreet Brar fires it in line of the stumps. Nair misses the ball but it does not miss the stumps. The leg stump is uprooted and Brar is pumped up. Punches his fists in the air and the 62-run stand is broken. Nair departs for 44 (27) and Delhi Capitals are 155/4 after 15 overs. Equation - 51 from 30.

Outside off, lofted inside out to wide long off, for a run.

A touch short, pulled through mid-wicket for a single.

WIDE. Fired down the leg side, Karun Nair misses his flick.

FOUR! That's nicely done by Nair and he moves into the 40s. Fractionally short and outside off, Nair waits back well and cuts it late to get it behind the deep point fielder for a boundary.

Bowls it straight at the stumps, flat as well, Rizvi nudges it to the right of the diving bowler and pinches a single.

Gets away with it, does Brar! A real drag down, darted in towards the pads, Karun Nair rocks back and pulls it flat, but on the bounce to deep square leg for just a single.

SIX! CLUNK! Full use of the Free Hit! A length ball, slower in pace, Rizvi jumps down the track and pulls it with aplomb over mid-wicket! 18 from the over, 32 in the last 2!

Full, around off, Nair gets across and looks to flick but misses and is hit on the pads. The ball deflects away to the off side and the batters take a single. Leg bye signalled. Oh hang on - the siren goes off and it means that naughty Jansen has overstepped! NO BALL!

Slower ball, on a length, outside off, coming in with the angle, Sameer Rizvi exposes all his three stumps, backing away to the leg side. Punches the ball towards sweeper cover for a run. 69 more needed from 37 balls.

A short ball now, outside off, 136.1 kph, Karun Nair stays back and pulls it down to long on for a single.

SIX! SHOT! Jansen bowls the knuckle ball, but a bit too full and on off stump. Karun Nair stays deep and clears the front leg before smacking it flat over mid off and all the way for a biggie. Regular boundaries taking pressure off DC here.

Takes pace off now, does Jansen, bowling it a bit shorter and on the hips. Rizvi gets inside the line and just tucks it wide of the keeper towards short fine leg for a single.

Fires one into the blockhole, angling it in towards middle and leg. Nair takes the front leg out and digs it out to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Lucky again! A length ball, outside off, Karun Nair jumps down the track and has a wild slash. Gets a thick outside edge which does not carry to deep third. A single taken and Nair moves to 30 (19). 14 from the over, Azmatullah Omarzai's bowling figures read 3-0-34-0.

Outside off, punched through the covers for a single.

SIX! Excellent awareness of the field placements! After that previous boundary, Shreyas Iyer got his fine leg inside the circle. Sameer Rizvi spotted that and got ready. Pre-meditated his shot, waited for the ball to arrive on a length, and then picked it up from outside off to scoop it over short fine leg. Goes all the way! The stand moves to 33 (15).

FOUR! They all count! Rizvi runs down the pitch as Omarzai bangs it in well short and over middle. Rizvi tries to pull out of the shot but ends up miscuing it fine of the fine leg fielder. Jansen runs to his right but can't get that big frame down in time and the ball slips through the fingers for a boundary.

Hammering it on a hard length and over off and middle, Nair hits it away in front of mid-wicket and picks up another single.

Oh, Marco Jansen has lost that one completely in the lights! A well-directed short ball, angled in towards the front shoulder. Sameer Rizvi gets inside the line and pulls it down to fine leg. Even if Jansen had picked it up, he might have not reached it. Just the single then.

On a length, around off, punched towards cover for one more. Excellent over from Jansen, going for just 4.

Outside off, steered through the covers for a run.

Full, outside off, slower in pace, 119 kph, Karun Nair gets across to lap it fine but is way too early into the shot. Misses and gets hit on the pads.

Good carry on that one and Marco Jansen feels there's a nick. Not much support from the keeper but Shreyas Iyer has gone for the review for a caught-behind decision. This is bowled quick and a bit short, outside off, flying through. Karun Nair backs away to cut but misses it completely. The third umpire comes in and there's no need for UltrEdge as replays show that the ball was nowhere near the gloves or the bat. A review wasted by Punjab.

Back of a length, around off, Nair backs away to cut but ends up jamming it towards the point fielder.

Length ball outside off, Rizvi stays back and angles the bat, running it off the bat face to deep third for a single.

Wide! Around the wicket comes Jansen and bangs it in short, trying to cramp the batter up but gets it down leg for a wide.

FOUR! Make that four on the bounce! The over started with a wicket but has resulted in 17 runs! Down the leg side, flat and full, fired in, Karun Nair uses the pace and sweeps it to the fine leg fence! 97 more needed from 54 balls now.

FOUR MORE! Hattrick of boundaries! Dubey drops it short, outside off and Nair makes no mistake. Rocks back in a flash and pulls it all along the ground through cow corner!

