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Delhi Capitals found their form after losing the first five matches in the tournament; However, it still had to finish as the last team in the points table. On Wednesday, the David Warner-led side beat Punjab Kings by 15 runs in Dharamsala, dealing a blow to the Shikhar Dhawan-led side as they could not enter the play-offs of this year’s Indian Premier League. The defeat paves the way for Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Supergiants to fight for the third and fourth spots in the table.
Batting first, Delhi Capitals posted a massive 213 in 20 overs with the help of David Warner’s 31-ball 46, Prithvi Shaw’s 38-ball 54 and Ryle Rossouw’s 37-ball 82. In reply, the Punjab Kings’ top-order struggled as Shikhar Dhawan was dismissed for a golden duck; However, Liam Livingstone and Atharva Tayde took the side into the game, but ended up falling 15 runs short.
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It was not an easy task for Delhi Capitals to stop Punjab Kings from reaching the target as they dropped a few catches during the run chase. On the last ball of the 8th over, Liam Livingstone hit a four off Kuldeep Yadav and Enrich Nortje dropped a sitter. This batsman went after scoring 94 runs and he was also not out. On the other hand, Atharva Tayde was also dropped by Yash Dhull at long-on and later in the innings he brought up his half-century. These dropped catches caused coach Ricky Ponting’s head to sink into his hands and his reaction went viral on social media.
