IPL 2026: PBKS vs DC Highlights, Match 55 - Stats, Player of the Match & More

Delhi Capitals (DC) managed to stay alive in the playoffs race of the Indian Premier League 2026 (IPL 2026), beating Punjab Kings (PBKS) by three wickets on Monday, May 11, at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala. Being put in to bat first, Punjab flexed their batting muscles posting a massive total of 210/5 in their allotted 20 overs, riding on half-centuries from Priyansh Arya (56 off 33) and Shreyas Iyer.

In reply, Delhi Capitals pulled off a remarkable chase, reaching the target in 19 overs as captain Axar Patel (56 off 30) and David Miller (51 off 28) led the charge with their half-centuries. Earlier, DC were left reeling at 33/3 in 4.3 overs as Arshdeep Singh and Yash Thakur ran through their batting line-up, before Patel and Miller bailed them out of trouble.

The duo played a key role in guiding their team to the highest successful chase at HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala and also their second-highest chase in IPL history. Meanwhile, Punjab Kings suffered their fourth successive loss of the season and remained fourth on the IPL 2026 points table with 13 points from 11 games.

On the other hand, Delhi Capitals moved to seventh spot with ten points from 12 games with their campaign hanging by a thread.

Top run-scorer of the Match

Top wicket-taker of the Match

Player of the Match

Madhav Tiwari was adjudged Player of the Match for his brilliant all-round show. He first scalped 2/40 in four overs with the ball, getting big wickets of Cooper Connolly (38 off 27) and Priyansh Arya. He later played a crucial cameo of 18* (8) with the bat to help DC get over the line in the penultimate over.

Turning Point

After an unfortunate run out of Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel flicked Ben Dwarshius towards deep square leg on the very next delivery. Suryansh Shedge, who was stationed on the boundary, bent low and got both hands on the ball but couldn’t hang on. As a result, he failed to give DC a double whammy by dropping their skipper on 25, who went on to stitch a crucial 64-run stand off 34 balls for the fifth wicket with David Miller.

What did the captains say:

Winning Captain, Axar Patel (Delhi Capitals):

Since last time I have been saying we are losing the crucial moments. We are a good team, playing a good cricket but not winning those crucial moments. Really happy with the way we played and hopefully we continue playing like this. The first 3-4 overs we went for 60 runs and we pulled things back. In the middle overs the way Madhav and Mukesh bowled were the winning moments. Even with the bat, after my dismissal the way Miller, Ashutosh and Madhav batted it was great. The ball was swinging and seaming, we didn't bowl in the right areas in the first 3-4 overs but it was doing something right through, that's why I didn't use spin. You always have a back-up plan.

Losing Captain, Shreyas Iyer (Punjab Kings):

I won't beat around the bush; I'll just say fielding and bowling again. (If he thought 210 was a good score) Absolutely, I feel that it was 30 runs more on this wicket considering how the ball was seaming and there was variable bounce. (On bowling Chahal) There was absolutely a thought in my mind, but the way ball was seaming and the way it was helping seamers, I think if we would have executed our line and length precisely, we could have been able to extract wickets, but unfortunately again, we didn't. (on how to bowl here) Still into the surface. I always say that the hard length - short of a hard length - is the best ball, especially when a new batsman is coming in. It's not easy to hit because if you keep repeating those balls, at least one ball gives a chance of mis-hitting and you can get a wicket. We've been short of planning.