Shreyas Iyer's half-century helps Punjab Kings set a target of 207 runs for Delhi Capitals

The 66th match of IPL 2025 between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings is being played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Delhi Capitals won the toss in this match and invited Punjab Kings to bat first. Punjab Kings scored 206 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and gave Delhi Capitals a target of 207 runs to win.

Punjab Kings, who came out to bat first against Delhi Capitals, had a bad start. Priyansh Arya was dismissed for just 6 runs in the second over. After this, Prabhsimran and Jos Inglis took the responsibility on their shoulders and shared a 47-run partnership in 21 balls for the second wicket. However, Jos Inglis (32 runs), who was playing in a rapid style, was stumped out by Delhi Capitals bowler Vipraaj Nigam in the 5.2nd over, giving Punjab Kings the second blow. Its captain Shreyas Iyer, playing a responsible innings, shared 22 runs in 16 balls for the third wicket with Prabhsimran Singh (28 runs, 18 balls), 41 runs in 28 balls with Nehal Wadhera (16 runs in 16 balls) for the fourth wicket, 26 runs in 19 balls with Shashank Singh (11 runs, 10 balls) for the fifth wicket.

After this, captain Shreyas Iyer took the innings forward with Marcus Stoinis and completed his half-century on the last ball of the 17th over. Shreyas Iyer then scored runs fast and was caught by Mohit Sharma at deep fine leg in the 17.2nd over. Shreyas Iyer scored a brilliant 53 runs with 5 fours and 2 sixes in 34 balls.

Azmatullah Umarzai, who came to bat after Shreyas Iyer was out, got out after scoring just one run. After this, Marcus Stoinis thrashed Mohit Sharma in the 19th over and scored 22 runs, which included 2 fours and 2 sixes. At the same time, Marco Jansen returned to the pavilion without opening the account on the third ball of the last over of the innings. After this, Harpreet Brar, who came to bat, hit a six on the fourth ball of the 20th over and then took 1 run on the next ball. After this, Marcus Stoinis took 2 runs on the last ball of the innings and took the score of Punjab Kings to 208 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.

Marcus Stoinis remained unbeaten after scoring 44 runs in 16 balls with 3 fours and 4 sixes, while Harpreet Brar returned unbeaten after scoring 7 runs in 2 balls with 1 six.

Mustafizur Rahman was the most successful bowler for Delhi Capitals. He took 3 wickets for 33 runs in 4 overs. Apart from him, Vipraaj Nigam and Kuldeep Yadav took 2-2 wickets, while Mukesh Kumar took 1 wicket.