Delhi Capitals (DC) beat Punjab Kings (PBKS) by three wickets in IPL 2026 match on Monday (May 11) in Dharamsala to stay alive in the tournament. Chasing 211, DC did not have good start but the lower middle order, especially David Miller and skipper Axar Patel, hung in their and gave a fight. In the end, Madhav Tiwari and Ashutosh Sharma scored the needed runs at brisk pace as DC chased down the target with six balls left. The win was DC's fifth in 12 games as they sit seventh on the leaderboard with 12 points - barely hanging for playoffs. PBKS, on the other hand, suffered fourth consecutive defeat and currently are fourth with 13 points from six wins, one no result and four losses in 11 games.
DC lower order comes to rescue
Chasing the 200+ total, DC lost Abhishek Porel (5), KL Rahul (9), and Sahil Parakh (13) inside five overs for 33 runs. Tristan Stubbs and Axar then added 41 runs for thr fourth wicket to bring stability to the innings. After Stubbs (12) was out, Axar added 64 runs with David Miller before getting out on 56 off 30 balls. Miller was next to go on 51 after adding 32 runs with Ashutosh as DC reached 170/6 in 17th over. Madhav Tiwari and Ashutosh (24 off 10) then added 35 runs in 14 balls to put DC ahead in the chase. Aquib Nabi the hit two boundaries off the first two balls faced as DC chased down the target in 18.5 overs with three wickets in hand.
PBKS top order fires again
PBKS have built this season on the back of strong top order batting which was on display against DC. Openers Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh added 78 runs for the first wicket before Mukesh Kumar dismissed Singh (18) in the seventh over. Arya (56 off 33) was next to go about 20 runs later as PBKS became 97/2 in nine overs. Skipper Shreyas Iyer (59 unbeaten off 36) then added 83 runs for the third wicket with Cooper Connolly (38) before PBKS suffered a mini collapse. Punjab became 187/5 from 180/2 in space of five balls as DC pulled things back. Suryansh Shedge then smashed 21 unbeaten off just 8 balls as PBKS finished at 210/5 in 20 overs.

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