FOUR! This time to the right of the fielder. Result the same! Full, on middle and leg, Karun Nair gets down to play another sweep, this time to the right of deep square leg. Consecutive boundaries. 100 UP FOR DELHI CAPITALS! 105 more needed from 56 balls.

FOUR! In the gap! Flatter trajectory, bowled on middle and leg, Karun Nair sits down and swats the sweep shot hard and to the left of the deep square leg fielder for a boundary.

Darted in full and just down leg, Sameer Rizvi tries to paddle sweep but gets it off the pads and down to fine leg for a leg bye.

OUT! CAUGHT! Third time lucky for Punjab and Sediqullah Atal has run out of lives! Praveen Dubey tosses this one up a bit and bowls it outside off. Atal sits down for the slog but has to fetch it a bit and ends up swatting it high up and over the mid on region. Arshdeep Singh comes in from the deep and does well to adjust at the last moment and pouch it safely. A bit of breeze out there but Atal has to depart for 22 (16) in his maiden IPL inning.

On middle, pushed down the ground for a single. An eventful over, which saw two dropped catches and a six. 12 from Stoinis' opener, which could have easily been way better.

There comes the slower ball. Outside off, on a length, Atal pushes and misses. Seems like there was an outside edge but it did not carry any which ways to the keeper, Josh Inglis.

SIX! Insult to injury. Stoinis digs it in short again, around off, getting it to come back in, Sediqullah Atal uses the pace and pulls it with aplomb over backward square leg. His second six of the night. 115 more needed from 62 balls.

Another chance, and DROPPED! Stoinis bowls a heavy ball now, into the pitch and just on the shorter side of a good length around off. Sediqullah Atal loses his shape and tries to swing it away. The ball gets sliced high up towards short third. The keeper, Josh Inglis chases the swirling ball but in the end, the breeze makes it difficult and he ends up dropping it. Two more to the total.

Oh, was that a chance? Yes, indeed it was! Marcus Stoinis dishes out a full ball, outside off, Sediqullah Atal goes for the drive but hits it just a few inches above the ground and to the left of the cover fielder. Harpreet Brar is a tad late to dive across to his favored side and manages to get fingertips to it. The ball rolls away and they get a couple of runs.

Begins with a fuller delivery, straight at the stumps, Nair eases it through mid on for one.

Quicker, around middle, 93.7 kph, Sediqullah Atal defends watchfully.

On middle, worked through mid on for a single.

Around off, nicely tossed up, Karun Nair stays leg side of the ball and drives it back to his former Karnataka teammate.

Slightly flighted, on a length and on the pads, nudged away through square leg to make it three singles in a row.

Bowls it short now, around middle and leg, Nair hangs back and pulls it straight to deep backward square leg for just one more.

Starts off with a flatter one, pushing it across the left-hander, Sediqullah Atal presses back before punching it with a bit of an angled bat down to long off for one.

A single to end the over as Atal plays this in the gap.

LEG BYE! Pitched-up on the pads, Sediqullah Atal goes for the flick but misses. Clips this off the pads through square leg and takes two. Good running between the wickets by these two.

SIX! Atal announces himself with this huge hit for six runs. Good length on the pads, Sediqullah Atal swings and connects well. The ball has landed on the top tier around the big screen towards fine leg for six.

Good length around off, Karun Nair strides to the pitch of it and drives this through cover for one.

Pace on, Short-pitched, around middle and leg. Atal gets late on the pull but manages to hit this towards the left of mid-wicket for one.

Good length on the pads, Sediqullah Atal tucks this to mid-wicket for no run.

Full and on the pads, Atal rolls this down to long on for one.

Fired across the batter, Sediqullah Atal goes for the square cut but misses.

OUT! TAKEN! Brar strikes now as he sends back Faf du Plessis and both the openers of DC are back in the hut with this. Floated wide outside off, Faf du Plessis moves away towards his leg and goes for the cut. Cuts it well but straight to Priyansh Arya at point. Faf du Plessis departs after scoring 23 (15). PBKS are now 65 for 2.

Fuller on the pads, Karun Nair milks this through mid-wicket for a single.

Quicker one around leg, Faf du Plessis nudges this through mid-wicket for just a single this time around.

Floated, into the batter. Faf du Plessis tucks this through mid-wicket and runs the first hard. Karun Nair turns well and the batters scamper back for two.

Back of a length, going across the batter. Karun Nair leans back and goes for the cut but misses.

On a length around off, Karun Nair punches this towards mid off for no run.

SIX! Nair opens his account with a biggie. A poor delivery first up to a new batter as Marco Jansen darts this short and around the pads. Karun Nair steps inside the line of it and just flick this in the stands toward fine leg for six.

