A convincing 31-run victory over Delhi Capitals (DC) has kept our boys in contention for the TATA IPL (Indian Premier League) 2023 playoffs. Prabhsimran Singh’s swashbuckling century and Harpreet Brar’s brilliant four-wicket haul helped us grab our sixth win this season.
The must-win encounter was a roller coaster ride for our team at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
Put into bat first by DC captain David Warner, we lost Shikhar Dhawan’s wicket in the second over. Liam Livingstone and Jitesh Sharma also returned in quick succession. But the young prodigy, Prabhsimran Singh, took the Delhi bowlers hell for leather. Along with Sam Curran, he formed a vital partnership of 72 runs.
Prabhsimran smashed 10 fours and 6 sixes in his sensational knock as he ascended to 103 off 65 balls. Scoring his maiden TATA IPL ton, Prabhsimran became the sixth youngest player to reach this milestone.
Here is how some famous personalities hailed the young opener:
Yesterday’s knock from Prabhsimran was a very special one. The way he accelerated after his 50 and scoring 103 out of a total of 167, mind blowing stuff.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) May 14, 2023
Plenty of young exciting talent on display in the IPL - Prabhsimran, Jaiswal, Jitesh Sharma, Tilak Varma , Rinku , Nehal… pic.twitter.com/D0K7TWKmKE
Prabhsimran singh has been massively impressive this season 👏
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) May 13, 2023
Terrific knock by @prabhsimran01 to reach his maiden #IPL century. He took just 20 balls to reach from fifty to hundred! #IPL2023 #DCvPBKS pic.twitter.com/wE2pzw3Vxg
— Yusuf Pathan (@iamyusufpathan) May 13, 2023
Another young & promising batter joins the list of centurions!! What an incredible knock tonight from @prabhsimran01 when his team needed the most!! The spinners @thisisbrar & @rdchahar1 were just fantastic!! @PunjabKingsIPL still in the competition!! 💪🏾 #DCvPBKS
— Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa) May 13, 2023
Another day, another IPL century! It's @prabhsimran01 who achieves this magnificent feat. His innings has been full of confident and enterprising strokes with calculated risks. A special innings on a difficult wicket. 👏#DCvPBKS #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/DcG9FZ5lan
— Mithali Raj (@M_Raj03) May 13, 2023
What a stupendous innings by @prabhsimran01 Excellent batting under Pressure👏❤️
— Nehal Wadhera (@itsnehallive) May 13, 2023
Congratulations to Prabhsimran Singh for his First IPL century. #DCvsPBKS #TATAIPL @PunjabKingsIPL pic.twitter.com/gOiGzPqkNF
Such a coming of age knock that from Prabhsimran - Everyone knows he’s got them big boy shots - But the few overs of keeping quiet, rotating strike and partnership building in the middle - Fabulous ! #PBKSvDC
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) May 13, 2023
Prabhsimran Singh has played a brilliant knock here, and it was crucial for Punjab considering the conditions, the deck, their situation in the game, and their position in the points table right now. He is probably getting them to a total Delhi might not he able to chase down.…
— Prasenjit Dey (@CricPrasen) May 13, 2023
Defending 167 runs was never an easy job. The Delhi openers were equally hell-bent to grab two crucial points. Warner and his partner, Philip Salt, made 65 runs in the powerplay. Rising in tough situations, Harpreet Brar gave us hope with Salt’s wicket. Brar continued his exhibition of skills as he scalped Warner, Rilee Russouw and Manish Pandey. Rahul Chahar and Nathan Ellis bowled tidy overs from the other end and picked up two wickets each.
But Brar stole the show as he picked up his maiden four-wicket haul in TATA IPL and took his tally to 50 wickets in T20s.
Twitter couldn’t keep calm from praising the talented spinner. Here is how they reacted:
A spell which Punjab Kings needed in the middle phase after DC were off to a flier as they came out firing in the powerplay and Harpreet Brar delivered with the ball.
— Rahul Sharma (@CricFnatic) May 13, 2023
Bowling in tandem with Rahul Chahar totally changed the outcome of the match. pic.twitter.com/NnL2jCxfq9
Jehre hauli Hauli karde GROW oh Long time Challde Bro….. HARPREET BRAR IT PROVED IT THAT HE CAN GET LEFT HANDERS …..👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌
— Harmandeep Singh (@Harmand20552906) May 13, 2023
Spin magic of Harpreet brar worked for punjab
— Varun Singh (@varungill_) May 13, 2023
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Shaa gya guruuu
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Harpreet Brar was so good with his line
— Nasir 🏏 (@Nasir0271) May 13, 2023
he kept it on the pads and held his line and the ball was gripping 🧐 and
he exploited that to his best potential,
Excellent bowling from the southpaw#DCvPBKS #PBKSvsDC #IPL2023 #Cricket pic.twitter.com/1dAkq37op5
WHAT A SPELL BY HARPREET BRAR!
— vinay sublaniya (@SublaniyaVinay) May 14, 2023
His bowling figure (4-0-30-4) against Delhi Capitals including the wickets of Warner, Salt, Rossouw & Manish - A spell to remember for Harpreet Brar forever. Outstanding! pic.twitter.com/zvkzZnfW3p
Our stalwarts regrouped to put on a blazing all-round performance. Prabhsimran and Brar’s noteworthy show helped us jump to sixth place on the points table.
As we completed another away trip with a win, we are alive in the tournament with 12 points. The netizens were enthralled to see our boys return to winning ways and did not shy away from applauding our joint efforts.
Here’s how Twitter celebrated our victory and continues to root for us in the upcoming fixtures:
Qila kotla Fateh kiya hai aaj.
— Aarushi Joshi | PBKS (@Aarushijoshii) May 13, 2023
Super Proud of this team.❤️🥹🧿@PunjabKingsIPL#DCvsPBKS #Punjabkings #JazbaHaiPunjabi #SaddaPunjab #IPLonJioCinema
Wow! What an incredible victory by the Punjab Kings! Their performance was nothing short of exceptional.
— Krishna 💎 (@vskrishna) May 13, 2023
Sheer determination, skill, and spirit.
Congratulations to the team for this remarkable achievement!#PBKSvsDC #prabhsimran
Wow! What an incredible victory by the Punjab Kings! Their performance was nothing short of exceptional.
— Krishna 💎 (@vskrishna) May 13, 2023
Sheer determination, skill, and spirit.
Congratulations to the team for this remarkable achievement!#PBKSvsDC #prabhsimran
🏏 What a nail-biting match! Punjab Kings secure a thrilling victory against Delhi Capitals in the IPL showdown! 🔥 An incredible display of skill, strategy, and sportsmanship! Kudos to both teams for an intense battle! 💪 #PBKvsDC #IPL2023 #CricketFever #ThrillingEncounter 🏆✨
— Shreyash tikar (@ShreyashTikar) May 13, 2023
It's the biggest win. Incredible effort from two Uncapped lads lit up the entire eco. It will go the best in history where big stars failed, collapsed. Then a future star Prabh took it maturity and played on merits. BRAR shown his ability what he can do on his day. CHAMPIONs.
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsCult) May 14, 2023
Defending 167 after DC were 69/0 in 6.1 overs is a tremendous achievement by Punjab kings and that too winning by a convincing margin of 31 runs. Hopefully 2 more wins. Well played 👏👏
— Prasanna (@prasannalara) May 13, 2023
