IPL 2022, Match 32 DC vs PBKS, Stats Review: Delhi Capital’s highest powerplay score, Warner and Shaw’s opening stand feat and other stats

Delhi Capitals (DC) bowled exceedingly well as Punjab Kings (PBKS) were bundled out for just 115 runs in the 20 overs to hand their opponents a comfortable nine-wicket victory in Match 32 of IPL 2022 at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. Axar Patel was the stand-out bowler for the Capitals as the spinner took two wickets for just ten runs in his four-over spell. Khaleel Ahmed and Kuldeep Yadav also bowled brilliantly to take 2/21 and 2/24 respectively.

Speaking about how the match panned out, Rishabh Pant won the toss and elected to field first. They made one forced change as Covid-positive Mitchell Marsh was replaced by Sarfaraz Khan. PBKS went into the game with two changes as skipper Agarwal returned and replaced Prabhsimran Singh while Odean Smith made way for the Australian bowler Nathan Ellis.

Agarwal made 24 runs while his opening partner Shikhar Dhawan could only manage nine. Jonny Bairstow’s lean run in this IPL continued as he also got dismissed for just nine. Liam Livingstone couldn’t go big today as he amassed just two runs. Wicketkeeper-batter Jitesh Sharma provided some impetus with his 23-ball 32 runs knock but Shahrukh Khan struggled as the power-hitter scored 12 runs off 20 deliveries.

Chasing just 116 runs to win, Prithvi Shaw and David Warner shared an 83-run opening stand as DC also registered their highest ever powerplay score of 81 in the IPL. Rahul Chahar dismissed Shaw for 41 runs but Warner slammed his third consecutive half-century and remained unbeaten on 60 runs off just 30 deliveries. The Capitals raced away to the total in just 10.3 overs and won the encounter with 57 balls to spare. With six points, DC are sixth in the table while PBKS slipped to the eighth spot. Spinner Kuldeep Yadav won the Player of the Match award.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers from Match 32 between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League 2022:

1522 – Prithvi Shaw completed 1500 runs in the IPL.

2003 – Shaw also reached the landmark of 2000 runs in T20 matches.

1 – DC scripted their highest ever powerplay total of 81/0 in the IPL. Their previous highest was 71/0 against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2008.

115/10 – PBKS registered the lowest team total this IPL campaign. The previous lowest was 126/10 by Chennai Super Kings against PBKS.

1005 – David Warner reached the 1000 runs landmark against PBKS.

1 – DC recorded the largest victory in terms of balls remaining (57) chasing a 100-plus target in the IPL. Deccan Chargers defeated Mumbai Indians with 48 balls to spare in 2008.

3 – DC won their third match this season and Kuldeep Yadav has won the Player of the Match award in all the three matches, which is also the most by any player in IPL 2022.

2 – Warner has now the second-most runs (1005) against an opponent in the league. Rohit Sharma has scored 1018 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders.

2 – Warner and Prithvi Shaw are now joint-second for most consecutive 50-plus opening stands (4) in the IPL. Warner is also involved with Dhawan and Bairstow for the same record. Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa also share the same number of opening partnership records (4).

10.25 – Jonny Bairstow has now scored 41 runs in four innings at an average of just 10.25 this season.

1 – DC also recorded the highest powerplay score of 81/0 this IPL season. The previous best was by Chennai Super Kings 73/1 against Lucknow Super Giants.