PBKS vs DC: Delhi Capitals will have to score 211 runs to win in Dharamshala, Arya-Iyer played half-century innings

PBKS vs DC 1st Innings Highlights: The 55th match of the Indian Premier League 2026 is being played between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. During this, Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel won the toss and invited Punjab Kings to bat first. Punjab, batting first, scored 210 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs against DC. Now Delhi will have to score 211 runs to win. For Punjab, opener Priyansh Arya and captain Shreyas Iyer played half-centuries.

Arya’s start-Iyer’s brilliant finish

Two batsmen Priyansh Arya and captain Shreyas Iyer played an important role in taking Punjab Kings to the score of 200+ today. In the beginning, Arya gave a good start to the team and then captain Shreyas Iyer ended the innings brilliantly. There was a partnership of 78 runs for the first wicket between openers Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya. On this score, Prabhasimran became the victim of Mukesh Kumar after scoring 18 runs. After this the team got the second blow in the form of Priyansh Arya on the score of 97 runs. Arya scored 56 runs in 33 balls with the help of 2 fours and 6 sixes.

After these two, there was a useful partnership of 83 runs in 52 balls between captain Shreyas Iyer and Coupon Connolly. Cooper Colony contributed 38 runs in 27 balls. At the same time, captain Shreyas Iyer remained unbeaten after scoring 59 runs in 36 balls. On the other hand, young batsman Suryansh Shedge remained unbeaten after scoring 21 runs in 8 balls.

If we talk about the bowlers of Delhi Capitals, except Mukesh Kumar, all the other bowlers gave away a lot of runs. He made 1 batsman of Punjab Kings his victim by giving 31 runs in 4 overs. If we talk about wickets, Mitchell Starc and Madhav Tiwari got 2 successes each. After bowling, now Delhi Capitals batsmen will have to show strength to win in Dharamshala. However, the pitch here is being seen favorable for the batsmen.

Also read: ‘They are not supporting us…’, BCCI angry at IPL team owners; gave a direct warning

Playing eleven of both the teams

Delhi Capitals: KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Porel, Sahil Parakh, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Axar Patel (captain), Madhav Tiwari, Mukesh Kumar, Aaqib Nabi Dar, Mitchell Starc, Lungi Ngidi.

Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Priyansh Arya, cooper connollyShreyas Iyer (captain), Suryansh Shedge, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Marco Johnson, Ben Dwarshuis, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.