दिल्ली vs पंजाब, मैच 35, अरुण जेटली स्टेडियम, दिल्ली, 25 April 2026 - कमेंट्री

 FOUR! How nicely done! Natarajan misses the yorker and lands a low full toss outside off. Shashank is deep in the crease, shuffles across and scoops it beautifully between the keeper and short fine leg. It stays up momentarily before running away to the fence.

T Natarajan nails the wide yorker around off, SS has a swing at it but misses out. 

Full toss, around the pads, Shashank Singh flicks this through mid-wicker for just one. 

 SIX! An exhibition of six-hitting by Iyer. Low full toss, around off, Shreyas Iyer plants his back foot deep inside the crease and slogs this out of the park towards the deep mid-wicket region for a biggie. 

SCORES ARE LEVEL. Low full toss, around off, Shreyas Iyer rolls this down to long off for a single. 

WIDE! GAME, SET, AND MATCH! What a run chase this has been by Punjab as they defeat DC by 6 wickets and 7 balls to spare. Short and way too wide outside off, Shashank Singh leaves it and the umpire calls it a wide. 

On a length, around the pads, Shreyas Iyer flicks this in the gap between deep square leg and deep mid-wicket and calls for two straightaway. Shashank Singh doesn't want to risk the second and settles for one. 

Yorker, around middle and leg, Singh has a big swing at it but manages to hit this off the inner half of his bat through square leg for one. 

Another yorker, nailed on off, Iyer opens his bat face and guides this through backward point for a run. 20 needed off 15.

 SIX! Slower one, short and around off, Shashank Singh goes back inside the crease and pulls this over the fence towards the cow corner region for a biggie. Just 14 needed of 14 balls now. 

Yorker, on middle and leg, SS flicks this to the right of deep mid-wicket for one run.

Slower one, full and around off, Shreyas Iyer drives this to extra cover for a dot. 

Yorker, on middle and leg, Shashank Singh flicks this to deep mid-wicket for a single. 

Wide yorker, around leg, Shreyas comes inside the line and looks to work this towards the fine leg region but misses out. The umpire doesn't call it a wide and Iyer asks for a review on that. The replay shows that Iyer has stepped a long way back and across as he looks to play his stroke before missing out. The TV umpire rules that had Iyer been in a normal stance, the ball would have struck his pads. Review lost.

 SIX! Full toss, on middle and leg, Shreyas Iyer shuffles back and across and flicks this just over the fence towards the right of deep mid-wicket fielder for a biggie. 

 FOUR! It is raining boundaries again. Good length, wide of off, Iyer thumps this up and over the fielder at extra cover and the ball races to the fence for four. 

Yorker, on middle and off, Iyer punts this down to long on for a single. 

 FOUR! 16 off the 17th over and PBKS are in touching distance now. Wide yorker, around off, Shashank Singh looks to slog this around the leg side but gets an outside edge that takes the ball over Mukesh Kumar at short third for a boundary. 

 SIX! Iyer rubs salt to the injury of Karun right away. Tossed up, around the pads, Shreyas Iyer gets inside the line and smashes this up and over the fence towards long leg for a biggie. 

Second drop by Karun and that off Iyer again. Unbelievable scenes in Delhi. Wrong'un around middle and off, Shreyas Iyer looks to go big but mishits this and ends up ballooning this over long on. Karun Nair runs in from the fence and settles underneath it by crouching low but ends up dropping a regulation chance. 

 FOUR! Sprinkles salt on DC's wounds, does Shreyas. Overpitched delivery, on the stumps. Shreyas Iyer drills it powerfully down the ground and beats the long off fielder's slide to his right as well.

WIDE! Fuller one, googly, pitched outside leg. Iyer shuffles inside the line and goes for the sweep and misses. Stubbs collects the ball to his left and goes up in appeal for caught behind, but the umpire turns it down and signals wide. Stubbs wants Axar to refer this one. And a review is taken. UltraEdge shows that there is a clear gap between bat and pad. A flat line and there is no contact with his pad either. The on-field decision is upheld. DC lose a review.

 SIX! This has been sent into orbit by Iyer. Googly, read well by Iyer as he shuffles back and across and pulls this over the fence and deep into the crowd towards the deep mid-wicket region for a massive six. 

 SIX! FIFTY FOR SHREYAS IYER. Off just 26 balls. A flat biggie this time. Fuller around off, Shreyas Iyer goes down on a knee and slog sweeps this over the fence towards the cow corner region for six more. Another true captain's knock from him and he is guiding the Kings to a very famous and historic win if they manage to pull this off. But his presence in the middle is paramount for the visitors.

