Mumbai Apr 20 PTI Delhi Capitals showed remarkable resilience to overcome a COVID crisis in their camp and hand Punjab Kings a nine-wicket thrashing in the Indian Premier League here on WednesdayDelhi who had a chaotic build up to the game with a sixth COVID positive case being reported on the morning of the game dished out a clinical bowling display to bowl out Punjab Kings for a below-par 115 On a track where the deliveries wre holding up a bit even Lalit Yadav became unplayable leave alone Axar Patel and Kuldeep YadavDelhi seemed in real hurry to close the game with Prithvi Shaw 41 off 20 and David Warner 60 not out off 30 balls getting them off to a flying start Their 83-run partnership off 39 balls ensured Delhi cantered to victory in 103 overs giving a big boost to their net run rate The match which was shifted to the Brabourne Stadium from Pune was given a go ahead barely an hour before the start of play after Delhi keeper-batter Tim Seifert tested positive on Wednesday morning Shaw and Warner looked in devastating touch dispatching a deflated looking Punjab bowling attack to all corners of the grounds However Punjab bowlers could not be blamed on the night with batters letting the team down on a good pitchWith Delhi racing to 81 for no loss in the powerplay the game was as good as over It was Delhis third win in six games while Punjab who had a game to forget suffered their fourth loss in seven games Earlier the Delhi spin trio of Lalit 211 Kuldeep 224 and Axar 210 did the bulk of the damagePunjab were tottering at 352 after losing openers Mayank Agarwal 24 and Shikhar Dhawan 9 earlyMayank who recovered from his toe injury that forced him to miss the previous game started with a cut for a boundary He then launched into Shardul Thakur striking three fours in the third over that fetched 14 runsBut off-spinner Lalit removed Dhawan 9 cheaply after the left-handed batters attempted paddle resulted in a nick to Rishabh PantPunjab were soon reeling at 463 as Axar struck in his first over removing the in-form Liam Livingstone 2 who was stumped by Pant Livingstone came down the wicket to have a go at Axar but the left-arm spinner turned the ball away from him to get Pant into actionWickets kept on tumbling for Punjab as Jonny Bairstow 9 gifted a sitter to Mustafizur at fine-leg in the seventh over off Khaleel Ahmed 221Jitesh Sharma 32 who struck five boundaries and Shahrukh Khan 12 tried to resurrect the innings but managed to add only 31 runs before Axar trapped the former in front of the wickets as Punjab lost half their side for 85From 855 it became 928 as Punjab lost wickets in quick succession with chinaman Kuldeep castling Kagiso Rabada 2 and Nathan Ellis 0 in the 14th overKhaleel got his second wicket dismissing Shahrukh in next over with a cross-seam slower while Rahul Chahar 12 became Lalits second scalpPacers Khaleel and Mustafizur shared three wickets and ably supported the spinners PTI NRB BS KHS KHS

Aurangabad, September 12: A man was duped of Rs 2.5 Lakh in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district. The police have booked two accused in connection with the case. The 38-year-old victim, Subhan Khan, is a milkman by profession. The two accused have been identified as Shaikh Nadeem and Khaleel Nadeem. The accused cheated Khan on the pretext […]