DC vs PBKS

8:15 PM local time and IST: Phew! We all need a breather after this match in Delhi, don't we? But, we can't, because the action is already on in Jaipur! Rajasthan Royals are in action against Sunrisers Hyderabad  and you can click here to join us for that game. This is Bidipto taking you leave for now. Keep following Sportskeeda! 

KL Rahul (Player of the Match, 152* off 67 balls): "I was pleased at the end of the first 20 overs. Something that I've been working on a lot, behind the scenes, with Abhishek Nayar. I wanted to catch up with the modern demands of the T20 game. I step back a little bit and check out the demands of the T20 game today. Six-hitting is something I had to really work on. There was a time in this format when you could take a look first, but today, it is important to get as many runs in the power play as possible. But, I also worked hard on keeping my style of play going amidst all these. In T20 cricket, the mindset that I'm in right now, there is no time to say 'later' anymore. There is no next. There are match-ups that aren't always favourable, but by and large, the mental set-up is important to go well in today's T20 game." 

Shreyas Iyer (Punjab Kings captain): "I'm running out of words! First of all, it was scorching out there in the heat! The bowlers were getting clubbed around. Kudos to KL (Rahul) for the way he played! Even Yuzi (Yuzvendra Chahal) wasn't able to turn it much. But I knew that this pitch would be tough for bowlers. I just told myself that if they can, we can too, at least one better! We have chased around 220, so, the mindset was very much similar, but to get that start was brilliant! Then, we capitalized on that start. Right now, it's about getting relaxed! We'll rejuvenate, and get back to the drawing board to get better." 

Priyansh Arya (43 runs off 17 balls): "(On the chat with Prabhsimran Singh) We were talking to each other that if we can score 80 runs in 6 overs, we will be on track. But this pitch was a fantastic one to bat on! 240 was being looked at as a score here, but then even 260 wasn't safe. It's great watching him bat from the non-striker's end! Ricky (Ponting) sir told us that if we keep the belief in ourselves, we can get the job done." 

Axar Patel (Delhi Capitals captain): "We are repeating the same mistakes. On this pitch, if we don't support the bowlers and keep dropping catches, we kind of deserve to lose. The power play bowling by the pacers wasn't the best either. We need to grab the crucial moments. We cannot keep making the same mistakes." 

7:47 PM local time and IST: Punjab Kings win by 6 wickets with 7 balls to spare! 

Shreyas Iyer 61* (30) | Arshdeep Singh - 1/49 (4)
KL Rahul 152* (67) | Kuldeep Yadav - 2/46 (4)

First things first, Lungisani Ngidi, who suffered a blow to his head while trying to take a catch, and had to be taken away in an ambulance, is stable now. Huge relief for all of us, following the game!

Then of course, what a run chase! The highest run chase, in all T20s!  A score in excess of 260 has been chased down with more than an over to spare! This was a special performance indeed! 

First up, that firepower from Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya at the top, sending almost every delivery in the power play to the fence or over it, and then, the batting to follow up by Shreyas Iyer, with some able support, first from Nehal Wadhera, and then, to seal the deal, with Shashank Singh! 

Punjab Kings are looking scary with bat in hand for every other team this season! 

But, Delhi Capitals had their moments. In fact, plenty of them! But, multiple catches were dropped. Multiple! 

The two big ones, were those dropped by Karun Nair, with the batter being none other than Shreyas! Once at long-off, and once at long-on! 

Yes the pitch was tough to bowl on, yes the bowling should have been better, but, the fielding and catching let the hosts down, big time! 

18.6 T. Natarajan to Shashank Singh, WIDE BALL! PUNJAB KINGS WIN! THEY CHASE DOWN THE HIGHEST SCORE IN THE IPL! IN FACT, IT'S THE BEST CHASE IN T20s! Short, going across the right-hander and well outside the tramline. Shashank leaves it alone gets the extra, that finishes things off for the match! 

18.5 T. Natarajan to Shreyas Iyer, full and around off. Bunted down to long-off, from the front foot, for a single this time. The scores are level. 

18.4 T. Natarajan to Shreyas Iyer, SIX RUNS! Full toss around off-stump. Shreyas goes across and powers it from the back foot, well over the left of deep mid-wicket! 

18.3 T. Natarajan to Shashank Singh, low full toss on off-stump. Worked away from the front foot to deep mid-wicket, for a single to rotate strike. 

18.2 T. Natarajan to Shashank Singh, full and slanting across the right-hander. Shashank tried to go hard at it through the line, and missed it. 

18.1 T. Natarajan to Shashank Singh, FOUR RUNS! Low full toss around off-stump. Shashank gets right across and laps it around to the right of short fine-leg for a boundary!