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Virus-hit Delhi Capitals ‘thump’ Punjab Kings by 9 wickets in IPL

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MUMBAI, India, April 21, (AP): Virus-hit Delhi Capitals put up a splendid performanc­e with both the ball and the bat to beat Punjab Kings by nine wickets in the Indian Premier League. The organizers had to move Delhi’s match from Pune to Mumbai after several members of the team tested positive for COVID-19, including Australian allrounder Mitchell Marsh.

But Delhi spinners Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav and Kuldeep Yadav shrugged off the absences by sharing six wickets between them to bowl out Punjab for 115.

David Warner then smashed his 53rd IPL half century -- his third in the last four innings -- as the left-hander stayed unbeaten on 60 off just 30 balls and carried Delhi to 119 in just 10.3 overs.

Warner shared a blistering 83-run first wicket stand with Prithvi Shaw (41) as they raised Delhi’s best ever score of 81 runs in the batting powerplay during the IPL.

Shaw swept hard at Rahul Chahar soon after the batting powerplay ended and was caught at deep midwicket before Warner sealed the comprehens­ive win for Delhi with his 11th boundary.

After being put in to bat, Punjab started off confidentl­y as they raced to 27-0 inside the first three overs. However, Delhi struck four times in the next fours overs as Punjab slipped to 54-4.

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Captain Mayank Agarwal chopped on Mutafizur Rahman back onto his stumps after scoring 24, Shikhar Dhawan was caught behind and Liam Livingston­e lasted only three balls before Patel had the Englishman stumped.

Jonny Bairstow (9) started well by hitting two boundaries but then pulled Khaleel Ahmed’s short pitched delivery to deep fine leg where Mustafizur took a neat catch.

Kuldeep and Lalit then ran through the tail quickly as Punjab lost its last five wickets for 25 runs with No. 10 batter Arshdeep Singh getting run out off the last ball of final over.

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