New Delhi: The 35th match of IPL 2026 was played between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings on Saturday. In this match, Punjab team created the history of not only IPL but also made the biggest run chase in T20 history. Batting first, Delhi scored 264 runs on the basis of KL Rahul’s century.
But Punjab chased this match with one over and one ball remaining. This match was played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. Where Delhi team had decided to bat first after winning the toss. Delhi had scored 264 runs on the basis of KL Rahul’s stormy inning of 152 runs. But Punjab chased this too.
Punjab’s historic run chase
Punjab’s start in reply to 265 runs was excellent. Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh batted brilliantly. When Priyansh’s wicket fell in the 7th over, Punjab’s score was 126 runs. Priyansh scored 43 runs in 17 balls. But on the other hand, Prabhasinaran’s storm continued. After this, Prabhsimran Singh lost his wicket in the 8th over. Prabhsimran Singh scored 76 runs in 26 balls. Prabhsimran Singh hit 9 fours and 5 sixes in his innings.
After this there was a good partnership of 56 runs between Nehal Vadhera and Shreyas Iyer. But Nehal lost his wicket in the 15th over. He scored 25 runs in 15 balls. After this, Shreyas Iyer took charge and played an unbeaten inning of 71 runs in 36 balls. Iyer hit 7 sixes and 3 fours in his innings. On this basis, Punjab won the match with 7 balls to spare. Punjab remains unbeaten in this tournament and is on top in the points table.
Punjab broke all records
Talking about the most successful run chase in T20 cricket, this record is now in the name of Punjab. Even before this, Punjab Kings had chased a total of 262 runs in the year 2024. At the same time, South Africa had chased 259 runs in 2023. With this victory, Punjab team now has 13 points in 7 matches. At the same time, Delhi team is at sixth position with 3 wins in 7 matches.
KL Rahul’s storm in Delhi’s batting
KL Rahul and Pathum Nissanka started the innings for Delhi, who came to bat first. But in this match too, Nissanka flopped and was out after scoring only 11 runs. But after this KL Rahul and Nitish Rana batted stormily. Both of them hit sixes and fours. KL Rahul scored a century in only 47 balls in the 15th over.
There was a partnership of 220 runs in 95 balls between Nitish Rana and KL Rahul. Rana scored 91 runs in 44 balls. Nitish Rana hit 11 fours and 4 sixes in his innings. But KL Rahul remained at one end. KL Rahul played an unbeaten inning of 152 runs in 67 balls. On the basis of which Delhi scored 264 runs after losing 2 wickets in 20 overs. KL Rahul hit 16 fours and 9 sixes in his innings.
Delhi Capitals Playing 11: KL Rahul, Pathum Nissanka, Sameer Rizvi, Akshar Patel, Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar.
Punjab Kings Playing 11: Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vaish, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
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