DC vs PBKS Highlights, IPL 2023: Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Brar Eliminate Delhi Capitals From Playoffs Race

Chasing 168, Delhi Capitals made a terrific start on a spin-friendly pitch. Their captain David Warner raced away to a quick half-century and DC soon found themselves on the front foot in the chase having made 69 without loss in 6.1 overs. It was then that Harpreet Brar began his magic as he first outfoxed Phillip Salt with a quicker one to have him bowled on 21. And then Rahul Chahar struck from the other end as well accounting for Mitchell Marsh. Brar struck twice in his next over and soon DC found themselves in deep trouble at 86/6. Their middle order failed spectacularly and they didn’t recover from Brar’s four blows to finish with 136/8 in 20 overs as PBKS won by 31 runs. Before Brar, it was Prabhsimran Singh’s sparkling maiden IPL century that guided PBKS to 167/7. Prabhsimran made 103 off 65 while Sam Curran’s 20 off 24 was the next best contribution. PBKS are alive in the race for a top-four finish but DC are officially out.

Five runs from the final over as Delhi Capitals finish with 136/8 from 20 overs in chase of 168. Punjab Kings have comprehensively beaten DC by 31 runs to keep their playoff hopes alive. DC are out of playoffs race.

Arshdeep Singh bowls the 19th over. Allows four singles. Finishes his quota. Delhi Capitals now need 37 off the final over.

Mukesh Kumar and Kuldeep Yadav are in the middle for Delhi Capitals. This is a mere formality for the Punjab Kings now. All DC can do is now prevent them from winning big.

OUT! Praveen Dubey goes for a big shot and but Nathan Ellis beats the DC batter with pace and the ball crashes onto the stumps. Dubey scored 16 off 20. PBKS inching closer.

Arshdeep Singh continues. Just three singles in the over. Praveen Dubey and Kuldeep Yadav are the two batters tasked with taking DC over the line – a very difficult task now. DC need 46 off 18.

OUT! Nathan Ellis comes back into the attack and strikes. A short ball and Aman Khan pulls it but cannot get the timing right. Harpreet Brar in the deep does the rest. He scored 16 off 18. Time-out.

They need more of these overs. Pace returns in Arshdeep Singh and Praveen Dubey finds the gap through point for a four. And then Aman Khan flicks the final delivery over midwicket for a six. 13 runs from it.

A low full toss from Rahul Chahar and Aman Khan lofts it over extra cover for a much-needed four and that was the only scoring shot of the over. DC need 65 off 36.

Three singles and as many dot balls in the first over of Sikandar Raza. Praveen Dubey and Aman Khan are the two batters for DC. This is Punjab’s game to lose now.

Rahul Chahar continues. He draws an edge from Praveen Dubey and the ball races away for a four. And Chahar follows it with five dot balls in a row. DC need 73 off 48 with four wickets remaining.

OUT! A ripper from Harpreet Brar. He’s acing this now. Pitched on length around middle and leg and it spins dramatically to beat Manish Pandey’s bat and crash onto the stumps. Pandey is completely outfoxed. He walks back for a three-ball duck. Brar has four wickets now.

OUT! Another one bites the dust. What a dramatic and quick turnaround. Rahul Chahar has trapped Axar Patel LBW on 1. A full delivery from Chahar and Axar went for a flick but missed his shot. The umpire gave it out but Axar reviewed and it would have clipped the leg stump.

OUT! Massive wicket for Punjab Kings this one. Harpreet Brar has spun them back into this contest with the scalp of David Warner on 54. There was a big appeal for LBW as Warner missed the full delivery. Warner looked quite confident. No spike on Ultra-edge and ball tracker says it would have hit the stump.

OUT! Punjab Kings are back. Another batter falls to a spinner. Rilee Roussow wanted to clear the long-on boundary but doesn’t get the ball far as Sikandar Raza takes an easy catch. Harpreet Brar strikes again.

Rilee Rossouw had no idea where the ball was going as he hands his bat and the ball lobs towards short third man fielder and falls just short. Rahul Chahar though is frustrated as Arshdeep misfields allowing a single. 7 runs and a wicket in the over of Chahar.

WICKET! Mitchell Marsh reviews the LBW call in the dying seconds. An attempt at a sweep off Rahul Chahar and he misses to be hit on the pad. Looked close to the naked eye. No spike on ultra-edge. Impact on umpire’s call and it would have clipped the off stump. Review retained but Marsh given his marching orders.

With a pull for a single, David Warner brings up a 23-ball fifty  – 60th of his IPL career. Has to be the best fifty of his season so far. Superb so far from the DC captain.

The over of Harpreet Brar began with Phillip Salt hitting a boundary but the bowler bounced back by having him bowled off the next. 8 runs and a wicket in it. Mitchell Marsh has walked in next.

OUT! Harpreet Brar gets his man. A quicker one from Brar as Phillip Salt went for a cut shot but was a little late and the ball sneaks past to crash onto the stumps. Salt scored 21 off 17.