Wrong'un around off, Shreyas Iyer rocks back and looks to cut at it but gets beaten as the ball spins further away from the batter. 

 FOUR! What a shot that is! Pushed fuller, on middle, Nehal Wadhera reverse sweeps it aerially to the right of deep square leg. Dushmantha Chameera charges to his right and extends his right hand to palm the ball back in but fails to do so.

 FOUR! Hit with some venom! Pitched on a fuller length, just outside the off pole. Nehal Wadhera backs away to create room and nails the cover drive through the mid off and cover gap for a cracking boundary. 200 UP FOR PUNJAB KINGS!

 OUT! IN THE AIR AND CAUGHT! Nigam breaks the dangerous-looking partnership. Full and flighted on middle, Wadhera makes room once more and looks to heave it with the turn over long on. He finds the bottom of the bat, and it nearly clears the fence, but substitute fielder Karun Nair is pushed back deep and takes a well-controlled grab over his head. Wadhera's cameo is over. Punjab Kings are 201/4, needing 64 runs from 33 balls. 

An in-drifting leg break, too full on off. Shashank Singh fails to dig it out and inside edges to the leg side.

Catch it is the call, but it lands safely. A little bit of good fortune for Shashank. Full, around off, leg break. Shashank Singh slices it aerially over the extra cover region, but it lands between the two fielders in the deep. One taken.

 IN THE AIR AND PUT DOWN! That was an absolute sitter and Karun has shelled one. We have seen a few catches being put down in this game and Axar cannot quite believe it. Well flighted, pitched on length outside off. Shreyas steps down the track but fails to get underneath it and launches a mistimed hit down the ground. Nair runs in from the long off fence, gets down on his haunches, and drops an absolute sitter. Could be a big, big moment in the game. Iyer dropped on 29.

WIDE! A bit too straightish, down leg at 130.3 kph. Nehal misses to whip that away.

WIDE! Reload again! Tries to target the pads, does T Natarajan, but slides one way down the leg stump line, on a fuller length. Nehal gets inside the line to leave. Tristan Stubbs appeals for caught behind, but it wanes down as quickly as the umpire shakes his head.

 FOUR! Just over! Full toss, outside off. Nehal Wadhera slices it flatly over backward point. Dushmantha Chameera there leaps and seemingly gets the fingertips of his right hand on the ball, but it deflects behind to the ropes.

WIDE! Good review by Wadhera! Deceptive pace-off, short and wide outside off. Wadhera hops in the crease and carves it over the in-field, but fails to put his bat on the ball. Fair delivery called, but the Kings have gone upstairs to challenge the decision for wide not given. Was that too high? Or wide? The batter is in his normal position when the ball is released so the guideline stays as it is. The replay shows that there is some part of the ball inside the guideline. Now, the height on the ball is being checked as well. The side-on angle comes up with the Ball Tracking. And it confirms that the ball has passed above his head. The TV umpire also wants to check the UltraEdge in case Wadhera nicked it. But it comes up with a flat line. Wide for height is called and the on-field decision is overturned.

Short into the pitch, angled into the bodyline. Wadhera swivels and mistimes the pull in the air, but lands safely in front of deep mid-wicket for a single.

Aimed at the pads, on a good length, skidding through. Iyer tucks it to deep mid-wicket's right and calls for two straightaway, but Sameer Rizvi is quick to get to the ball and keeps it down to a single only.

 SIX! Helped on its way! T Natarajan errs in both line and length. He angles the ball on the pads, and the length is short as well. Nehal Wadhera has enough time to get on the back foot and pull it comfortably over deep fine leg for a massive six.

Slips a full toss, outside off. Wadhera stands deep in the crease and scythes it to deep point for a single.

Good deception this time! Slower ball, short and angled across the right-hander. Shreyas Iyer prepares himself to play the back foot square cut on the off side, but is early in his shot and misses to connect.

In-angler, full on off. Shreyas Iyer laces it through cover-point for an easy single.

A round-arm delivery, full across off. Nehal Wadhera sits down on a knee and sweeps it to the short fine leg fielder. They cross for a hasty single. The fielder, T Natarajan throws it to Stubbs who whips the bails off, but Shreyas slides his bat well in time before that.

Angled on the pads, on a length, whipped off the back foot to deep square leg for a single.

Smidge full, on leg, Nehal clips it to long on for a single.

Round-arm delivery at 93.4 kph, on a length, on leg. Shreyas Iyer backs away and bunts it back at the bowler.

