Rizvi steers Delhi Capitals home vs Punjab Kings to end losing streak

Job half done, said Shreyas Iyer at the toss because a spot in the top two was at stake for Punjab Kings (PBKS). Maybe his batters had not got the memo so the captain produced another good show with the bat and with some late pyrotechnics from Marcus Stoinis took PBKS beyond the 200-mark for the seventh time in IPL 2025.

- Dhiman Sarkar

KOLKATA: Job half done, said Shreyas Iyer at the toss because a spot in the top two was at stake for Punjab Kings (PBKS). Maybe his batters had not got the memo so the captain produced another good show with the bat and with some late pyrotechnics from Marcus Stoinis took PBKS beyond the 200-mark for the seventh time in IPL 2025.

But whatever Iyer and Stoinis had done, Sameer Rizvi did better, and in keeping with the trend of teams that have qualified for the play-offs losing, 206/8 proved to be inadequate as Delhi Capitals (DC) won by six wickets in Jaipur on Saturday.

Till now, DC had been a walking, talking example of well begun being only half done. They had zero wins in their last five matches after having won five of their first six. But after another poor show on the field, Karun Nair made the day of his comeback to the Test squad even more special with a 27-ball 44.