It was a clinical performance from Delhi Capitals to beat Punjab Kings by nine wickets and more than 9 overs to spare. After bowling out Punjab Kings for a mere 115, the opening duo of Prithvi Shaw and David Warner put on a show in the first six overs to strengthen their team’s position. While Shaw departed after scoring a quickfire 41 off just 20 balls, Warner finished the game by scoring a brilliant half-century.
Earlier, Punjab Kings’ batters looked clueless against DC bowlers and kept on walking back to the pavilion one after the other. After losing three wickets in the first six overs, Punjab never recovered fully. Jitesh Sharma was the highest scorer for Punjab with his 23-ball 32. Meanwhile, for DC, Khaleel Ahmed, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, and Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets each.
This out-and-out batting performance by Punjab Kings attracted some trolling from Twitter users while DC earned a lot of praise for their approach to the game.
Punjab and Liam Livingston Fans Right Now 😔😂#DCvPBKS #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/Y5M3X6k8M6
— 𝕏𝕏𝕏𝕋𝔸ℕ𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ 𝔼𝕁𝔸ℤ (@MohdEja79009137) April 20, 2022
Mayank Agarwal, Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow and Liam Livingstone went out early 😔
Right now fans reaction 😔#DCvPBKS #PBKSvsDC pic.twitter.com/dSwQwcGCoz— Ashutosh Srivastava (@kingashu1008) April 20, 2022
Nothing.
Just a pictorial representation of fall of wickets while Punjab kings were batting: pic.twitter.com/Vk2i8AA5UV— Anonymous9726 (@Anonymous97261) April 20, 2022
Punjab Kings batters today giving away their wickets belike: pic.twitter.com/9RC9NL0PJI
— Anonymous9726 (@Anonymous97261) April 20, 2022
PBKS after knowing Covid outbreak in DC Camp.👇🏼
92/8 Bas jaldi ghar chalo match khatam karke 😂.#CricketTwitter #DCvPBKS #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/xsF5dDTiY4
— Varnata (@VarnataSingh) April 20, 2022
Axar Patel when see English batsman on strike.#DCvPBKS pic.twitter.com/IYSNoSrHRc
— Soham Patel (@IAm_Kumbhkaran) April 20, 2022
#DCvPBKS #IPL2022
When they said "Sadda" batting,
They literally meant it for whole playing XI. pic.twitter.com/xRthFMjT8K— Manoj Pareek (@mrpareekji) April 20, 2022
Waste of 9 cr 😱#SaddaPunjab #IPL2022 #PunjabKings #DCvPBKS #ਸਾਡਾਪੰਜਾਬ pic.twitter.com/eG7mkStw7F
— Henry – ^Guzmán. (@HenryMacPro) April 20, 2022
6th over mein leliya Ceat break nhi toh agar 9th over ke aage match khatam hojaaye tho#DCvPBKS pic.twitter.com/vzCv8Py9fG
— Kishore Bardhan (@KishoreBardhan) April 20, 2022
Prithvi Shaw and David Warner right now #DCvPBKS pic.twitter.com/n2HrMZLqzL
— Vishal Deshmukh (@vishald1290) April 20, 2022
Shaw and Warner smashing PBKS bowlers #DCvPBKS pic.twitter.com/9nShMRkmC4
— Vishal Deshmukh (@vishald1290) April 20, 2022
Delhi : Our team is struggling with Covid.
Punjab : Ok, we won't come closer in Competition.
— g0v!ñD $#@®mA (@rishu_1809) April 20, 2022
The legend #DCvPBKS pic.twitter.com/r7XU1YZQxy
— Adesh Sawankar (@AdeshSawankar) April 20, 2022
#DCvPBKS
David Warner and Kuldeep YadavLast year This year pic.twitter.com/OEaR6YGX6b
— 마륵 타망😷😷 (@_Marktamang) April 20, 2022
#SRH fans watching @davidwarner31 bat tonight#DCvsPBKS #DCvPBKS #PBKSvsDC #IPL2022 #IPL pic.twitter.com/wee17G1Jwx
— Aditya (@AdityaPatwardha) April 20, 2022
David Warner what a knock 🔥
Delhi Capitals great going on 💪#DCvsPBKS #DCvPBKS #PBKSvDC #DavidWarner #DelhiCapitals pic.twitter.com/3rYYaly6Lh— Ashutosh Srivastava (@kingashu1008) April 20, 2022
#DCvPBKS #IPL2022
Some DC players aren't available due to covid +ve
PBKS : pic.twitter.com/t86PvqlOqC— phili.p j. patrick🎧🕊️ (@wtf_philip) April 20, 2022
Rishabh pant led Delhi Capitals after a clean sweep of 2 points and totally domination of what always was an one-sided match.#YehHaiNayiDilli definately
Dc on points table belike: pic.twitter.com/IVjkwpLuFW
— Anonymous9726 (@Anonymous97261) April 20, 2022