IPL 2022, Match 64 PBKS vs DC, Stats Review: Shardul Thakur’s best bowling figures, Axar Patel’s feat, and other stats

Mitchell Marsh slammed his second consecutive fifty while Shardul Thakur took 4/36 as Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 17 runs in Match 64 of IPL 2022 at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. Marsh continued from where he left in the last match and scored 63 off 48, with four fours and three sixes to help his team register their seventh victory this season.

Talking about how the match panned out, captain Mayank Agarwal won the toss and elected to field. Pant’s side got off to a disastrous start as they lost David Warner on the very first ball of the match while Sarfaraz played a quickfire innings of 32 runs off 16 deliveries. The Aussie all-rounder kept things going for his side with skipper Pant and Rovman Powell getting out cheaply for just seven and two runs respectively.

Lalit Yadav scored 24 runs while Axar Patel remained unbeaten on 17 runs to take his side to a defendable total of 159/7. Arshdeep Singh and Liam Livingstone were the pick of the bowlers for PBKS for snaring three scalps each. The latter gave away just 27 runs in his four-over spell including crucial wickets of Warner, Pant, and Powell.

Chasing 160 to win, openers Jonny Bairstow and Shikhar Dhawan amassed 28 and 19 runs respectively. Thakur got two wickets of Dhawan and Bhanuka Rajapaksa in the final over of the powerplay to start the collapse of PBKS. Livingstone managed only three runs while skipper Mayank’s horrendous campaign continued as he grabbed a duck.

PBKS were 82/7 when Jitesh Sharma took charge, scoring 44 runs off 34 balls before falling to Thakur. Rahul Chahar contributed with 25 runs but it wasn’t enough with PBKS getting restricted to 142/9 in 20 overs. Spinners Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets apiece in support of Thakur.

With this win, the Capitals displaced Royal Challengers Bangalore to occupy the fourth spot with 14 points, while the Kings find themselves in the seventh position with 12 points. For his match-winning spell, Shardul won the Player of the Match award.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers from Match 64 between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League 2022:

 13 – Rishabh Pant has now gone 13 innings without a half-century in the IPL.

4 – Liam Livingstone became the fourth spinner to pick up a wicket off the very first ball of an IPL match. Kevin Pietersen against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2009, Marlon Samuels against Deccan Chargers in 2012, and Jagadeesha Suchith against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2022 are the others.

1 – Mitchell Marsh became the first player to smash consecutive fifties at no. three this campaign.

1 – Pant got out stumped for the first time in 96 IPL innings.

101 – Axar Patel reached the landmark of 100 wickets in the IPL.

106 – David Warner got dismissed for a golden duck after 106 innings in the IPL. His last one came against the same opposition in 2013.

4/36 – Shardul Thakur registered his best bowling figures of 4/36 in the IPL. His previous best was 3/19 against the same opponent in the year 2017.

17.73 – Mayank Agarwal has scored 195 runs in 11 innings at an average of just 17.73 this season.

1 – For the first time, DC won two matches in a row in IPL 2022.

4 – Axar became the fourth player to do the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in the league. Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, and Sunil Narine are the other three players to achieve the feat.

9 – Kagiso Rabada has now taken the second most wickets (9) in the death-overs this campaign. Dwayne Bravo with 11 scalps tops the chart.

2 – DC picked up three wickets in the powerplay just for the second time this campaign. The other instance also came against PBKS at the Brabourne Stadium.

52 – Arshdeep Singh reached the landmark of 50 wickets in T20 cricket.

3 – Warner became the third batter to get dismissed on the first delivery of the match this season. KL Rahul against Gujarat Titans and Virat Kohli against Sunrisers Hyderabad are the others.