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Bollywood actress Preity Zinta owned-Punjab Kings (PBKS) clashed with Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Maharaja Yadavindra♛ Singh Intern🌼ational Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur on Saturday, March 23.
Delhi Capitals Innings
Winning the toss, PBKS elected to bowl first, putting DC into bat. The Delhi side posted a competitive total of 174/9 in their allotted 20 overs. David Warner, Mitchell Marsh and Shai Hope made significant contributions with the bat, scoring 29, 20 and 33 runs respectively. However, it was Abishek Porel‘s explosive cameo of 32 runs off just 10 deliveries that propelled DC to a challenging total. Among the bowlers, Arshdeep Singh and Harshal Patel starred for Punjab, picking up two wickets each.
Punjab Kings Innings
In response, PBKS chased down the target with four wickets in hand, finishing the game at 177/6 in 19.2 overs. Sam Curran was the star performer for the Kings, smashing an impressive 63 runs off 47 deliveries, guiding his team to victory. Liam Livingstone‘s quickfire 38 runs also played a crucial role in the successful run chase.
Delhi bowlers put up a spirited effort, with Khaleel Ahmed and Kuldeep Yadav claiming two wickets each. However, their efforts weren’t enough to stop Punjab from registering a win.
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Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Winning moment of Punjab Kings:🔥
Preity Zinta's Celebrations 🙌❤️
— 𝙕𝙄𝙈𝘽𝙐 😎 (@Zimbu12_)
. are going to be disappointed for giving away those extras in the last over. A perfect last over thri꧃ller and an excellent win for to start the tournament 👏🏾👏🏾Brilliant knocks by and !! 🔥 🔥
— Robbie Uthappa (@robbieuthappa)
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O🌺wner of Punjab Kings Preity Zinta is very happy after her team won the📖ir first match against Delhi Capitals. Congratulations ❤️
— Abu Bakar (@Abu_Bakar876)
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Sam Curran ❤️🦁
— charan (@tamasha9999)
Punjab Kings won by 4 wickets:
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
FIFTY BY SAM CURRAN…!!!
A great knock by Curran at the top of the order. He h🐼andled t👍he chase really well for PBKS.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
Sam Curran made a matc🌞h winning 63 of 47 balls and finisꦆhed the match for Punjab Kings.
But he is still a failure in the Harsha Bhogle excel sheet. In More than 170+ chase𝐆 he took 40 balls to complete his 50.
Will Harsha consider this a failure?Thought
— Sujeet Suman (@sujeetsuman1991)
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