Punjab were struggling at 45/3 but Prabhsimran stitched a vital stand of 72 runs off 54 balls for the fourth wicket with Sam Curran to get them out of trouble and put a fighting total on the board. On the other hand, Ishant Sharma was the most successful bowler for Delhi Capitals with his 2-27.
DC need to win all four of their remaining games in the league stage of the campaign if they are to finish among the top four sides at the end of the league stage and qualify for the playoffs.
Apart from Shami, Mohit Sharma (2-33) and Rashid Khan (1-28) were the other wicket-takers for Titans while Axar Patel (27 off 30) and Ripal Patel (23 off 13) were the other main contributors with the bat after Aman.
Sundar got the wickets of DC skipper David Warner (21), Sarfaraz Khan (10) and Aman Hakim Khan (4) within six balls as Delhi Capitals slumped to 62/5 after electing to bat first on winning the toss.
DC have included former Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) batsman Priyam Garg in their squad.
Upon returning from Bengaluru, the players became aware of the incident when they received their respective kits and reported it to the franchise officials, who promptly filed an official complaint.
Kohli’s RCB will take on MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings (CSK) today i.e. April 17.
DC assistant coach Shane Watson has rushed to the struggling opener’s defence.
The former aggressive opener bluntly stated that big names in dugout do not add any value to the team’s performances.
In response to his poor form, Prithvi admitted that he tried different things but nothing has worked for him so far.
It was the fifth consecutive loss for the David Warner-led Delhi Capitals and they are yet to open their account in the ongoing season, lying at the bottom of the table.
Apart from Kohli, none of the RCB batters could score big as the team kept losing wickets at crucial junctures against a disciplined Delhi bowling attack.
Mumbai bounced back in the 19th over as Behrendorff had Axar holing out to deep square leg, Warner giving a top-edge to short third man and Abishek Porel miscuing to mid-off, apart from Kuldeep Yadav being run-out by mid-o
A member of the ‘DC Toli’, the fan club of the Delhi team, performed his brilliant dance moves animatedly in front of the cheerleaders.
For Delhi, in middling innings, captain David Warner made 37 while his deputy Axar Patel smashed 36 as they managed to breach the 160-mark. Apart from Shami and Rashid picking 3-41 and 3-31 respectively, Alzarri Joseph dazzled with 2-29.
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