Floated nicely, full and outside off. Shreyas Iyer drives it off the front foot, but finds the fielder stationed at cover. Axar's spell is done. Punjab Kings need 88 runs from 42 balls.

SIX! That's bread and butter for Shreyas Iyer! A half-tracker, on middle. Shreyas Iyer picks up the length early, rocks back and whacks it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie.

Tossed up, full and on middle, Shreyas Iyer heaves it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

WIDE! Flatter, full but way outside off, Nehal Wadhera goes for the reverse but leaves it alone.

Short and around off, Nehal Wadhera punches it to long off for a run.

Touch short, on leg. Iyer hangs deep in the crease and tucks it gently through the square leg gap for a couple of runs. Excellent running between the wickets, especially on this small ground.

Pushed on a length, a googly, on leg. Shreyas Iyer hangs back and nudges it to deep square leg for a single.

Fuller, around off, conventional leggie. Nehal Wadhera leans on with a huge stride and drives it straight to cover.

FOUR! Poor delivery and gets punished! Short and down the leg side, there to be hit. Shreyas Iyer opens up his stance and looks to pull it away, but gets a bottom edge as the ball races to the fine leg fence for a boundary. That brings up the 150 for PBKS.

Short again and on midlde, Shreyas Iyer nudges it towards mid-wicket for a single.

Floated, full and on middle, Nehal Wadhera turns it to the leg side for a run.

WIDE! Quicker, shortish but down the leg side, Shreyas Iyer fails to glance it away. Wided.

Dragged back and around off, Shreyas Iyer punches it but straight to Axar Patel at short cover on the bounce.

SIX! Shreyas Iyer connects well! Tossed up, full and on off, Iyer clears his front leg away and hits it through the line, sending the ball over the long off fence for a biggie.

Pushed through quicker, short and on off, Shreyas Iyer winds up for the slog but adjusts and steers it towards backward point for one more.

Pitched full and around off, nicely driven off the front foot through point for a couple of runs.

OUT! BOWLED'EM! Kuldeep Yadav strikes again and the destructive top three for PBKS are gone now. He dishes out a deceptive wrong'un, full and on middle, turns in sharply. Cooper Connolly backs away and looks to push it away but fails to read the googly, leaving a massive gap between bat and pad. The ball sneaks through and rattles the stumps behind. Punjab Kings have slipped from 126/0 to 145/3.

Floated, full and on middle, Nehal Wadhera tucks it through mid-wicket for a single.

Flatter and shorter, on leg, Shreyas Iyer clips it through square leg for a run.

Flighted, full and on middle, turns away a bit, Nehal Wadhera stays deep in his crease and looks to work it away. Gets a leading edge as the ball rolls to the right of the bowler.

Big swing and a miss! Kuldeep Yadav gives this one some more air, pushes the line outside off, turning it further away. Nehal Wadhera goes down for the big slog sweep but gets nowhere near the ball.

DROPPED AND SIX! Much like the Marcus Stoinis one in the first innings. This is floated, full and around leg, Cooper Connolly gets down on one and slog sweeps it towards the deep square leg fence. He does not time it that well, and Mukesh Kumar in the deep runs to his left and grabs it well. However, as soon as he takes the catch, his back foot gives away, resulting in him slipping on the ground. He tries his best to keep his foot inside, but it just touches the top of the toblerone. Axar straightaway signalled six, but the third umpire saw a few replays before confirming the same. 

Flighted, full and on leg, Cooper Connolly drills it to long on for a single.

Tossed up, full and on middle, Shreyas Iyer knocks it to the right of the bowler.

Drags the length back, on leg, Iyer knocks it down to long on for a single.

Full and on leg, Cooper flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Holds on the pitch slightly, full and around middle. Shreyas Iyer chips it on the bounce to the bowler.

 FOUR! Flighted around off, Cooper Connolly stays leg side to the pitch of the ball and drives this inside out over the left of the fielder at cover for a boundary. 

Pushed through on middle and leg, Cooper Connolly tucks this through mid-wicket for one run. 

 OUT! LBW! Prabhsimran Singh has missed a dragged-on delivery and he would be gutted to be dismissed in this manner. Really short on middle and leg, Prabhsimran Singh steps a long way across and looks to hit this behind backward square leg but misses out completely as the ball comes really slow at him. Singh gets hit on the front pad and in front of the stumps. A gentle appeal and the umpire raises his finger. Prabhsimran Singh opts for DRS but three reds with the ball clattering into the middle and leg stumps on the Ball Tracking confirm the decision of OUT. 

