Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Delhi Capitals (DC) IPL 2026 highlights: Delhi Capitals beat Punjab Kings by 3-wickets. Earlier, Half-centuries from Shreyas Iyer 59(36) and Priyansh Arya 56(33) have taken Punjab Kings to 210/5 from 20 overs after Delhi Capitals’ skipper Axar Patel won the toss and opted to bowl first against Shreyas Iyer’s Punjab Kings in match 55 of the Indian Premier League 2026 on Monday
Teams:
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): KL Rahul(w), Abishek Porel, Sahil Parakh, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Axar Patel(c), Madhav Tiwari, Mukesh Kumar, Auqib Nabi Dar, Mitchell Starc, Lungi Ngidi
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Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Prabhsimran Singh(w), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer(c), Suryansh Shedge, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Ben Dwarshuis, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
Match EndedIndian Premier League, 2026 – Match 55
Punjab Kings
210/5 (20.0)
vs
Delhi Capitals
216/7 (19.0)
Match Ended ( Match 55 )
Delhi Capitals beat Punjab Kings by 3 wickets
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Axar Patel’s batting crisis is costing Delhi Capitals — and nobody knows where to bat him
Axar Patel has yet to hit a six in ten T20 outings spanning five months, aggregating only 38 runs at a 6.3 average against seam. (CREIMAS FOR IPL)
Neutral pitches curated by the BCCI have stripped Delhi Capitals of any advantage at the Kotla, said head coach Hemang Badani after his team’s sixth defeat on Tuesday night — and few have felt the varying surfaces more acutely than Axar Patel.
The Delhi square has produced extremes this past month. But when the Capitals batted first across the last fortnight, the captain was conspicuous by his absence. The streak of losses has stretched to four successive home matches, with the confusion around Axar’s role running through all of them. Tactical lapses and a batting order in constant flux have made a difficult season harder. (READ MORE)
