A solid fifties from Shreyas Iyer and Priyansh Arya have set up Punjab Kings to post 210/5 in the IPL 2026 game against Delhi Capitals at Dharamsala.
Both played crucial knocks in different phases of the 20-over innings, putting up a side to post a 200-run mark on Monday’s clash.
After being invited to bat first, Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh opened the innings while Mitchell Starc opened the bowling attack.
With an expensive over from Starc, PBKS made a solid start as Arya unleashed his fury, hitting fours and sixes.
On the other hand, Prabhsimran Singh played a second fiddle. Priyansh Arya smashed 24-ball fifty as Punjab Kings scored 72 runs in the powerplay.
Delhi Capitals used four bowlers but couldn’t stop the run flow. Only Auqib Nabi leaked runs under 10 run rate.
Mukesh Kumar bagged the first wicket dismissing Prabhsimran Singh for 18 runs. He got dismissed on a catch from Aquib Nabi at deep backward square leg.
Shreyas Iyer who came to bat at no.3 joined Priyansh Arya to take on DC bowlers. However, Madhav Tiwari bagged the wicket of Priyansh Arya for 56 runs.
He got dismissed on a good length delivery where the batter gave catch in deep point where Sahil Parakh picked the catch.
Innings Break!
Solid fifties from Shreyas Iyer and Priyansh Arya propel #PBKS to a strong total 🎯
Will #DC chase it down? 🤔
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Cooper Connolly came to bat at no.4 and joined Shreyas Iyer, stitching a steady pertnership for the 3rd wicket.
Madhav Tiwari picked the wicket of Cooper Connolly for 38 runs. He got dismissed on catch from David Miller at Mid-wicket. In the mean time, Shreyas Iyer smashed his fifty
Mitchell Starc picked the wickets of Marcus Stoinis and Shashan Sing in the same over for 1 and 0 respectively.
Suryanash Shedge who came to bat at no.7, made a small cameo scoring 21 runs off 8 deliveries.
With Shreyas Iyer and Suryansh Shedge at crease, Punjab Kings scored 210 runs in their 20 over innings.
Shreyas Iyer remained unbeaten with 59* runs as he was the highest run scorer for Punjab Kings in the game. Madhav Tiwari and Mitchell Starc picked two wickets each, while Mukesh Kumar completed his spell with a wicket tally.
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