Explained: Why Delhi Capitals were penalised vs Punjab Kings

NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals were penalised during their IPL 2026 clash against Punjab Kings astatine the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium successful Dharamsala aft failing to implicit their overs wrong the stipulated time.Delhi Capitals skipper Axar Patel had won the flip and opted to tract first, but the visitors struggled severely to incorporate Punjab Kings’ explosive batting line-up. The dilatory over-rate punishment came during the 20th implicit of the innings, forcing DC to support lone 4 fielders extracurricular the 30-yard ellipse alternatively of the permitted five.

Punjab Kings made afloat usage of the vantage and piled up a monolithic 210/5 successful their 20 overs - their highest first-innings full against Delhi Capitals successful IPL history.The innings was powered by different sensational sound from Priyansh Arya, who blasted 56 disconnected conscionable 33 balls, portion skipper Shreyas Iyer anchored the innings with an unbeaten 59 disconnected 36 deliveries.Punjab Kings got disconnected to a flying commencement successful the powerplay, smashing 72 runs successful the archetypal six overs astatine a tally complaint of 12.00, including 4 boundaries and six sixes. Though Delhi Capitals concisely pulled things backmost successful the mediate overs, PBKS erstwhile again accelerated astatine the death, hammering 61 runs successful the last 5 overs with 5 sixes.

For Delhi Capitals, Mitchell Starc and Madhav Tiwari picked up 2 wickets each. However, it turned retired to beryllium a forgettable outing for Starc, who conceded 57 runs - the astir costly spell of his IPL career. It was besides the second-most runs helium has conceded successful immoderate T20 innings, down the 60 helium gave distant against New Zealand during the 2021 T20 World Cup last successful Dubai.Punjab Kings’ batting fireworks besides continued their singular inclination of 200-plus totals. PBKS present person 7 200-plus scores successful IPL 2026, conscionable 1 down the associated IPL grounds of 8 achieved by Gujarat Titans successful IPL 2025 and Sunrisers Hyderabad successful IPL 2026.Interestingly, Delhi Capitals bowled an all-pace onslaught passim the innings, marking the 13th lawsuit of a squad bowling each 20 overs of gait successful an IPL innings and the archetypal specified occurrence since 2016.