Yesterday PBKS vs DC IPL 2026 match result: What happened in Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals clash in Dharamsala?

David Miller and captain Axar Patel engineered a record run chase for Delhi Capitals with their counter attacking knocks as the visitors upstaged Punjab Kings by three wickets to stay alive in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday in Dharamsala. With this win, Delhi Capitals kept their hops alive for playoffs. It was Punjab Kings' fourth loss on the trot.

Aggressive knocks from Miller (51 off 28) and skipper Axar (56 off 30) allowed Delhi Capitals to gun down 211 in 19 overs for the highest chase at the HPCA Stadium. Priyansh Arya hit half a dozen sixes in his whirlwind 33-ball 56 before Delhi Capitals pacers restricted Punjab Kings to 210/5.

Having remained unbeaten in the first half of the tournament, Punjab Kings have now lost four in a row and need at least two wins from their remaining three games to make the IPL 2026 playoffs. Barring Arshdeep Singh, the bowlers let the team down with their wayward display.

However, the home team's bowlers did the job in the powerplay. Punjab Kings struck thrice for the first time in the powerplay, leaving Delhi Capitals reeling at 47/3 in the first six overs. Arshdeep, who has been rather expensive this season, returned impressive figures of 2/21 in four overs.

The young Sahil Parakh played a few impressive strokes in his brief stay before being crammed up for space by Arshdeep to be caught at short third man. It became 74/4 with the run out of Tristan Stubbs extending the struggles of Delhi Capitals batters.

However, Miller and Axar brought life back into the game with their counterattacking 64-run stand off 34 balls. Eventually, Ashutosh Sharma (24) and Madav Tiwari (18) came up with timely cameos to keep Delhi Capitals' alive in the competition.

The ball generally flies off the bat in the high altitude of Dharamsala and that was very much evident in the first over of the game from Mitchell Starc, who proved rather expensive on the night.

Priyansh took the veteran Australian pacer to the cleaners in the over that went for 22 runs. His onslaught included a six square of the wicket on either side. The southpaw not only dispatched Starc for a first ball six, he also meted out the same treatment to the wily Lungi Ngidi and Mukesh Kumar.

Starc understandably went full to search for the swing but Delhi Capitals pacers realised that bowling full was not the way go on this surface after conceding 51 runs from the first thee overs.

Aquib Nabi was the man behind Delhi Capitals' comeback as he got the ball to seam from length, particularly making life tough for Priyansh in the second half of the powerplay.

Captain Shreyas Iyer (59 not out off 36) and Cooper Connolly (38 off 27) shared 83 off 52 balls for the third wicket but they were not able to change gears as swiftly as they would have liked.

In the 19th over, Starc got rid of Marcus Stoinis and Shashank Singh off successive balls before Suryansh Shedge hit a couple of breathtaking sixes off the high profile speedster. Ngidi bowled a brilliant final over to ensure Punjab Kings don't push beyond 210.