PBKS vs DC Highlights, IPL 2026: Delhi Capitals keep dreams alive for playoffs with thrilling victory over Punjab Kings

WINNN!! Auqib Nabi hits the winning runs for Delhi Capitals as they win by three wickets and keep their playoffs dreams alive.

Big Big over for Delhi Capitals as Marcus Stoinis gets hit for two sixes and a four. 19 runs conceded by the Australian. DC 194-6 (18)

Can David Miller turn things around for Delhi Capitals? The South African smashes Marco Jansen for a four and a six off Marco Jansen before a couple of sixes off Ben Dwarshuis brings up his fifty. OUTTT!!! Miller is caught by Prabhsimran Singh behind the wickets. That's a big moment in the game. Miller departs for 51 off 28 balls. DC 175/6 (17)

Axar Patel's fight comes to an end after the Delhi Capitals skipper was caught by Ben Dwarshuis off Marcus Stoinis for 56. Although David Miller is still in the middle with Ashutosh Sharma, things are tough for Delhi Capitals. DC 143-5 (15)

Things looking bleak for Delhi Capitals tonight as Tristan Stubbs is run out for just 12 runs. A horrible mixup between Axar Patel and Stubbs sees the latter sacrificing his wicket. Earlier, Sahil Parakh also perished away cheaply. DC 74-4 (8.2)

OUTTTT!!!! Two wickets in two overs for Punjab Kings. After Abhisek Porel, its time for KL Rahul to walk back. Rahul gets a leading edge only for Marco Jansen to complete the catch. Arshdeep Singh takes the wicket. DC 14/2 (3)

OUTTTT!!!! Playing his first match as an opener, Abishek Porel has been cleaned up by Yash Thakur. The middle stumps goes up for a toss. Punjab Kings strike in the second over itself. DC 10/1 (2)

Suryansh Shedge finishes the innings with a four off Lungi Ngidi as Punjab Kings manage 210-5 in 20 overs. Captain Shreyas Iyer remained not out for 59. Delhi Capitals need 211 runs to win.

What an eventful over today. After Mitchell Starc dismisses Marcus Stoinis and Shashank Singh, Suryansh Shedge whacks the Australian for two sixes and a four in the last four balls of the over. PBKS 203-5 (19)

Second wicket for Madhav Tiwari in the evening. Despite getting hit for a four and six by Shreyas Iyer and Cooper Connolly, Tiwari bangs short. Connolly tried to force it away with a fore-hand heave only to see David Miller take the catch at deep mid-wicket. Connolly departs for 38 off 27 balls. PBKS 187-3 (18)

There is no end to Delhi Capitals' woes. If Priyansh Arya smashed them out of the park initially, Shreyas Iyer and Cooper Connolly are doing it now towards the end. The body language of Delhi Capitals players tell the whole story. Lungi Ngidi returns into the attack and is clobbered out of the park by Connolly for a six and four. PBKS 162/2 (16)

OUTTT!!!! What a maiden IPL wicket for Madhav Tiwari. The Madhya Pradesh all-rounder, who had played just one professional game in his career before today, gets the wicket of dangeorus Priyansh Arya. Sahil Parakh takes the catch. Arya goes back for 56 off 33 balls. PBKS 97/2 (9)

OUTTT!!! Mukesh Kumar draws first blood in the game. Prabhsimran Singh goes for the big hit, but the ball goes straight into the hands of Auqib Nabi in the deep. PBKS 78/1 (7)

Fifty for Priyansh Arya in just 24 balls. What a start by the Punjab Kings opener, as the southpaw is putting everything into the stands when the ball is in his arc. Prabhsimran Singh is a mere spectator at the other end. PBKS 72/0 (6)

There is no stopping Priyansh Arya. After his two hits in the first over, the left-hander tonks Aquib Nabi for a six. Looks like the ball has been lost. A brief pause in the play as the ball is being replaced. PBKS 34/0 (2)

Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya walk out to bat for Punjab Kings. Mitchell Starc will open the bowling for Delhi Capitals. SIXXXX!!! What a start by Arya. Starc goes full and the PBKS opener opens the face of his bat to see the ball go over the boundary. This is the second time in the season, Arya started the innings with a six. Another six from Arya in the over. Prabhsimran finishes the over with a boundary. Big big over for Punjab Kings. PBKS 22/0 (1)

The Indian men's cricket team retained their top spot in the latest ICC ODI Rankings released on Monday.

For Delhi Capitals - Abishek Porel, Sahil Parakh, David Miller, Auqib Nabi, and Madhav Tiwari have been included in the playing XI replacing Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Vigraj Nigam, T Natarajan and one more. Porel will open the batting with KL Rahul.

Shreyas Iyer - Honestly, you can't tell a lot about the pitch until you play on it. Go out there and perform,. We don't want to think too much about the points table, just focus on your ability and instincts - that's what we have not done well in the last few games, we haven't backed our instincts and do well under pressure. There are going to be ups and downs, it's all about how quickly you go past it. Ben Dwarshius comes in place of Lockie Ferguson, who has a slight niggle.

Axar Patel - We will be bowling. That's the thing that's going right (winning the toss), in the matches, we haven't won those crucial moments, either with bat, ball or in the field, otherwise we haven't played that badly. We will play our brand of cricket and don't worry about the result. Win or lose, we'll look to play a good brand of wicket. It's a fresh wicket, the new ball might do a bit and we want to let them bat first. Five changes for us.