Floated, short and on middle, Shreyas Iyer stays back and nudges it through mid-wicket for a run.

Tossed up, full and on middle, Cooper Connolly knocks it back to the bowler.

Slows it up, full and on off, Cooper Connolly drives it to long off for one more.

 FOUR! Nicely done. Fired onto the pads, Priyansh Arya gently tucks this left to the fielder at short fine leg for a boundary. 

Quicker one, on middle and leg, Arya works this towards the mid-wicket region for a single. 

 FOUR! 7th boundary on a trot for Prabhsimran Singh. Tossed up, in the line of the sticks, Prabhsimran Singh plays the reverse sweep and hits this towards the deep third region for a boundary. 

Quicker and flatter around off, Prabhsimran Singh punches this to wide long off for just one run. 

 OUT! CAUGHT! The opening stand of 126 is finally broken by the DC skipper. Axar goes a bit wide of the crease and bowls an under-cutter, around middle and leg. Priyansh Arya takes him on with a slog but doesn't get enough power or elevation behind it. The ball goes straight into the hands of Sameer Rizvi at the deep mid-wicket region. Rizvi takes it nicely around his waist and sends Arya back. 

Floated around off, Cooper Connolly punches this through extra cover for one run. 

 FOUR! FIFTY FOR PRABHSIMRAN SINGH! Off just 18 balls. He has brought just the right intent to the middle to scale down this gigantic target. Juicy half-volley, around off, Prabhsimran Singh stays leg side to the pitch of it and smashes this through the covers region for a boundary to reach the 50-run mark. 

 FOUR! 100 comes up for PBKS in just 5.2 overs. Short-pitched delivery, around middle and off, Prabhsimran Singh pulls this in front of square on the leg side for a boundary towards the deep mid-wicket region. 

 FOUR! The dancing shoes are well and truly on for Prabhsimran Singh. Another low full toss, around off, Singh jumps down the track and converts this into a full toss and hammers this over extra cover for four more runs. 

 FOUR! Make it four boundaries in a row. Full and wide outside off, Prabhsimran Singh shuffles across the stumps but gets followed by the bowler. Prabhsimran Singh cleverly opts to ramp this over short third for a boundary. 

 FOUR! 5 in a row and can we get 6 boundaries in this over? Full toss, wide around off, Prabhsimran Singh slashes hard at it. Gets it edged just past the right of Rahul behind the stumps and the ball has raced to the fence for four runs towards the deep third region. 

 FOUR! What could have been 112 for 1 turns to 116 for no loss after 6 overs. Short and into the batter, Prabhsimran Singh takes Mukes on and goes for the pull off his front foot. Doesn't time the pull well and ends up hitting this in front of Sameer Rizvi at the deep square leg region. Rizvi runs in from the fence and rightly goes for the catch by diving forward but doesn't get anywhere near it. The ball bounces in front and goes behind for a boundary.

Yorker on middle and leg, Prabhsimran Singh tucks this through silly mid on and rotates the strike. 

WIDE! Short and wide outside the tramline on off. Priyansh Arya steps down the track and leaves it. Wide called.

Full toss, onto the pads, Arya gently tucks this to mid-wicket for a dot. What a rare sight.

A perfect yorker, on leg, Priyansh Arya shuffles away from the stumps and opens his bat face to guide this towards short third. A slight fumble allows the batters to cross for one.

WIDE! Short and around off, a bit too high for the batter. Prabhsimran Singh steps down the deck and leaves it. Wided.

Full and on off, Prabhsimran Singh dances down and away, slices this to the left of the fielder at point. A throw comes in towards the bowler's end but misses the stumps. Arya might have been touch-and-go had the ball hit the stumps. 

 FOUR! Low full toss, around off, Prabhsimran Singh lofts this just past the right of the fielder at extra cover for a boundary. Singh continues the boundary-hitting streak in every over.

Full toss, around off, Singh jumps down the deck and punches this towards the left of Axar at mid off and takes one.

NO BALL AND SIX! Played with ease. Full in length, angled onto the pads. Easy pickings for Singh. He goes deep in the crease and whips it behind deep backward square leg for a six. Auquib has overstepped and Free Hit is coming up.

 SIX! Absolute mayhem! Pitched short and outside off. Prabhsimran Singh picks the length in a trice and nails the pull shot over deep mid-wicket for another half a dozen runs.

Shoots in on middle. Singh dances down the track, takes it on the full and carves it straight to the cover fielder.

 SIX! That is outta here! Fuller from Nabi, around off. Prabhsimran Singh advances down the track and dumps it over the long off fence with absolute comfort.

