Delhi deliver late punch

Sameer Rizvi’s unbeaten 58 off 25 balls under pressure helped Delhi Capitals beat second-placed Punjab Kings by six wickets to end IPL-18 campaign on a high here on Saturday. DC chased down the 207-run target with three balls to spare. Rizvi’s innings was laced with three fours and five six. Karun Nair also contributed with 44 off 27 balls. This is DC’s first victory after four defeats.

Earlier, Marcus Stoinis brought his big-hitting abilities to the fore after Shreyas Iyer’s sparkling half-century as PBKS posted a challenging 206-8. Stoinis blazed away to a 16-ball 44 not out after Iyer set it up with a 53-run knock off 34 deliveries. Stoinis struck four sixes and three fours during his blistering knock. 

Opting to bowl, DC enjoyed early success as Priyansh Arya (6) top-edged a Mustafizur Rahman (3-33) short ball that cramped the batter for room and wicketkeeper Tristan Stubbs went few steps backwards to complete a neat catch after the ball went very high.

Josh Inglis picked up a couple of boundaries off Mukesh Kumar. Prabhsimran Singh punched one down the ground off Mustafizur for a four before giving the strike back to Inglis, who flicked the left-arm seamer for a maximum over deep backward square. 

Prabhsimran found two fours off Mohit Sharma before Vipraj Nigam (2-38) closed out the Powerplay with an eventful over in which he was welcomed with a six and a four by Inglis before accounting for the Australian’s wicket as the batter was smartly stumped down the leg side by Stubbs after the young leg-spinner bowled a googly.

Meanwhile, Prabhsimran whacked Kuldeep Yadav’s (2-39) first ball of the match for a six before finding the ropes against Nigam, who, however, had the last laugh again, as the batter inside-edged the ball onto the stump while trying to play the scoop shot.

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