In the 38th match of the 13th season of IPL, Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) won in Dubai on Tuesday night. He defeated Delhi Capitals (DC), the strongest team at the top of the current season, by 5 wickets. Punjab team scored 167/5 in 19 overs and achieved the target of victory. It was a hat-trick of his victory.

Chris Gayle's (29 runs, 13 balls, 2 sixes, 3 fours) short, but explosive innings was important in Punjab's victory. After this Nicholas Pooran's half-century (53 runs, 28 balls, 3 sixes, 6 fours) innings made the work of the Kings easy.

Punjab has scored 8 points in 10 matches with a third consecutive win and a fourth win overall. Now he is at 5th position in the points table. His play-off hopes are alive. The previous match of the season was a tie between the two, which Delhi won in the Super Over. And now Punjab avenged that defeat.

This was the third defeat of Delhi Capitals in 10 matches. He is on top with 14 points. Delhi need just one win to ensure their play-off. Punjab has extended this wait.

Delhi lost due to this

Man of the match Shikhar Dhawan's unbeaten 106 off 61 balls, Delhi won the toss and scored 164 for five, batting first, Dhawan hit 12 fours and three sixes, but none other than him could walk. . This failure of the other batsmen of Delhi cost him heavily as there was no disturbance in the pitch.

Punjab's initial shock

The Punjab team, chasing a target of 165 runs, got the first blow on the score of 17, when Axar Patel was returned to captain KL Rahul (15). Chris Gayle (29 runs, 13 balls) started showing his pace, but with a score of 52 R. Ashwin made him bold. Gayle plundered 25 runs (4, 4, 6, 4, 6, 1W, 1) in an over from Tushar Deshpande. After this, Mayank Agarwal (5) was run out on a score of 56.

The pair of Nicholas Pooran (53 runs, 28 balls) and Glenn Maxwell commanded a valuable 69-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Puran was caught by Rishabh Pant at the score of 125 by Kagiso Rabada behind the wicket. Maxwell (32 runs) and Deepak Hooda added 22 runs. Rabada was made his victim by Maxwell, Pant was caught again.

Hooda (15 not out) and James Neesham (10 not out) took the team to victory. On the last ball of the 19th over, Neesham won with a six. Neesham scored a winning six over Daniel Symes who was included in the playing XI in place of Anrich Nortje. Rabada took two wickets for 27 runs.

Nicholas Pooran's blazing innings

Caribbean laden Pooran took over. The line and length of Tushar Deshpande, who made an impact in the last two matches, was not right. Pooran, after hitting six and two fours, also sent the ball of Marcus Stoinis for six runs.

He hit a four off Rabada to complete his half-century off 27 balls, but the next ball kissing his gloves reached Rishabh Pant, he shared a 69-run partnership with Maxwell.

Now Maxwell had the responsibility. He moved his innings smoothly, but when the team was 18 runs away from the target, he gave a waving catch in the air to the ball of Rabada. After this, the rest of the work was done by Deepak Hooda and James Neesham.

Delhi Capitals had scored 164/5

With the help of the in-form opener Shikhar Dhawan's second consecutive century, the Delhi Capitals scored a challenging score of 164/5. Dhawan, who scored the first century of his T20 career (101 not out) in the last match against Chennai Super Kings, started from there and scored an unbeaten 106 off 61 balls, which included 12 fours and three sixes.

Dhawan's record - century in consecutive matches

Dhawan, 34, became the first batsman to score a century in consecutive matches in the IPL. Delhi's innings revolved completely around him as none other than him could reach the score of 20 runs.

Fast bowlers Mohammed Shami (two for 28) and spinners Glenn Maxwell (one for 31), Murugan Ashwin (one for 33) and Ravi Bishnoi (24 runs from three overs) have looked good for the rest of the batsmen on the pitch. He was not allowed to play freely, but he did not do one in front of Dhawan.