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NEW DELHI: Mitchell Starc was each acceptable to unfastened the bowling for Delhi Capitals against Punjab Kings successful their important IPL 2026 clash astatine Dharamsala. But PBKS opener Priyansh Arya had different plans.
On the precise archetypal shot of the match, Priyansh stepped retired and smashed Starc for a stunning six implicit screen point, instantly putting Delhi Capitals nether unit and lighting up the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium crowd.
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The changeable besides helped Priyansh participate an elite IPL database of batters to deed a six disconnected the precise archetypal shot of a match. Before him, lone a fistful of players had achieved the uncommon feat - Naman Ojha against Brad Hodge successful Durban successful 2009, Virat Kohli disconnected Varun Aaron successful Bengaluru successful 2019, Phil Salt disconnected Nuwan Thushara successful Kolkata successful 2024, and Priyansh himself against Khaleel Ahmed successful Mullanpur successful 2025.Interestingly, earlier this play Yashasvi Jaiswal had besides smashed Starc for a six disconnected the opening shot successful Jaipur.
With this latest maximum, Yashasvi continues to pb the illustration for astir sixes disconnected the archetypal shot of an IPL innings with four, portion Priyansh moved to 2nd spot with three.Earlier, Delhi Capitals skipper Axar Patel won the flip and opted to tract first. Delhi made 5 changes to their playing XI, bringing successful Abishek Porel, Sahil Parekh, David Miller, Madhav Tiwari and Aaquib Nabi.
Punjab Kings, meanwhile, handed a debut to Australian left-arm pacer Ben Dwarshuis, who replaced the injured Lockie Ferguson.Six disconnected the archetypal shot of an IPL matchNaman Ojha (RR) disconnected Brad Hodge (KKR), Durban, 2009Virat Kohli (RCB) disconnected Varun Aaron (RR), Bengaluru, 2019Phil Salt (KKR) disconnected Nuwan Thushara (MI), Kolkata, 2024Priyansh Arya (PBKS) disconnected Khaleel Ahmed (CSK), Mullanpur, 2025Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR) disconnected Mitchell Starc (DC), Jaipur, 2026Priyansh Arya (PBKS) disconnected Mitchell Starc (DC), Dharamsala, 2026*Most times, hitting six connected the archetypal shot of an IPL innings4 - Yashasvi Jaiswal3 - Priyansh AryaPBKS vs DC: Playing XIsPunjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Suryansh Shedge, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Ben Dwarshuis, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.Delhi Capitals: KL Rahul (wk), Abishek Porel, Sahil Parakh, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Axar Patel (c), Madhav Tiwari, Mukesh Kumar, Auqib Nabi Dar, Mitchell Starc, Lungi Ngidi.
