IPL 2023: It’s been a long time Since the Kindness Came… DC Gave a Blow to the Punjab Kings by Showing their Strength

New Delhi. After the victory of Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings against Punjab Kings in Wednesday’s match in IPL-2023, most of the cricket fans expressed their reaction in this way. It seemed as if DC had put in their best performance to give a jolt to the tournament hopes of Kings of Punjab and to raise the hopes of other playoff contenders. As if everything went well for DC in Wednesday’s match. Thanks to a good partnership for the first wicket, the team scored 200+ and then the bowler defended it well with his performance.

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Delhi Kings’ score of 213 cost Punjab Kings heavily and despite all the efforts, Shikhar Dhawan’s team’s steps stopped at 198 runs. The match was special for the batsmen of Delhi Capitals.

DC Cross 200+ for the First time in the Season

Except fielding, everything seemed to have gone well for Delhi in this match. Batting first, the team scored 213 runs losing two wickets in 20 overs. This is the highest score of DC so far in the current season. David Warner’s team had not touched the figure of 200 runs before in IPL-2023. The previous highest score of Delhi Capitals was 186 runs for 6 wickets, which he made against Sunrisers Hyderabad on 29 April.

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Runs Came Out of Shaw’s bat After a Long Wait

In a way, Wednesday’s match was excellent for the Delhi batsman in terms of runs. Captain David Warner contributed 46, Prithvi Shaw 54, Riley Russo made 82 not out and Phil Salt contributed 26 not out. Talking about Shaw (Prithvi Shaw), this is his first fifty of this season. His previous half-century in IPL came against KKR in the 2022 season (51 runs).