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Cricket PlayersPBKS vs DC Highlights, IPL 2023: Liam Livingstone fails to drive Punjab Kings home, Delhi Capitals win by 15 runs
PBKS vs DC Highlights, IPL 2023: Delhi Capitals (213/2) beat Punjab Kings (198/8) by 15 runs in Dharamsala.
IPL 2023 PBKS vs DC Highlights: Liam Livingstone's valiant effort went in vain as Delhi Capitals defeated Punjab Kings by 15 runs in the IPL 2023 encounter at Dharamsala on Wednesday. Chasing a staggering 214 Livingstone scored 94 off 48 balls as PBKS managed 198/8 on the board. Apart from Livingstone, Atharva Taide scored a half-century before declaring himself retired out at 55(42). Earlier, Rilee Rossouw dished out a commanding show and Prithvi Shaw made a smashing return as Delhi piled a gigantic 213/2 in 20 overs after being asked to bat first. Rossouw returned unbeaten on 82 off 37 balls, which featured six boundaries and the same number of maximums. Meanwhile, making a return to the XI, Shaw lived upto the expectations and scored 54(38). He provided his side with a strong start with skipper David Warner. Together the pair added 94 runs in 10.2 overs, before Dhawan grabbed a stunning catch to get rid of Warner for 46(31). Phil Salt too chipped in with a 14-ball 26. The outcome comes as a major blow to PBKS' play-offs hope, however, they still remain in contention. Catch the Highlights of Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals:
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Delhi, who are already out of the play-offs race, have been heavily let down by their batters. Barring Axar Patel, none of the Indian batters have failed to put a fight from Delhi camp.
Despite a great domestic season, Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan failed to carry forward the momentum in the IPL and DC were forced to drop the two from XI.
Shaw managed 47 runs in the six innings he played, Sarfaraz managed 53 runs from four innings.
PBKS vs DC Live Score, IPL 2023: A look at Punjab's bowling attack
Despite boasting of a good bowling attack, with the likes of Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, and Arshdeep Singh, Punjab Kings have failed to defend runs.
Despite having Kagiso Rabada, Ellis have been preferred over the Proteas quick, mainly because of his underwhelming performance. He managed five scalps from four matches, and has leaked runs at an economy of 9.75.
However, the move has not paid any dividends, with PBKS failing to defend 215 against Mumbai Indians and 180 against Kolkata Knight Riders.
There was a turnaround in the clash against Delhi, where the team defended 168.
PBKS vs DC Live Score, IPL: Punjab hope for improved show with bat
Punjab Kings will hope for a much improved outing with the bat. The last time the two sides met, opener Prabhsimran Singh waged a lone battle.
The opener scored 103 off 65 balls, which featured 10 boundaries and 6 maximums.
While Punjab will hope for a repeat from Prabhsimran, they will also hope that others fire up too.
PBKS vs DC Live Score, IPL 2023: What happened when they last met
The two teams met last week and Punjab walked away with a 31-run win against the Capitals, which also gave them a major boost as far as their NRR is concerned.
Punjab will hope for a repeat tonight.
PBKS vs DC Live Score, IPL: Why Punjab need to improve their NRR
A win tonight against Delhi will take to Punjab to 14 points from 13 matches, also helping them climb fifth on the table. However, a win is not something Punjab would be satisfied with, they'll be aiming for a big win in order to improve their net run-rate (NRR).
Punjab's NRR stand at -0.268, while Mumbai Indians, who already have 14 points from 13 encounters, stands at -0.128.
The two can be troubled by Royal Challengers Bangalore, who too can reach 16 points after the league stages. Their NRR stands at +0.166, mainly because of their 112-run victory over Rajasthan Royals.
PBKS vs DC Live Score, IPL: How can Punjab Kings qualify for playoffs
Punjab Kings have 12 points from as many matches, and can accumulate as much as 16 wins, provided they win their remaining two fixtures.
If Punjab manages to do that, they will remain in contention for playoffs, a defeat in any come as a major blow to that.
Punjab will also want to look to boost its NRR, which will come into play if to decide the teams advancing to the playoffs.
IPL 2023 Live score: DC full squad
David Warner(c), Philip Salt(w), Mitchell Marsh, Rilee Rossouw, Aman Hakim Khan, Axar Patel, Praveen Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Manish Pandey, Ripal Patel, Lalit Yadav, Chetan Sakariya, Abishek Porel, Sarfaraz Khan, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Anrich Nortje, Rovman Powell, Priyam Garg, Prithvi Shaw, Yash Dhull, Vicky Ostwal
PBKS vs DC Live Score: PBKS full squad
Prabhsimran Singh, Shikhar Dhawan(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rishi Dhawan, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Atharva Taide, Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Mohit Rathee, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Baltej Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Gurnoor Brar, Shivam Singh
PBKS vs DC Live Cricket Score: Hello and welcome!
We come to the picturesque Dharamsala for the first time this season where Punjab Kings play another virtual knockout game against the Delhi Capitals. They need a slew of results to go their way but the basic thing that they need to do is win. And win big whenever they can. They have one more game after this and that is against the wounded Rajasthan Royals. They hence the season with two extremely tricky games but then again, which game isn't tricky in the IPL.
