After the dismissal of openers Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer anchors the innings in the IPL 2026 game played against the Delhi Capitals at Dharamsala.

Iyer is capitalising on the innings after a solid start from Priyansh Arya, aiming to post a big total on the scoreboard.

After being invited to bat first, Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh opened the innings while Mitchell Starc opened the bowling attack.

With an expensive over from Starc, PBKS made a solid start as Arya unleashed his fury, hitting fours and sixes.

On the other hand, Prabhsimran Singh played a second fiddle. Priyansh Arya smashed 24-ball fifty as Punjab Kings scored 72 runs in the powerplay.

Delhi Capitals used four bowlers but couldn’t stop the run flow. Only Auqib Nabi leaked runs under 10 run rate.

Mukesh Kumar bagged the first wicket dismissing Prabhsimran Singh for 18 runs. He got dismissed on a catch from Aquib Nabi at deep backward square leg.

Shreyas Iyer who came to bat at no.3 joined Priyansh Arya to take on DC bowlers. However, Madhav Tiwari bagged the wicket of Priyansh Arya for 56 runs.

He got dismissed on a good length delivery where the batter gave catch in deep point where Sahil Parakh picked the catch.

Cooper Connolly came to bat at no.4 and joined Shreyas Iyer, stitching a steady pertnership for the 3rd wicket.

Punjab Kings Playing 11: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Suryansh Shedge, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Ben Dwarshuis, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Delhi Capitals Playing 11: KL Rahul (wk), Abishek Porel, Sahil Parakh, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Axar Patel (c), Madhav Tiwari, Mukesh Kumar, Auqib Nabi, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Starc