OUT! CAUGHT! Jansen strikes as he removes Rahul. Slower one, around off, KL Rahul swings early just to see the ball log straight towards mid off. Shashank Singh takes a few steps to his right and ends up holding onto this. KL Rahul departs after scoring 35 (21). DC are 55 for 1 now.

FOUR! So close but yet so far. Short-pitched, around middle and leg. KL Rahul goes with the pull nd hits this flat and towards the right of Nehal Wadhera at deep square. Nehal puts in a diving effort to his right but fails to grab this and sees this bounce inside the playing area and go over the fence for four.

Back of a length on the pads, Faf du Plessis flicks this to long leg for a single.

SIX! Clean strike! Tossed-up delivery, on off, KL Rahul dances down the track and hit through the line, nailing it a long way over long off for a biggie. The 50 is up for DC as well!

Bowled short and at the pads, tucked away behind square leg for a single.

Oh, doesn't carry! Flighted ball, slower and outside off, Faf tries to step out again but almost ends up chipping it straight to covers.

FOUR! Good use of the feet from Faf! This is tossed up at the stumps, Faf du Plessis skips down the pitch and flat-bats it quite low and well to the left of mid on for a boundary.

Fuller in length, darted in on off, Rahul punches it down to long off and turns the strike over.

Around the wicket to begin with. Bowls it flatter and in towards the batter, Faf du Plessis makes room and eases it away to cow corner for a single.

Rahul was early to back away there and Omarzai followed him with a good yorker. Rahul ended up drilling it back to the bowler, who made the stop. Still, 15 runs came off that over!

Pitches it up now, around off, Rahul looks to lean on and drive but can't get it away.

FOUR! That's poor bowling and DC are now on a roll! Shortish length, on the pads, Rahul flicks it down to fine leg and the ball races away into the fence.

FOUR! Top shot! Not a bad delivery again from Omarzai, it is on a hard length, just a bit wide outside off. KL Rahul manages to get on top of the bounce on the front foot and punches it away through covers for a boundary.

Just short of a good length, darted in towards middle and leg, Faf wrists it away through mid-wicket for a single.

SIX! An agricultural heave from Faf du Plessis and it sails all the way. Hard length over middle, Faf stays a tad low to get under the ball and swings it high up and over the deep square leg fielder for a six.

FOUR! Bludgeoned away! Short and a tad wide as well, KL Rahul backs away a bit before slapping the ball away through the gap between covers and mid off to end the over with another boundary.

FOUR! Just a shade fuller, swinging into the pads, KL Rahul picks it up and flicks it high and in front of square on the leg side for a boundary. Easy pickings!

Hits the deck hard, bowling it around off and angling it away, Faf stands tall and punches it down towards the cover fielder.

Goes full and tries to spear it across the right-hander, Faf stays leg side of the ball and miscues it straight to backward point.

Back of a length and around leg, Rahul fends it off the bodyline and down to backward square leg for a single.

Another short one from Arshdeep, but a proper one this. Bangs it in over leg stump, over Rahul's front shoulder and almost ends up getting a nick as Rahul is rushed on the pull and misses it.

Good stop! Length ball, floated up outside off and shaping away. Faf looks to smack it with the swing but can't get it wide enough of Marco Jansen at backward point.

Keeps the length slightly full and angles it onto middle and leg, Rahul plays it with a straight bat and towards mid on before picking up a quick single.

A bit fuller and straighter in line, Rahul blocks it back towards the bowler.

FOUR! Classy from Rahul! Hard-length delivery, slightly outside off, KL Rahul pats it on the rise and nails it through the gap at covers for a boundary.

Back of a length now and around off, Rahul tries to sway away and ends up jamming it down in front of point.

Swing straightaway for Omarzai as well. Floated up, full and on off, gently shaping away, Rahul gets on the front foot and eases it towards wide mid off.

FOUR! What a sound that made off the bat! Another attempted short one, doesn't quite get it above chest height. Faf du Plessis swivels on his toes and flat-bats the pull well in front of square for the first boundary off the chase.

A surprising short ball now, banged in over leg, Rahul picks the length well and pulls it aerially towards deep square leg for one more.

Bowls it very full now and outside off, Faf du Plessis squeezes the ball away in front of point and gets off the mark with a single as well.

Off the mark! Nice and full, floated up on off, Rahul presents the full face of the bat and pushes it to the right of mid off for a quick single.

Oh, that's nicely bowled! Arshdeep just pulls the length back a couple of inches and bowls it on a tighter line around off. Rahul plays all around it and is beaten on the inside edge.

Swing right away for Arshdeep! Goes full and bowls it just outside off, swinging the ball back into the right-hander. KL Rahul leans on and crunches the drive, but straight to covers.