WIDE! Goes short into the pitch as he sees Singh charge down the track. Prabhsimran decides to leave as it goes over the head height. Wide called.

Fires in a low full toss, on off. Prabhsimran Singh moves leg side, lines up to thrash it through covers, but inside edges it to mid-wicket for a run.

 SIX! He has made that look so easy! Short in length, around the leg stump line. Doesn't rise much and Priyansh easily pulls it into the crowd behind deep square leg. That's the 10th six in 23 balls already for PBKS.

Dot ball? Boring. Low full toss, outside off. Arya slices it straight to the cover-point fielder. 27 runs from this over. 2-0-41-0 for Auqib Nabi so far.

Drifts in on the pads, on a length. Prabhsimran Singh gets across and nudges it through square leg for a single.

FOUR! Picks the gap nicely! Pushed fuller and on the leg stump. Priyansh Arya sits across the line and nails the slog sweep over square leg for a one-bounce boundary.

WIDE! Wayward, down leg, full. Arya leaves. KL Rahul moves to his right and collects it.

 STRAIGHT UP AND DROPPED! Ngidi has made an absolute mess of that. But more concerningly, he falls on the back of his head and is looking in a lot of pain. He lands very hard on the ground and bumps his head into the surface. A lot of concerned faces in the DC camp and the stretcher is being brought in for the tall South African seamer as he lies on the ground. Coming to the delivery, it is the arm ball on a length around off, drifting angling across the batter. Arya clears his front leg and swings to go downtown, but completely mistimes it off the toe end of his blade. The ball is sliced and balloons straight up in the air over mid off. Ngidi tries to settle under it but never looks in a good position. He misjudges the trajectory, fails to get his hand on the ball, and it drops to the ground. A single taken. 

Pushed fuller, on off, at 88.9 kph. Singh drives it inside out through wide mid off for a single.

SIX! Straight as an arrow! Full into the slot, on middle, a quicker one from Axar. Priyansh Arya gets on the front foot and cleanly strikes it downtown for a big six. 50 UP FOR PUNJAB KINGS!

 SIX! Into the crowd! Dropped full and on leg. Priyansh gets down on one knee and sweeps it aerially into the stands behind deep square leg. It is raining sixes in Kotla. 20 runs off Axar's first.

Overpitched outside off. Priyansh carves it to deep point for a single.

 SIX! STAND AND DELIVER! A half-volley from Mukesh, outside off, Prabhsimran Singh goes into the crease, clears the front leg and tonks it over the long on, dumping it into the stands.

WIDE! Too wide outside off, on a length. Singh first feels for it, but aborts to poke.

 Put down! A tough chance and these are the kind of catches that stick. Full marks for the effort. Would have been a stunner had he clung on to it. Wide full toss, outside off. Prabhsimran Singh throws the kitchen sink at it, trying to hit it over the in-field on the off side, but slices it flatly to the right of backward point. Auqib Nabi throws himself in that direction and extends his right hand to pluck it, but parries it behind for a couple of runs.

 FOUR! Intent! On a back of a length, around off. Prabhsimran Singh charges down the track and smacks it over extra cover for a four. The bat did turn at the point of contact, but he manages to clear the ring.

In the air... but lands just short of Rizvi. Slow, full, angling on leg. Singh whips it aerially, but off the inner half, and luckily for him, the ball lands on the bounce in front of Sameer at deep square leg. One taken.

 SIX! INTO THE STANDS! On a fuller length, around leg. Priyansh Arya picks the length and gets into a very good position before whipping it behind deep square leg for a huge six. PBKS are off to a real flier here.

 SIX! We have some work to do, so let's get straight into it, says Priyansh. Short of a good length, around the off pole. A free-flowing pull shot by Priyansh and he clears deep mid-wicket for a 74-meter biggie into the stands.

Good comeback by Auqib. A yorker on middle. Arya's head falls over, but he squeezes it to the cover region.

Oh, that must have hurt him. Short of a good length, on middle, holds on a bit. Priyansh is early in his pull shot, but misses and is hit on the midriff. The ball deflects to the leg side and he is called through for a leg bye.

Back of a length, nipping in a touch, around off. Prabhsimran Singh rises with the bounce to punch it to the off side, but inside edges it to widish mid-wicket for a single to open his account.

Yorker, on off. Arya carves it to the extra cover region for a single.

 SIX! The over starts with a six and ends with a six as well. Nabi goes hard into the pitch, outside off. Prabhsimran Singh stands tall, just opens up a bit and pulls it high and handsome over deep mid-wicket for a cracking six.