Yesterday IPL Match Result: KL Rahul’s staggering 152* in vain as Punjab Kings beat Delhi Capitals by 6 wickets
NEW DELHI: There are days in IPL history that live forever. Days when the game exceeds itself, goes somewhere it has never been before, and leaves you wondering whether you actually witnessed what you think you did. Saturday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium was unquestionably one of those days.
After KL Rahul’s staggering 152 not out had already redrawn the boundaries of what seemed possible in a scorching Delhi afternoon, Punjab Kings walked out to chase 265. Not 200. Not 220.
Two hundred and sixty five. And they got there with seven balls to spare and six wickets remaining. Let that settle.
Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya made sure the chase never felt like a tall order. From the very first ball, this was not a team operating under the weight of an impossible target. This was a team that had simply decided the target was irrelevant.
Prabhsimran (76 off 23b; 9x4, 5x6), in particular, was something otherworldly. He played an innings that was viscerally violent. Priyansh Arya (43 off 17b; 2x4, 5x6), at the other end, was no passenger.
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