DC vs PBKS: Shreyas Iyer’s half-century overshadowed KL Rahul’s century, Punjab Kings registered a historic win.

IPL 2026, DC vs PBKS: In the 35th match of IPL 2026, Punjab Kings defeated Delhi Capitals by 6 wickets. Batting first in this match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi had set a big target of 265 runs on the basis of KL Rahul’s explosive century. In response, Punjab team won the match by scoring 265 runs for 4 wickets in 18.5 overs. The hero of this victory of Punjab was captain Shreyas Iyer, who played a stormy innings of 71 unbeaten runs in just 36 balls and gave the team a historic victory. This is the biggest successful run chase so far in IPL history.

Shreyas Iyer gave historic victory to Punjab

Chasing the big target of 265 runs, Punjab Kings got a strong start by openers Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh. Priyansh and Prabhasimran together made a partnership of 126 runs for the first wicket. Priyansh was out after scoring 43 runs in 17 balls. After this, Prabhasimran also returned to the pavilion after playing an inning of 76 runs in 26 balls. At the same time, Cooper Connolly, who came to bat at number three, was out after scoring only 17 runs. However, after this, captain Shreyas Iyer along with Nehal Vadhera took over the innings and made a partnership of 56 runs for the fourth wicket.

Vadhera returned to the pavilion after scoring 25 runs in 15 balls, while Shreyas remained at the crease and played a brilliant half-century to lead the team to victory. Shreyas played a stormy inning of 71 unbeaten runs on 36 balls, in which he hit 3 fours and 7 sixes. Along with him, Shashank Singh scored unbeaten 19 runs in 10 balls. Thanks to Shreyas’s stormy innings, Punjab achieved the target of 265 runs for 4 wickets in just 18.5 overs. By chasing a big target of 264 runs, Punjab broke its own record, which it had made while chasing 261 runs against KKR in 2024. This is Punjab’s sixth win in 7 matches and the team is unbeaten so far in the season.

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KL Rahul’s century innings went in vain

Earlier, Delhi Capitals captain Akshar Patel won the toss and decided to bat first, which was completely proved right by the team’s batsmen. However, Delhi did not have a good start and opener Pathum Nissanka was out after scoring just 11 runs. Arshdeep Singh sent him to the pavilion in the third over. But after this the Delhi batsmen completely dominated the Punjab bowlers. KL Rahul batted brilliantly and scored a stormy century in just 47 balls.

Rahul blasted the Punjab bowlers and played a explosive inning of 152 runs in 67 balls, which included 9 sixes and 16 fours. This is the highest individual score so far by an Indian in IPL. Apart from Rahul, Nitish Rana also played a brilliant inning of 91 runs in 44 balls, although he could not complete his century. On the basis of this historic innings of Rahul, Delhi scored a huge score of 264 runs for 2 wickets in 20 overs. Whereas, from Punjab side, Arshdeep Singh and Xavier Bartlett took 1-1 wicket.

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