New Delhi: Delhi Capitals (DC) made a strong move towards the playoffs by defeating Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 17 runs in the 64th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2022). Batting first, Delhi scored 159 runs for 7 wickets. After this, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur and Axar Patel bowled brilliantly, bowling Punjab out for 142 for 9. Kuldeep took two wickets for 14 runs in three overs, while Shardul took 4 wickets while bowling his best in IPL.
Delhi captain Rishabh Pant did not get the fourth over from Kuldeep, now he has given the answer. Pant has also expressed happiness over winning two consecutive matches for the first time this season. Rishabh Pant has expressed happiness over winning two consecutive matches, saying, 'During this whole season we were winning one match and losing one match. We wanted to change that and managed to do so. When asked about Kuldeep's fourth over, he said that we were trying to take the match a little deeper. We have seen that there is a lot of help for the spinners on the wicket. The wicket was slow too. We have not performed consistently throughout this tournament. We have lost a match. Won one match. We are trying to change this. We don't know yet how the wicket will play at Wankhede. (About Earth) We cannot say anything about them at the moment. The matter is 50-50.
At the same time, Delhi's next match is against Mumbai Indians. If Delhi wins that match, they can easily move into the play-ops as their net run rate is better than other teams. Apart from Delhi, now Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is the only team that can reach 16 points. If RCB loses the next match against Gujarat Titans (GT) then the fourth team on the basis of net run rate will qualify for the playoffs.
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