&imwidth=800&imheight=600&format=webp&quality=medium "IPL 2026, DC vs PBKS: Flawless Punjab script history with record chase as Rahul's ton goes in vain")
Punjab Kings (PBKS) scripted history in the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) on Saturday (April 25) as they chased down a 265-run target against hosts Delhi Capitals (DC). Playing at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, PBKS chased down 265 runs, thereby breaking their own record for the highest successful chase in an IPL match. The six-wicket victory for PBKS now sees them cement top spot in the IPL 2026 standings, having won six matches and drawn one from seven matches played so far.
PBKS continue flawless run
Rahul's masterpiece, which came off 67 deliveries with 16 fours and nine sixes, and his 220-run second-wicket stand with Nitish Rana powered Delhi to a mammoth 264/2 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Punjab replied in kind through openers Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh, who put on 126 in just 42 deliveries.
Prabhsimran dazzled with a 26-ball 76 and when Punjab lost three wickets in quick succession, skipper Shreyas Iyer rode his luck to steer his team home with seven deliveries to spare. Delhi, already hampered by the absence of lead pacer Lungi Ngidi, reprieved Shreyas on 28 and 35 with substitute fielder Karun Nair the guilty party on both occasions.
South African Ngidi was stretchered off the field and driven in an ambulance to the hospital after landing heavily and hitting the back of his head on the turf while unsuccessfully attempting a catch off Arya. Shreyas made the most of his good fortune with his fourth fifty in five innings as Punjab maintained their unbeaten start to the tournament.
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Between them, Prabhsimran and Arya smashed five sixes apiece in the first four overs and Shreyas provided the finishing touches with an electric unbeaten 71, which ultimately relegated Rahul's heroics to a footnote.
What happened in DC innings?
Rahul had been shelled twice in the afternoon after Axar Patel chose to set a target, dropped by Shashank Singh on 12 and by paceman Vijaykumar Vyshak when on 51. Those two blemishes apart, it was a magnificent knock marked by classical driving through the straight field and crunchy pulls whenever the bowlers pitched it short.
Rana (91) was an almost equal partner as the second-wicket pair rained carnage. The No. 3 smashed Australian pacer Xavier Bartlett for two sixes and four fours in one over to keep pace with Rahul, who brought up his sixth IPL century off 47 deliveries. Rahul's second hundred for Delhi made him the first batter to score multiple tons for three different franchises in the IPL and he seemed to have secured the two points for his team. But Punjab had other designs, bettering their own previous highest successful chase of 262 against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2024 in grand style.
